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As you know, Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5 received quite interesting and many expected feature as Always -On-screen, which displays the most important information – we are talking mostly about time. And, oddly enough, is very useful, given the fact that now, in order to know the time, we do not need to “wake up” self device.

In this article, in addition to what is already known about all of this feature, we would like to tell you a little more. Our colleagues from the phonearena conducted a series of tests using Basemark Power Assessment Tool and make some conclusions, we are with you today and to share, as we believe that you just have to know about them.



AOD on LG G5 consumes less power

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After a series of tests of our colleagues have come to the following conclusion: LG G5 consumes an average of 70 milliwatts when AOD active. Meanwhile, in the Always-On Galaxy S7 consumes 75 milliwatts at best and at worst 105 milliwatts. The difference in the percentage ranges from 7 to 50 percent, which is quite significant.



Always-On on both devices consume very little energy

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Always-On-display (AOD) in average Galaxy S7 consumes 0.78% battery charge per hour. AOD is the case with LG G5 consumes not much less – 0.65%. Of course, who wants to charge the battery every hour sit down nearly 1%? No one. But it is necessary to take into account that the actual operation of the energy consumption will be significantly lower as AOD in the active state is not always the case. In the pocket or in the event that the smartphone is face down, Always-On-screen is in an inactive state.



Always-On-display does not help to keep the charge

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According to our colleagues, if you want to save as much as possible of the charge, it is best to manually translate the device in an active state by pressing the power button to view the time or notice. According to the observations, the average regular user 150 visits the device in an active state. 150 times the smartphone display is switched on and spends a lot of energy, but only in a very short period of time.

If we talk about AOD, processes and sensors responsible for the response to user actions, working constantly and thus for the entire time until the device is turned on, spend precious battery power. Thus, in the case of the Galaxy S7 12 hours in normal use AOD ate in 3,1-4,4 times more battery life than if you were passing the device in the active state 150 times for a short time. Meanwhile, in the AOD LG G5 consumes 2.1 times more battery life, it is better to S7 performance, but still quite controversial. Thus, disabling Always-On-screen will save you from 4 to 9 percent

. Interesting facts about the Always-On- displays Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5