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We’ve been pretty pleased with Google’s new Pixel 7 Pro as we outlined in our initial review yesterday, but as the phone goes on sale, a new report claims that the display on Google’s new flagship is a bit power hungry.<\/p>\n

The display on your smartphone is generally going to be one of, if not the single-most power-hungry component. But manufacturers have worked hard over the years to optimize panels to be as efficient as possible. <\/p>\n

With the Pixel 7 Pro, it seems the display is eating up a disproportionate amount of power. The folks over at XDA<\/em> first uncovered the issue, which sees the display eating up very high amounts of power when it is used at higher brightness settings.<\/p>\n

A deep dive into the display’s power consumption found that the Pixel 7 Pro eats up around 3.5-4W at 600 nits, just under half of maximum brightness. When triggering high-brightness mode, around 1,000 nits, power consumption jumps to 6W. These results were then confirmed with a few other Pixel 7 Pro units from other reviewers within the Valnet network, which owns both XDA <\/em>and Android Police<\/em>.<\/p>\n

By comparison, this shows an increase from the Pixel 6 Pro, which ran at around 2.9W at 600 nits, and 4W at 800 nits. The results are also quite a bit higher compared to Samsung’s latest devices. The Galaxy S22 Plus came in at just 2W at 600 nits, and 4W at 1,000 nits.<\/p>\n

It’s not clear if the regular Pixel 7 has the same power-hungry display.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro display refresh rate: How they differ, and what that means for you<\/p>\n

XDA<\/em> points out that the Pixel 7 Pro’s Tensor G2 chip has a TDP (thermal design power, the maximum power consumption) of around 10-12W, meaning you could be looking, in theory, at up to 18W from just the chip and display alone when putting your phone through its maximum load. <\/p>\n

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9to5Google’s Take<\/h2>\n

Whether or not this has as major of an impact on battery life as it sounds remains to be seen. <\/p>\n

This report brings out an experience of seeing as much as 10% battery drain from just 15 minutes in a high-brightness situation. In our limited time with the Pixel 7 Pro so far, we’ve not seen quite as drastic results when outdoors, but in my personal experience, endurance certainly does seem to be impacted by outdoor usage in a bigger way compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 4 I was previously using.<\/p>\n

On one afternoon where I used the Pixel 7 Pro outdoors for a few hours, I did notice considerably faster battery drain compared to a day at home. It led to the phone being around 20% by 8pm. <\/p>\n

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