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Does the Wallpaper on Your iPhone 14 Pro's AOD Really Drain Your Battery?
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The new Always-On Displays on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max provide a nifty way to keep tabs on your smartphone without needing to interact with it. However, Apple’s original design choice was odd: By default, the 14 Pros dim your wallpaper in addition to the clock and notifications, which is both confusing and a presumed battery drain.
Apple “fixed” the problem with iOS 16.2, offering users the option to disable their wallpaper on the AOD. Since the 14 Pro has an OLED display, it can turn off the pixels that aren’t in use. You’d think, then, disabling the wallpaper for AOD, and thus leaving a lot of the display black, would net big battery savings.
Well, apparently not. PhoneBuff recently ran a test comparing battery performance of three iPhone 14 Pro Maxes: One with the default AOD with wallpaper enabled, one with only text enabled, and one with the AOD disabled. For added measure, PhoneBuff reset all the phones to be free of apps and iCloud Accounts, put all of them into Airplane Mode, and set the lab to an average brightness of indoor lightning, since the AOD automatically adjusts its brightness based on lighting conditions.
iPhone 14 Pro Max Always On Display Battery Test
After 24 hours, the iPhone with the wallpaper AOD had 80% charge remaining, while, surprisingly, the iPhone with text only had 84% charge left. After a full day, the wallpaper had only drained the battery an extra 4%, even though it kept the entire display on throughout the test.
The negligible effect on battery levels is likely attributable to Apple’s impressive hardware and software performance. The iPhone 14 Pros’ displays have a variable refresh rate, which means they can change the amount of times they refresh the information visible on the display. Older iPhones had a refresh rate of 60Hz, which refreshed the display 60 times per second. The 14 Pros can ramp that up to 120Hz when you want fast and smooth motion, or all the way down to 1Hz in times of inactivity. The latter is what enables the power efficient AOD: What you’re seeing is really the display refreshing once a second, which, coupled with the efficiency of Apple’s A16 Bionic chip, allows you to keep an entire image on the screen without much impact on your battery.
Of course, this was a controlled test in a lab, so your daily use likely won’t match this exactly. Since they used iPhone 14 Pro Maxes for the test, you might also see increased battery drain on the smaller iPhone 14 Pro. PhoneBuff also needed to keep waking the phones throughout the test, since the AOD automatically turns off after an hour of inactivity. With that in mind, so you might actually save more battery than you think if you keep your phone in your pocket or on a table.
If all you’re looking for is to maximize your 14 Pro’s battery life, sure, disable AOD altogether—if you look at PhoneBuff’s test, the 14 Pro Max without AOD enabled ended the 24 hour period with a battery level of 100%. Gold star. Again, that was achieved in a controlled environment without cellular or wifi connections, apps refreshing in the background, etc. However, it does go to show that never using AOD at all does save a good chunk of battery in the long run. So if you want to keep your 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max running longer, think about flipping the switch in Settings > Display & Brightness > Always On Display.
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I recently watched “ the greatest film of all time ,” and the most boring one. In retrospect, the title alone should have been a sufficient warning: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles . Alas, I’m old enough to be a bit nostalgic about massive telephone address books. And massive it is. Clocking over 200 minutes, Chantal Akerman's 1975 dreary drama follows three days in the monotonous routine of Jeanne, a widow, a mother, and a prostitute. I watched Jeanne’s autopilot existence, until, staring at her back as she washes dishes, I decided to fast-forward a couple of minutes, only to discover she was still at it. And Jeanne is equally thorough when she’s busy baking, cleaning, folding laundry, or shining her son’s shoes. She speaks so scarcely and mechanically, that it’s impossible to detect any emotion or volition beyond her carefully controlled chores . Watching Jeanne Dielman is what the word “painstaking” was invented for. Chantal...
Photo : Pixel-Shot ( Shutterstock ) This game is nearly identical to the “drink every time” game above, but adjusted for shots, so it’s for those trying to party a little harder. The idea is to make a list of shot-worthy occurrences—like “a coach yells at a referee” or “something goes wrong during the halftime show”—and then take a shot whenever they happen. If the promise of regular shots isn’t enough for you, we have another twist for you: The “1, 2, 3" rule. The first time something from your shot list happens, you take one shot. The second time it occurs, take two. The third, three...and then hopefully you don’t push your health and safety past that point. On the other hand, you can always choose to sip instead of taking a full shot. Again, none of these party games have to involve alcohol. But they definitely can if you want them to. Super Bowl LVII is on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. E T /3:30 p.m. P T.
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