it doesn't work with a lot of images, or youtube.... so, not really useful (but fun for a minute).
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That’s why you aren’t really noticing anything. The 6S and older shows the evidence a lot more than the 7 does.
The 6s isn't all that underpowered compared to the 7 at all. There shouldn't be that much of a noticeable difference.
I'm curious, given how many posts and threads something as inconsequential as a few frame drops in some sometimes obscure animations usually result in, where's the discussion of these overheating type of issues in relation to the invert functionality?
I posted a while back a post with quite a few articles explaining that LCD uses more power displaying dark colors over light. OLED uses almost no power to display dark colors compared to the power used to display light colors. This is why OLED devices typically have a darker interface. It’s power efficient.
There's definitely a meaningful difference when it comes to colors and OLED, but I don't recall there being a meaningful one with LCD.
https://www.quora.com/Does-a-white-background-use-more-energy-on-an-LCD-than-if-it-was-set-to-black
First answer provides good information.
There’s a pretty significant difference on the 6S. Screen recording also makes it worse, but amplified the effects so you can see them well. Smart invert isn’t nearly as smooth as normal invert. Normal invert is just as smooth as normal iOS.
There is some variation to color and power usage when it comes to LCD, but it looks like in the range of "slight" or even "very slight" (words used in that Quora amasser) when it comes to savings.
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If that's the general case I'm even more curious where are the complaints and discussions about it (epecially when something less significant and harder to notice like occasional slight frame drops get dozens of threads).
The "slight" and "very slight" was in reference to just the background. Not the entire UI. That will change the "slight" and "very slight" to more.
I'd be curious to see how much of a particular difference in power usage that would really make.
On less power efficient LCD monitors, I believe the power consumption was 8% more. I have an article posted somewhere, but in class so can't go digging for it. Even 2-3% more would be noticeable.
Use a jailbroken device with Eclipse. The power difference is quite frankly non-existant.