• xia@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if battery age skews this test towards the new phones.

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    1 year ago

    My only explanation is that the ProMotion, hence the GPU, decided to consume more. It’s evident on how YouTube and the games depleted 30% of the battery while the iPhone 15 Plus was just chill.

    And that seems like a problem on both Pro Max. Videos and Games on 120Hz means low battery life. I wonder how it would have lasted ProMotion was disabled and keep the brightened at the same nits.

    I wonder how it would have lasted.

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      1 year ago

      I wish there was an option to limit it to 60 Hz. You’d still have the benefits of variable refresh rates, but with lower battery consumption.

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          1 year ago

          sigh This option shouldn’t be hidden in accessibility.

          Does it reduce the frame rate to 60 HZ?

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            1 year ago

            it caps it to 60hz but isn’t fixed, retaining promotion/VRR. I think the “normie” way to do it is low power mode

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              1 year ago

              I have the normal iPhone 15 so can’t test it, but according to people, low normal mode introduces a lot of lag.

              It just feels weird that regular iPhones are the one to recommend right now.

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                1 year ago

                I don’t have any lag people are talking about in low power mode ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I use it all the time cause I have really long work shifts and I can type and take pictures and videos etc perfectly fine, on my old 13 pro and this 15 pro max

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        1 year ago

        I guess one could switch on low power mode to limit it to 60 Hz. Not very hopeful though because I’ve read of 13/14 Pro users getting crazy lag when on low power.

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          1 year ago

          14 Pro User here.

          Yes. It’s crazy. Typing in any app makes it lag, no matter if iMessage, Mail, WhatsApp, internet, in here, Notes…

          The rest is lag-less. So as long as you don’t type you’re good using power saving mode.

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            1 year ago

            Oh that detail helps. My partner complained that her 14 Pro was not right: slow while typing in iMessage and FB Messenger. When I tried her phone later I had no issues. I’m going to have to check her Focus and Shortcuts for low power mode.

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    1 year ago

    I’m glad I got the basic iPhone 15 to replace my old iPhone 8 Plus. I don’t need all the bells and whistles of the pro line.

    Apple definitely should have added a bigger battery to the Pro lineup.

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      1 year ago

      There have been a couple generations that had worse battery life than the one before. It wouldn’t be unheard of.