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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Would this be better or worse for battery life?

[–] cron 10 points 4 days ago

The article says that the influence on battery usage is low. But the higher resolution might result in a higher power draw.

[–] Stampela@startrek.website 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My understanding is that oleds are a weird beast. Since there’s no backlight, each pixel can be considered a small colored light, if you have a fully black screen, then it’s essentially off and not using any power. However, there are instances where the peak brightness is limited to a small portion of the screen, because blasting the entire thing of full brightness white would pass the power supply capacity…

That said, let me stress this: it’s my understanding. Not a hard fact, I might be wrong or just basing things on old information.

[–] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Yes you are correct. Peak brightness is a variable based on load.

As for power effeciency, I have no idea.