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Kim Octaviano

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Nov 18, 2017
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Just a quick question, will reducing the motion can somehow increase the battery life?
 

Sorig

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Nov 2, 2017
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I've always used Reduce Motion. Recently disabled it to see if I notice any difference on battery life. No difference, at least that I can notice. I have my wallpaper set to "Still" rather than "Perspective" though.

iPhone 5S. I would guess newer devices are even more power efficient with the UI animations.
 

pika2000

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Jun 22, 2007
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I turn on reduce motion mainly to reduce any UI lag due the animations. Even with it turned on, my mini 2 can still exhibit some UI lag, but not as bad compared with the option turned off.
 

Septembersrain

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Dec 14, 2013
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I'd think it might help the battery but I always turned on reduce motion because it would make me ill to leave it off.

How well does the X work with reduce motion on? Does it interfere with any of the gestures?
 

Paddle1

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May 1, 2013
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I don't think it'll make a noticeable difference if any at all, there are still animations, they're just more rigid.
 
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