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Downscaling the resolution
Is it possible to lower the resolution of the N900? As the wonderful 800x480 eats much power, so would a resolution of half the size make the phone more responsive and push the battery performance?
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We all want higher res, i sure do, would like a HD res at the normal 1280x720. And if i may say that if our N900 had that low 400 res it would not appeal to many, that about the same as my N95 (320x240) I could give a performance boost, but i have to say that i don't have any performance issues on mine, not surfing the web, using maps or just the "desktop" And on battery performance, well there are ways around that :D Also every smartphone suffers here, when newer battery's come out then this will be resolved, or if the screens are high efficiency AMOLED and the newer transistor material that is in "progress" will also cut down power usage. But for now, want more battery usage, you have to have a bigger battery. EDIT: better.... |
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I'm no expert and I might be wrong, but I doubt it would increase your battery performance (to the contrary, it might increase it...).
The reasoning behind that is that no matter what resolution you have, the phone's display still consists of 800x480 pixels (even at a lower display resolution, the screen hardware is the same). Also, when factoring the processing power needed to render the lower resolution (the phone will need to compute the native 800x480 pixels into 400x240 or whatever), you'd probably be worse off. Not to mention application incompatiblities... Just my 2 cents. :-) |
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No, I don't want a screen resolution of half the size, I merely asked if it were possible for our devices, and by your responses seems likely you two haven't a clue. Also, the screen technology is called "AMOLED".
The majority of battery performance is affected by CPU & GPU usage, downscaling the screen theoretically would affect the battery with a significantly positive outcome. Point is; graphics intensive programs (Bounce Evolution tech demo) would show a noticeable difference in performance, and graphics wouldn't look much different. In other words developers like this guy could see an ideal speed boost in their applications they're developing. |
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My 0.02£. |
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Thanks, I guess I needed to go into detail for everything I already know in application development, if I attempt to make statements like that at least.
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I was referring to dr_frost's misspelling in his first post, as it can be confused with the Armor brand TVs.
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Sorry.....
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If you try some of the games are OpenGL and scaled from a lower resolution, they suck battery just as fast as the rest :)
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