Notification Light and Battery

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I'm wondering if notification lights eat up battery juice.

Would anybody know what the affects are on the battery to have a notification light?

I'm assuming it would be better than waking your phone/screen to check for notifications...

Nothing even measurable. It's kernel handled so there isn't process for it.

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Originally Posted by LancerEVA06

Nothing even measurable. It's kernel handled so there isn't process for it.

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You can always just measure the LED hardware itself.

1 blinking LED vs. 1280x720 AMOLED screen. Guess which one uses more power :P

Originally Posted by martonikaj

1 blinking LED vs. 1280x720 AMOLED screen. Guess which one uses more power :P

But the notification LED is physically larger. Won't it use more power?

srsly? I can assure you if you had a Gnex with no LED vs. the one we currently see, you would not be able to tell the difference.

Having been a Palm and Blackberry guy for years and years I always used the LED notifications and I never was able to see any noticeable difference in battery usage between the days I got tons of notifications and Sunday.

And from what I remember from electronics class an LED draws like almost no current at all.

Joe

Nothing worth worrying about.

I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.

I'd start saving up for an extended battery if I were you.