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Stetrain

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Feb 6, 2009
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I think the higher resolution rendering is probably a small fraction of battery usage. The vast majority is probably the screen backlight, wireless radios, and general CPU/GPU usage by apps, most of which wouldn't be changed much by zoomed mode.
 
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