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Benchmarks Show iPhone Performance Difference When iOS 9's Low Power Mode is Activated
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Well they do have a silent mode, to put them into that, you just have to make them very angry . Post-silent mode is were few husbands dare venture.....
Cause it might look like they copied the feature from android, where on a number of the handsets you have just such a slider.
It was with opening up third party keyword and NC widgets, I know it took a long time, but it finally happened.
I would like the description to be a little clearer. Two things - first their is a pretty big difference between 10 and 20% when you consider the other thing - that it will add up to 3 hours. Heck, it could even mean you get up to 3 more hours if you do the entire battery in low power mode. But I'll assume that it is just for that 10-20% range. Since it is "up to" 3 hours, I'll also assume that may mean more like 20% left. But even then, does it mean that, once you reach 20% and go to low power you have a good chance of 3 more hours OR is it 3 more hours beyond what 20% would normally get you? Obviously how these things are interpreted would have a lot of effect on how big the benefit is. Which is why I wish the whole thing was much more clearly explained.
A gold-like color would be better for the battery icon. This the power let is precious just like gold. That is one connection for the UX group on the iOS team to dwell over for beta 3.
Thats kind of cool. Looks like it knocks two generations of processing power off.
I guess if you are happy with iPhone 5-like performance (if you have iPhone 6), or iPhone 5S-like performance (when iPhone 6S comes out) and would like to boost your battery by a significant amount then you could just leave this on permanently.
I guess if you are happy with iPhone 5-like performance (if you have iPhone 6), or iPhone 5S-like performance (when iPhone 6S comes out) and would like to boost your battery by a significant amount then you could just leave this on permanently.
I really expect Apple to catch up with Samsung on battery design:
Low and ultra-low power mode, predictive on-time usage for current battery charge, more battery metrics ,fast(er) charging, wireless charging, maybe even that cool wifi-style wireless charging where you don't have to place your device on a specific charging stand (but only if it proves to be efficient). I don't want efficiency to be traded in for some features that might or might not work well or prove to be inefficeint.
Maybe even an OLED display as it consumes less energy? I recall a quote of Jony Ive saying that the OLED display on the watch is going to be the future.
Let's see. Still, the introduction of a low power mode on iOS is promising.
Low and ultra-low power mode, predictive on-time usage for current battery charge, more battery metrics ,fast(er) charging, wireless charging, maybe even that cool wifi-style wireless charging where you don't have to place your device on a specific charging stand (but only if it proves to be efficient). I don't want efficiency to be traded in for some features that might or might not work well or prove to be inefficeint.
Maybe even an OLED display as it consumes less energy? I recall a quote of Jony Ive saying that the OLED display on the watch is going to be the future.
Let's see. Still, the introduction of a low power mode on iOS is promising.
So if I want to play a game, I need to first go into settings and dial up the performance first? And then remember to turn it down after I am done with the game and before launching Facebook? Or I might forget and then wonder why I am getting such stuttery performance and long loading times. The experience is ruined.
I think we will eventually work towards the phone being able to intelligently prioritize power-saving features. I don't think this is a decision that should be left to the user to make. Last thing I want to do on my phone is agonize over which setting to use for which task.
Throttling the performance does not really save that much battery life. The biggest energy consumer in your phone is still the display, followed by GSM/WiFi. Unless you are playing CPU intensive games all the time, it will on average maybe consume 10% of the battery. So even somehow turning it off completely can't possibly double your battery life. So in the end it's all about compromise: How much can you throttle the CPU without significantly worsening user experience? That's basically what Apple did by not providing a manual throttling control. It just makes not much sense to go beyond that point.
Yep. But that's a good thing, I think. The jailbreak community helps keep Apple from getting stagnant.
With iOS 9, Apple introduced a Low Power mode, designed to extend battery life when an iPhone's power is running low. According to the feature's description, Low Power mode works by reducing an iPhone's performance and cutting down on background activity.
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Encouraging. I have an iPhone 5 and according to here (https://browser.primatelabs.com/ios-benchmarks) my current phone is 708 single core, 1272 multi-core on the Geekbench 3 scores compared to 1019/1751 for iPhone 6+ in powersave mode. If at all accurate and/or representative of real life use that would mean that right now I could upgrade to a 6+ in permanent power save mode (I have most of the other background/motion/etc powersave options set as per iOS 9 powersave mode on on my 5 already) and still have a phone that is about 44%/38% faster (single/multi core) than my current 5. Given that I'm waiting for the next release of hardware I'd expect the performance boost vs my 5 to be even greater with the new hardware and also I'll be going for the 4.7" unit not the 5.5" plus unit (assuming the next phones keep the same screen sizes) so the 4.7" will be pushing fewer pixels vs the 5.5" unit and hence probably give yet another boost vs the iOS 9 on iPhone 6 Plus benchmarks that this article talks about.
For me, someone who really wants every last bit of battery life without needing to strap on a battery case and who is already perfectly happy with his iPhone 5 performance (but not its battery life) this looks like Apple is giving me exactly what I want. I'm also hoping that just maybe Apple's focus on battery life in iOS 9 might also mean that it will be a big focus for the next hardware release as well e.g. some or all of: higher levels of component integration freeing up even a tiny bit more internal volume for a bigger battery, really pushing the screen technology/manufacturer to reduce power consumption and perhaps radios too, and maybe the next SoC not going all-out for speed increases but trading off some performance increase in favour of reduced power consumption.
For me, someone who really wants every last bit of battery life without needing to strap on a battery case and who is already perfectly happy with his iPhone 5 performance (but not its battery life) this looks like Apple is giving me exactly what I want. I'm also hoping that just maybe Apple's focus on battery life in iOS 9 might also mean that it will be a big focus for the next hardware release as well e.g. some or all of: higher levels of component integration freeing up even a tiny bit more internal volume for a bigger battery, really pushing the screen technology/manufacturer to reduce power consumption and perhaps radios too, and maybe the next SoC not going all-out for speed increases but trading off some performance increase in favour of reduced power consumption.
I like it! Especially that it comes on when having 20% or less battery. I would just love to see this for all macbook models.
You can turn it on when ever you want. The automatic low power part turns on at 20% battery. if charging it turns it off at 80% of the full battery.
ios should let the user choose exactly how they want there device to run like on Android.
You can set performance governors and min clocks and max clocks on Android and set your cell up they way you use it best.
Like on my gs6 that has more then enough hp I set max clocks to 1500mhz instead of 2100 and get better battery life with more snappier performance then full power saving mode.
You can set performance governors and min clocks and max clocks on Android and set your cell up they way you use it best.
Like on my gs6 that has more then enough hp I set max clocks to 1500mhz instead of 2100 and get better battery life with more snappier performance then full power saving mode.
Lol and this is from back in 2009,maybe in ios15 you can have a little freedom to adjust performance!
What we hope is: if we manually open lpm, then iOS should retain this state, whether power goes over 80 or not.
Well maybe... But I don't think there is a need for it "freedom" if the OS you have is great.
What you type:
maybe in ios15 you can have a little freedom to adjust performance!
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What I read:
Android still needs to offer "freedom" to compete with iOS