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by alok-g 4901 days ago
Amongst OLED and LCD displays with everything else (size, resolution, etc.) OLEDs intrinsically consume a lot more power than LCDs. Using dark themes help for OLEDs for reasons already stated here, and from what I have seen working on the display industry for several years, the power numbers quoted by OLED display manufactures often presume a dark theme when comparing power to LCDs.