The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max that have imported dynamic islands have officially added the AOD function. But when it was launched, many people were also curious about how much impact this screen display function that can maintain a 1Hz refresh rate would actually have on the iPhone’s power consumption. There was no previous system reference data. Now it seems that Apple will finally bring a clearer power display function to users of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max (maybe). Continue reading How much impact does the iPhone 14 Pro always showing AOD have on battery life? The latest iOS will have the opportunity to directly see the text of the report.
How much impact does the iPhone 14 Pro always showing AOD have on battery life? The latest iOS will have the opportunity to see it directly
The Always-On Display (AOD) function provides a more intuitive information display function by continuously displaying, or “permanently displaying”, some information on the screens of devices such as smartphones and smart watches. Even other Android phones and even Apple Watch have already adopted this feature. However, on Apple’s smartphone systems, this convenient feature was not officially added until the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max that introduced Dynamic Island.
When it was launched, many people were also curious about how much impact this screen display function that can maintain a 1Hz refresh rate would actually have on the iPhone’s power consumption. There was no previous system reference data. Now it seems that Apple will finally bring a clearer power display function to users of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max (maybe).
In fact, as long as you see the first decimal point update project of iOS, you can basically expect that a lot of new features will follow – in the past, it would even unlock shooting capabilities such as ProRes of iPhone or the front-screen control interface of iPad Pro.
This wave of iOS 16.4 has begun to be pushed to developers, although it seems to be mainly some interface adjustments and bringing more colorful Emoji emoticons. However, foreign media 9to5Mac discovered that in addition to adding a new setting for AppleCare warranty time display, Apple seems to be preparing to provide a new power consumption display function for the “Always Display” function that can continue to display the time, date, battery, notifications and widgets on the iPhone at a low power consumption and low update rate when the screen is turned off in the past.
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Seeing that every time the system is updated, many people will still feel the difference in iPhone battery life. Naturally, for users who are more concerned about battery life, the biggest question when the new AOD standby display function of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max was launched was how much power it consumes. But previously it was not possible to directly see the categories related to it.
After the foreign media 9to5Mac disassembled the iOS 16.4 test version this time, it was discovered that the category for always displaying in the battery setting function appeared in it. In short, just like hotspot sharing and various App items, Apple will have a good chance to add relevant information that will always be displayed on the power consumption display page.
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That is to say, most actual tests, including the results of the computer king Ada team’s unboxing experience with the iPhone 14 Pro Max, show that such a function consumes about 1% of the power per hour (according to actual measurements by foreign media, the Pro consumes 20% of the power in 24 hours, and some people have further reduced it to about 14% by setting the tablecloth to all black).
Since some settings will lead to subtle differences in standby power consumption, it does depend on the system functions to easily see the difference. Now it seems that after iOS 16.4 in the future, there should be a good chance to see this option.
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