Lower res more battery?

[johnnyshinta]

Has anyone noticed an appreciable increase in battery by changing the resolution from 4k to 1080? I just got my g7 yesterday and haven't had time to run any tests. Figured I'd ask the community in the meantime

 

[Rukbat]

Lower res should lower battery consumption. Fewer screen locations to control.

 

[SpookDroid]

Not sure on the G7 but on the S9 line (and the ones with that feature that came before it) it does help. It's not 'wow! this thing lasts 5 days now!' good, but it does save you a couple hours of battery life at least.

 

[johnnyshinta]

Lower res should lower battery consumption. Fewer screen locations to control.

I forgot the equals. I meant lower res = more battery?

 

[Rukbat]

More battery life. I read it as "uses more battery".
@SpookDroid: I used to think that 4 days on a Note 3 with very light use was great, but if I could get 5 days - from 80% to 40% (the long lifetime range) - I wouldn't be ecstatic, I'd be stupefied. I don't see that happening until we discover what Tesla had in mind, and include "Tesla wireless" chargers in phones.

 

[SpookDroid]

Well, with light use I think I can squeeze more than a couple days out of an S9+ (I definitely could with my brief time with the Note 7), so maybe with the lower res yeah, 3+ days might be possible. Now, to use my phones lightly for that...well, that might be more difficult haha.