According to Tom'sguide , in a recent Reddit post, user ant_t99 showed off an image of his iPhone, which, despite running out of battery, still displayed the time in the top right corner.

The feature has been available on the Apple Watch, but this is the first time it's been seen on the iPhone. The images also reveal that the iPhone can still be found when the battery is dead, a feature that was added in iOS 15.

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The battery icon is still visible, as is the "iPhone is Findable" message, while there is a small amount of battery left. Photo: ant_t99/ Reddit

While this isn't the most exciting feature of the iOS 18 upgrades announced at WWDC, it could be beneficial in the right situation, allowing users to still see the time on their iPhone's screen, even when the device is "dead."

However, there is a question about how long the iPhone will display the time before turning off completely. And it seems that this feature is only for the iPhone 15 series and does not work for older iPhones.

iOS 18 brings many new features to the iPhone. Although the most prominent feature is Apple Intelligence, which will only be available on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, due to hardware limitations, there are still a series of other additions such as the ability to customize the screen, the home screen allows to customize widgets and arrange icons freely, helping to personalize the iPhone as desired; iMessages can schedule sending messages and respond with a variety of emojis and effects; Lock and hide applications; Set up voice accessibility; Record and transcribe calls directly from the phone application...

Meanwhile, with compatible iPhones, users will have access to Apple Intelligence, which adds many upgrades to Siri and integrates ChatGPT. Apple Intelligence can also create images with reminders; it can even create Genmoji in the Messages app.

While the feature of telling the time when your phone is dead may not seem like much compared to the myriad of other features, it does help people and it's great that Apple added this useful feature.

According to Apple, the first beta of iOS 18 has been released to developers. iPhone users can now download the iOS 18 beta to experience the new features. However, Apple recommends backing up your data in case the version is not working properly. iOS 18 will officially be available to general users this fall.

Which iPhones will be updated to iOS 18? Apple has just announced iOS 18 at the 35th global developer conference - WWDC 2024. This is considered the biggest iOS update but not all iPhones can update.