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Test Shows How Much Battery Drain Your Wallpaper Causes on the iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display
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I recently read (again) Catch-22 and your comment reminded me of Milo Minderbinder. ;-)
Well you're free to think it, but what I posted was my experience.
The ghosting was pretty well pronounced on a white screen (like reading an email or something), but when I disabled the AOD, about a year later the ghosting was definitely not as severe.
Speak for yourself, it’s become helpful not to have to raise my phone and unlock the phone to see if I have any new notifications, less of a hassle now and at the end of the day I still have plenty of battery life.
Oooof. The time and widgets don't move around the display when 'sleeping'? As the owner of a LG OLED TV, I've already had a B7 screen replaced because of burn-in. I'd hate to see that happen on my phone.
It takes some time getting used to when you’re in the raise to wake habit, but I’ve never looked back. It allows my Series 5 watch with it’s original battery at 80% battery health to get through the whole day with some battery remaining at the end!
There's plenty of evidence in recent OLED display technology that it's really not an issue anymore - it's definitely not something to be fannying about over.
I experienced OLED burn-in on my Watch Series 5. The technology has vastly improved, but it's still not perfect.
FFS. It has been tested scientifically 100x. It does not. Period.
Burn-in was pretty noticeable, then a year later, it was difficult to see. Not really sure what there was for me to misunderstand, but here we are. 🤷♂️
So, what you're saying is that a display that is always on draws the same or less amount of power as a display that is always off...? Interesting, would like to see the "scientific testing" done on that, sounds like someone is defying the laws of physics and chemistry. Or, far more likely, you're talking nonsense and dressing up your misguided opinion / belief as fact.
I think he’s talking about older iPhones and Watches not the new one. If I use AOD on my two years old Watch I get one day life. If I don’t use AOD I get two days life.
I have OLED burn on my iPhone 12 Max 😔😔 I can see the IG icons burned into the bottom like a pink hue and there is also a pink hue in the top right corner from some app’s icon.
Completely agree with this, IMO the watch was useless until AOD came along.
I don't even understand how this happens to people. was the screen on for 4 hours straight full brightness?
I've had a series 5 for 3 years. no burn in at all🤷♂️ Its def not the norm
Seems to be 5000mAh (S22 Ultra) versus 3200mAh (14 Pro), so about 55% more efficient on the iPhone. The standard 22 is closer at 3700mAh. So the Apple implementation looks to be more efficient, but what matters to the user will be time between charges, of course
I got an iPhone 12 last spring because it was 50% off but the battery is nowhere near my 8 Plus before it. I thought I would only miss the large screen but turns out the large iPhones run a lot longer. In the future I plan to get "the big one".
I am not a tech blogger, just a user. Me and my wife, we turned off AOD within a day of receiving our iPhone 14 Pro's. We have AOD turned off on our watches too. We are happy for others that enjoy AOD, but we have no need at all. In my social circle, nobody has AOD turned on, also not on Android phones. Based on my social circle, I would say that a vocal minority wants AOD. Apparently your social circle is such that you think the opposite.
I went from the 12 Pro Max to the 14 Pro. My 12 Pro Max, with a battery at 85% capacity, had better battery life than my new 14 Pro. I have AOD disabled, and battery life is acceptable. I'm worried about battery life once my 14 Pro battery reaches 85% capacity. So yes, based on my experience, you should be worried about battery life.
It is my experience that a phone in airplane mode still uses energy, even with the screen turned off. When I still used airplane mode overnight, it would cost about 10%. Maybe with current phones it is less, but I'm not buying 0%.
I agree that it is great that we have an option. Reading all the posts ever since this feature was announced, I feel like people who love AOD are trying to convince people that don't that they should turn the feature on. So, completely the opposite of what you are reading. I guess it depends on ones own opinion which posts stand out most.
Edit: changed "your own opinion" into "ones own opinion"
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You have me very concerned indeed
What do you use your phone for ?
And how mucH SOT do u get ?