iPhone 12 (OLED) vs. iPhone 11 (LCD) Dark Mode Battery Test

Enjoy the Zenefits and get the Zen Mastercard here: Use code: PHONEBUFFZEN to receive 120 days for free! Big thanks to Zen for sponsoring this video. At least according to Apple, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 11 have very similar battery life. However, unlike the iPhone 11, the iPhone 12 is the first sub-$1000 iPhone that has an OLED display. Therefore, we decided to test both phones to see how much of a difference using Dark Mode would make given Dark Mode’s battery boosting effects on OLED screens. Also, we included the iPhone 12 using Light Mode (aka regular mode) so you can see how much of a difference dark mode vs light mode makes on the iPhone 12. TEST OBSERVATIONS: - We’ve found that the iPhone 11 series offers better standby performance than the iPhone 12 series across the board. Hopefully this will be resolved in a future software update. - Not all of the apps / uses in this test take advantage of dark mode, and this