How to show battery percentage on iPhone 12

Just dropped $1000 on the 12 pro because my old 6s was done. No battery percentage on the screen?? Bring that back, it's information that everyone looks for when they pick up their phone. Terrible oversight, shows a clear disconnect between Apple and its customers.

I’m with the rest...to have the percentage only show up when the phone screen is turned on is useless especially when it disappears immediately. The fact that the value shows up tells me it’s somewhere in there and could be accessed without much work.

I cannot understand why this error was made I know people say there is no space, yet there is space for the useless battery icon. If Apple cared for their users I think they could take the battery icon off the top and replace it with the much needed battery percentage.

Swiping down or adding a widget doesn't solve the problem. Apple needs to seriousl reconsider/bring back the previous battery display. If your hands are full, you have your phone regularly locked because of small hands in your things all teh time, it's extra work for the user compared to a display the at shows 24/7 even when the phone is locked.

Since the last update and upgrade for me to the 12 mini and a macbook pro m1 chip, I have had to google everything, with the m1 chip my Finder menu was not showing per the Apple advice instructions. most default preferences i had on previous Mac products were unchecked, and I had to hunt them all downa gain to get started. the phone menu on the 12 min/ios14 regularly disappears and i can't hang up, change from speaker phone, etc. , without an extra step on the part of the user.

REducing visibilty of menus/statuses for the user just means extra work for the customer-i.e. NOT good design and the opposite of the real legacy of Dieter Rams. I may move to android next time after being a Mac user since I was 5 years old. Disappointing.

We all know this or if you don't mind removing 4 normal widgets from your home screen you can add the huge out of place battery widget. Apple says there is no room for the battery percentage yet there is room for the battery icon ?

will Apple sort this out I don't think so now.

Apple, please put the battery percentage back in on the iPhone 12 mini, etc.

my old iPhone 7 still has it with 14.6.

you could have made a much better design choice on this.

the one you did make is bad and annoying.

please revise very soon,

thank you.

My original iPhone SE is running 14.6 and still as the lovely easy to read and see battery percentage on the top right where it should be. Why Apple took it off but left the useless battery icon is a mystery to me you would think it would be easy to remove the unwanted battery icon and replace it with the battery percentage.

Please Apple lets have the battery percentage back where it should be, PLEASE

If the battery percentage is so incredibly important to you, doesn't that widget with the huge % value exactly fit your need?

Not obsessing about each and every percent of battery and instead going by a rough estimate can be quite therapeutic. You should try it

My judgement is that you should leave your judgements about accepting a regression in iPhone functioning to yourself. It contributes nothing to solving the problem. Perhaps FaceBook would be the more appropriate medium for revealing the inner you.

Given that user0197 was not responding to you in their post and this is a public forum and unless you violate the Terms of Use here, they have the ability to post what they wish. The answer to the OP's question had already been provided.

Hi Owlguru.

The question is, can you change the battery symbol on top right of screen to show a percentage of the battery left instead of the battery symbol. I haven’t seen that one could change this anywhere in the settings. Thanks.

The point also is that no one here can change that, and Apple does not participate here. Use the feedback link that has been provided to let Apple know how you feel. I don't care that you want it, it makes no difference to me either way. I just explained why it wasn't there and that you cannot change it in Settings at this time.

I would also add to previous Apple customer’s comments, my comment of absolute disappointment and frustration that there is no longer a battery percentage displayed on the home screen of my new Apple 12mini 😡. Why on earth was it removed? Apple.. the old adage says... “If it ‘ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. This has been a retrograde step.. put the battery percentage back on to the home screen.... PLEASE 🙏

THE BIGGEST IPHONE SCREEN EVER MADE AND THERES NO ROOM FOR THE BATTERY PERCENTAGE?!! This is just one of the many steps backwards that makes the iPhone 12ProMax the worst iPhone I’ve ever used! The 10% looks like the 1% and I’m not going to pull the control center down every 3 minutes just to check my heathery when a GD flip phone can do better!! Bad move!

Please, Apple, include battery percentage as an option to either add or replace the totally imprecise battery icon on the home screen. Biggest disappointment so far with my brand new 12 mini. That and the loss of the fingerprint recognition, of course…