After the release of the Apple Watch Series 10, we could see a type of display with lower power consumption than usual, which helps maintain autonomy 18 hours of the device, despite being lighter and having a larger screen, something very interesting.
Well, apparently the rumors indicate that the next iPhone 17 could come up with something similar, which could reduce battery consumption and one of the reasons there is a Air model which we would be talking about, something similar to the Apple Watch, as it would be lighter, less thick, but could have similar performance in terms of autonomy.
iPhone 17 with low consumption screens
The type of screen that these Series 10 use and that we are talking about is LTP03a term that not everyone knows and of which we are going to leave the explanation here:
LTPO refers to a TFT panel that adds oxide to a low temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) TFT, which reduces the power consumption at low frequencies update. Apple applied the “LTPO3” name to the OLED displays used in the recently launched Apple Watch 10 series to differentiate it from the LTPO2 displays currently used in the Apple Watch Series 9 and iPhone 16 Pro models, as it replaces the TFT (film transistor) unit. thin) with a more efficient oxide-based version.
Therefore, although we do not know the exact percentage of improvement, we would talk about a gain in terms of energy that is quite interesting and that can be applied to the rest of the brand’s devices, including Macs or iPhones, which would give us the possibility to increase the autonomy, or failing that, leave it the same, but reducing the size of the battery, thus achieving the supposed iPhone 17 Air that we will see next year and which will be the thinnest ever created by Apple.
The technology allows Apple to optimize each pixel to emit more light at wider angles. As a result, the screen of the Apple Watch Series 10 is up to a 40 percent brighter than the Series 9 when viewed off-axis.
Not only would we see an improvement in terms of autonomy, but also in light, since it will achieve, with a similar panel, 40% more brightness, ideal for the watch, but also for an iPhone, especially in full sun in summer, where We can barely distinguish the screen due to its reflection, and this will help solve it.
For now it is a rumor, and it may be that only the Pro models of the iPhone 17 have it, or that they do not even have it, and it will not be until 2026 when we see it implemented in other devices. What is clear is that the technology exists, and it will end up being used, so this is a good sign.
And you, what do you think of this? Since they fail to improve the performance of the batteries, trying to reduce component costs may be the way to achieve longer battery life, right?