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Let's have a vote. I'll make two replies, please DOWNVOTE the one you agree with. The option with the most downvotes wins.

(I'm using downvotes instead of upvotes to make it obvious there's no karma manipulation involved)

Back in the good old days, the number was next to the battery, and it was bigger. Then they updated the software and shrunk the number down to fit it in the battery.

Lithium ion batteries cannot super accurately report their own charge so the percentage isn't necessarily digit accurate.

I am also usually just making sure it'll get me to a place I can charge it when I actually need to worry about charge. That doesn't usually require like the difference between say 33% and 26% for me.

I just need to be able to see if I've got like a fifth of battery left or less / more.

Admitedly also with the ADHD if there's a percentage I fixate on it for no reason so it's less annoying for me to have it off.

Same with the battery level in my e-bike. 👀 I know it'll get me to work and back as it always does but not constantly fixating on the remaining battery is impossible.

Funny how they're like "we all" about something that is probably 50/50 or not even that.

Number on

Then why doesn't the phone time display seconds by default if we're all so number anxious?

Leave it off to give myself some additional cognitive space. If my battery saver kicks on I start paying more attention, or if I see a chunk a missing I know I should probably set to charge later.

Number off, it's peaceful.

As someone who used to be a fully crowded status bar (clock with seconds, network traffic indicator and all) guy…

No numbers. It's chill, I don't need to know if it's at 60% or 62% every time I look at it.

I don't use my phone as much now anyway and it's more like a household item to me.

I didn't even know there was a number off setting

Default is the best

• No number
• Number appears while peeking notifications
• Full notification shade shows until hh:mm

I don't even want the graphic, I just want the number. the graphic introduces overlays that are confusing at a glance

Because all I need to know is if my battery looks low enough to worry about, like the gas tank gauges on most cars. Nobody needs to see the exact number of gallons or liters of fuel they have left. "Close to F great, middle fine, close to E bad" has been doing the trick for well over a century. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with people who like seeing an exact battery percentage, but it really isn't necessary.