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Can you use an IPS screen phone as night clock?

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bgstcola

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Hello

I'm using my 2013 Moto X as night clock. My wife has a Moto G (first gen) which is useless as a night clock (too bright).

I'm wondering what ppl with IPS screens do? Buy a night clock/alarm clock?
 
You can get a decent LED night clock for about $12. Why abuse a multi-hundred dollar phone?
 
I really think there is something to be said for the old style red LED clocks. Red light causes far less sleep disturbance than other light, and many are dimmable.
 
I use gentle alarm. It has a anti burn in mode where it shifts the digits a bit ever 30 seconds or so. Also I use red digits.
 
lxskllr said:
No! not if you leave it on anyway. My phone is next to my bed, and I hit the button when I want to see the time. It doesn't have to be on all the time.
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Wouldn't you want it on all the time for it to really be a night clock?

Otherwise you'll be fumbling around in the dark trying to get it to show the screen.
 
thilanliyan said:
Wouldn't you want it on all the time for it to really be a night clock?

Otherwise you'll be fumbling around in the dark trying to get it to show the screen.
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Nah. It's literally 6" from my head. In any case, I wouldn't want to burn out my phone for triviality I avail myself of a couple times a week, a couple seconds at a time. If I were to use a phone(and it isn't a bad idea), I'd get an old Android junker, or a spare I had laying around.
 
thilanliyan said:
Wouldn't you want it on all the time for it to really be a night clock?

Otherwise you'll be fumbling around in the dark trying to get it to show the screen.
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Do you hide your phone at night?

The few times I need to check the time in the middle of the night, I know exactly where my phone is. A constant light in my bedroom would be far worse FOR ME than reaching for my phone and pressing a button twice.
 
sweenish said:
Do you hide your phone at night?

The few times I need to check the time in the middle of the night, I know exactly where my phone is. A constant light in my bedroom would be far worse FOR ME than reaching for my phone and pressing a button twice.
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No I don't but you're saying you can grab your phone in the dark while half asleep the same as you would if you were fully awake and your room has a light on?

My phone has an amoled display which when it is in sleep mode pretty much just shows the clock and actually moves around on the screen a bit too to prevent burn in and because it's an amoled doesn't need a back light so you don't even notice it...nothing like a constant light at all.
 
Yes, I can. I put in the same spot every night. I know exactly where it is. Look at me, having to repeat myself.

Nothing like a constant light, except for the constant light showing the time. Gotcha.
 
sweenish said:
Do you hide your phone at night?

The few times I need to check the time in the middle of the night, I know exactly where my phone is. A constant light in my bedroom would be far worse FOR ME than reaching for my phone and pressing a button twice.
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Red LEDs set for low intensity don't even register through a closed eyelid.
 
crashtech said:
Red LEDs set for low intensity don't even register through a closed eyelid.
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That's one case, and likely the one you've been advocating. Not necessarily what my little back and forth is about. Since it's not with you.

I've had an alarm clock like that. It was great. Now that I have a smartphone, I fail to see the point in visibly displaying the time while I'm asleep, period. I'm also a light sleeper. The blacker my bedroom at night, the better.

I did state that my views were for me, in all caps. But people still want to tell me I'm wrong. That's their prerogative, but I won't take it happily. They can have what works for them, and I can have mine. But as soon as they tell me I can't have mine, I'm not going to just take it.

So, we can just assume that thilanliyan has been talking about a low intensity red LED this whole time if it makes you feel better.
 
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