Screen idle vs screen off?

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Screen idle vs screen off?

in battery usage my phone (14 max pro) says screen idle.

my wife’s phone (12 max pro) says screen of

why is it different? Is there different meaning to this? Is it different based on the phone?

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 4, 2022 12:50 PM

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Karcus223 Author

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Oct 4, 2022 2:14 PM in response to Axel Foley

The thing is I have always on display turned off. It’s been turned off since I got the phone.

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Axel Foley

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Oct 4, 2022 1:45 PM in response to Karcus223

The iPhone 12 Pro Max has Screen OFF because its screen turns OFF completely.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max has Screen IDLE because it has an Always ON screen which continues to display a low resolution Lock Screen when idle.

So Yes, there is a difference between the two iPhone models.

Axel F.

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Axel Foley

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Oct 4, 2022 6:21 PM in response to Karcus223

I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max and an iPhone 14 Pro Max in the same household. I can confirm that the iPhone 13 Pro Max states "Screen OFF" while the iPhone 14 Pro Max states "Screen IDLE". Yes, the iPhone 14 Pro Max had Always ON mode set to OFF as well.

The moral of this experiment is that the Screen OFF and IDLE are different based on the iPhone model regardless of whether Always ON is set to ON or OFF.

Axel F.

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