Low power mode is mainly used when the battery is almost empty. In order to reduce the power consumption of iPhone and iPad, enabling iPhone low power mode can extend battery life and maximize battery life. It can add up to three hours. Some people are also worried about the iPhone turning on. Will power saving mode damage the battery? And is it more power-saving to turn on iPhone’s low power mode? Will it have any impact? When should you turn on iPhone power saving mode? This article will explain it to you.
What is low power mode?
” Low Power Mode ” is a power-saving function that can extend battery life when the iPhone’s battery usage is low. iPhone users will generally find that the iPhone’s battery power is below 20%. The iOS system will automatically turn on the “low power mode”. When entering the power saving state, the battery will also turn into a yellow pattern. It will remind you again when the battery power is below 10%. Change to red status.
What are the disadvantages of turning on iPhone low power mode?
The main benefit of turning on the iPhone’s “Low Power Mode” is to extend battery life. It mainly optimizes the iPhone’s power efficiency by turning off functions such as CPU throttling and background refresh, in exchange for more power. This will also lead to certain functions being disabled. Being restricted, the following functions will be reduced or affected in “iPhone low power mode”:
- The update frequency of an iPhone or iPad equipped with a ProMotion display will be limited to less than 60 Hz, resulting in obvious lag when the screen slides. Devices include iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, all iPad Pro 11-inch models, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) and subsequent models.
- The iPhone 12 series will automatically disable the 5G network (except in some cases such as video streaming and large download operations).
- The background app is automatically closed after being reorganized.
- Screen brightness is automatically lowered.
- Auto-lock will change to 30 seconds.
- Disable system animation visual effects.
- Pause iCloud photo sync.
- Disable functions such as AirDrop and interconnection.
- Automatic downloading is disabled.
- Email retrieval disabled.
- The processor will automatically reduce performance by about 40%.
Will keeping iPhone in power saving mode damage the battery?
Many people are also curious whether turning on the iPhone’s power-saving mode will damage the battery ? In fact, turning on the “low power mode” (power saving mode) of the iPhone will not damage the battery . The main purpose is to provide users who do not have a mobile power supply or cannot charge immediately after the battery is lower than 20%. They can extend the battery life through the power saving mode. At least they can still answer calls, send and receive emails and messages, or surf the Internet, so that they can use the iPhone. Enter and exit public transportation as normal.
Of course, there are also iPhone users who choose to turn on “Low Power Mode” when playing games to reduce the problem of phone heating during games. If you want to avoid games getting hot, you can refer to the tips shared by Mr. Crazy before and use shortcut automation. When turned on After playing the game, the iPhone’s power saving mode will be automatically triggered. However, the disadvantage is that running high-performance games may cause lags. After all, the processor is running at reduced frequency.