Looks like a bad joke for me, I've heard that even the 520 will run it after black.
I got a L 520 ( black ) and no Glance here.
Hey people, i had a nokia 3120 classic bought 6 years or so ago, it's screen pixels worked separate of the backlight, and thus it had something like a glance screen (showed message and calls, and time) all those years back . I had a nokia 2700 classic too, bought 4 months later, and it didn't have. Infact it's screen could not function without the backlight. Same is with Lumia 520, its screen is linked to the backlight, so if you somehow get glance on it, it would keep your screen on all that time, and that's not a very promising option . Its screen isn't meant to stay on after backlight is off, and as long as backlight is on, the screen is on, and your battery is dead . So 520+glance screen=forget it ! Icon might have the same problem, it doesn't have an AMOLED screen, so it might never get it. But I'm not,sure about this thing. But 520 isn't gonna get it.
920 has LCD and not AMOLED so non-AMOLED phones can get Glance. Oh the beast 1520 is also LCD and has Glance. Both of these would be linked to their backlight due to having LCD as LCD requires backlighting to see.
Well that's a new thing for me. Sounds stupid to keep the whole screen on for that thing, wouldn't AMOLED be better where dark pixels actually get shut down ? Well anyway, I'm having a hard time believing all time screen on doesn't consume battery, but we all learn new things !
But LCD is such low power, it's use is negligible.
Have you guys read the thread posted in another forum about glance. I'm posting the link below. They talk about pixel damage on OLED screen. I'm not an expert on this, but maybe some of you understand.
http://forums.windowscentral.com/showthread.php?t=263272
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