The Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were recently announced at Google’s latest Pixel event. In fact, these devices, along with the Pixel Watch, are now available to buy today. These are Google’s latest flagship phones, and they use the company’s in-house Tensor G2 chip. They’re really similar to last year’s flagship Pixel phones, but they bring some notable improvements. Check out our review here.
The Pixel 7 Pro’s display draws way too much power
The Pixel 7 Pro sports a 6.7 in QHD+ OLED display, and it’s a sight to behold. However, a display can only be beautiful if there’s enough battery to power it. XDA developers did a test on the Pixel 7 Pro’s display and found some troubling news. The Pixel 7 Pro has generally good battery life, but that changes once you step outside. When you do that, the phone will kick into high-brightness mode. This means that the screen will become much brighter in order to remain visible in the sunlight. Obviously, higher brightness means more battery drop. However, the problem is how it compares to other phones. The folks at XDA did a comparison between the Pixel 7 Pro, the Pixel 6 Pro, and the Galaxy S22+. They found that at 600 nits of brightness, the s22+ used 2W of power and the Pixel 6 Pro used 2.9W of power. However, the Pixel 7 Pro used between 3.5W and 4W of power. Kicking up the brightness, at 1000 nits, the S22+ used 4W of power, and the Pixel 7 Pro used a whopping 6W of power. This means that the Pixel 7 Pro uses about 50% more power for its display than the Galaxy S22+. That’s a major problem because, if you’re getting the same brightness, but your phone uses more power, it’s wasting a lot of energy. Google hasn’t made any statements on this as of yet. We hope that the company will address this and that there is a solution that could be rolled out via a software update.
