LG recently announced a new laptop display panel that can change its refresh rate between 120 Hz and 1 Hz. Tests on a Dell laptop with the new display show a huge gain in battery life. It would be really great if Framework could offer such a display as an upgrade to a Laptop 13. I don’t know if LG has announced a 13” version of the display yet, the Dell uses a 14” version.
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Would you have a link to the tests?
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Here is the article I read first, there are more links in it. 'God-tier battery life': Dell XPS 14 lasts 43 hours in longevity test that shows the laptop leaves Apple's MacBook Air M5 in the dust | TechRadar
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Hope that this becomes another option if it costs more.
Another article here. Dell XPS 14 Panther Lake Laptop Hits 43 Hours In Battery Test Beatdown Of M5 MacBook Air | HotHardware
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Seconded, the claim of “huge gain” in battery life seems exaggerated.
Liquid crystal consumes very little electricity, the majority of the power draw is from the backlight.
A lower framerate reduces GPU load however the GPU load is already very low unless you are playing a video game so further reducing it is a diminishing return. I don’t think most users can tolerate up to 1 second to wait for a folder to open