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iOS 13's Dark Mode Extends OLED iPhone Battery Life, Test Confirms
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So low power mode should automatically activate dark mode in OLED models.
For everyone sarcastically saying this isn’t news, nobody knew the percentage of battery savings, so yeah, it’s interesting information.
For everyone sarcastically saying this isn’t news, nobody knew the percentage of battery savings, so yeah, it’s interesting information.
Love Dark mode. I’m getting all day usage with my 11 Pro Max and I am a heavy video streamer and lately I’ve been playing a lot of Mario run, haven’t had to put my phone on the charger until I go to sleep at night.
i gladly gave up 3D Touch for a larger battery and the type of all day battery life I’m getting now.
i gladly gave up 3D Touch for a larger battery and the type of all day battery life I’m getting now.
Yeah, and having to put up with the crap show called iOS 13 will definitely worth this minute battery life gain.
I take it you failed to actually click on the video. They are both XS Max.
I agree. I tried it and it lasted about five minutes. For me (YMMV), most apps became very hard to read.
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That was obviously humor, but my adult son runs his iPhone X with the display turned so far down that I basically can't read what's on the display. He's effectively already using SuperDark Mode. He says his battery life is great...no wonder...
agreed. i guess i'll test it next time i'm on a transatlantic flight or something. but i prefer the normal aesthetic much more, and much like your son - turn the brightness down.
I'm glad it's getting extra coverage. Not everyone follows tech news all the time and it's a handy tip to know when your battery is low.
why do I feel like my battery took a hit since then? I've noticed my phone dying overnight when it shouldn't way more
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OLED with the brightness turned down is so bad for you. you're basically just making the screen flash slower. I find white text on black background such easier on the eyes and I use the accessibility mode to turn the white point down when I want to dim the screen versus turning brightness down
I was sort of surprised by how hard I found it to read in Dark Mode. I used to use reverse/dark mode on my Kindle sometimes, and it was fine. I don't know whether it's the smaller screen, or greater number of visual elements (i.e., not simple text), or OLED vs. the LCD (?) display on the Kindle, or something else, but the Dark Mode experience on the iPhone was not what I expected at all.
I see lots of people in this thread saying "duh" and "of course it does" but it's nice to have a real test with measurable results.
There is also a persistent myth going around that dark mode won't save energy unless you use completely black pixels; this myth needs to be eliminated already. An OLED pixel is like a tiny light bulb, if it's running dimmer it uses less power; you don't have to use 100% black to get the power savings. Dark greys and other colors are sufficient.
There is also a persistent myth going around that dark mode won't save energy unless you use completely black pixels; this myth needs to be eliminated already. An OLED pixel is like a tiny light bulb, if it's running dimmer it uses less power; you don't have to use 100% black to get the power savings. Dark greys and other colors are sufficient.
i think it's the nature of the screen. i can read my kindle for hours and my eyes feel fine, while reading on my phone or computer is a disaster - eyes get tired almost instantly.
This is also true of the Apple Watch. I use a black background on my watch face and even with 50-100 notifications throughout the work day, I end up with ~60-65% remaining when I go to sleep. If I change that to a white background it's more like 40-45% after a day.
They don’t need to acknowledge any ‘user based’ battery management tests, they go by official testing conducted through R&D specifically of what the battery is capable of producing. It’s like the Apple Watch for example, Apple rates the battery life at 18 hours, but I can manage 24 hours through various user settings.
Apple doesn't disclose it because they want people to not think about battery life, as much as possible. As many battery life features as they now pack, they still charge premium for replacing batteries... (or have they gone back on letting third parties replace them? ... I forget if that was in the news or not..)
