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> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display

> the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap

These two statements seem somewhat contradictory.

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That probably means that the screen is clear enough to read in most ambient light (since they're talking about an always-on display), but won't keep you awake or distract people in a movie theatre.

Well I assume you can still see it when it's dimmed, however if you can't, you can simply lift your wrist.

So it still does the wrist motion detection thing.

I wonder if you can turn this feature off so that it behaves like the previous Apple Watch and save more battery.

Based on how carefully they worded it during the keynote, I'd say yes for sure.

Everyone on stage today wore an S5, and you can see that it looks dimmer, yet still legible.

They're not. There's an animation. It doesn't turn off. It dims. Like they said.

I understand that. But if it's easy to see, why do I need to do something to make it brighter?

> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display

I love that they're touting this amazing feature which exists on any cheap $5 drug store watch.

They had an ad in the keynote to address your concerns, funnily enough.

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