• @dan@upvote.au
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    2 years ago

    Not all phones; just ones with OLED screens.

    CRTs will also save power as they have to shoot fewer phosphors, but that’s not really relevant today.

    • Corhen
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      02 years ago

      Don’t pretty much all phones have OLED screens?

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        2 years ago

        Only midrange to high-end devices. Cheaper ones (which are very common especially in poorer countries) still use simpler LCD/LED screens.

        LCD screens have a backlight that’s always on and consumes the same amount of power regardless of what’s on the screen. OLEDs don’t have a backlight; when the screen is dark, the pixels in that area are actually turned off.