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		SoftTalker 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go Gray, Not Cray: Why You Should Grayscale Your P... I can't imagine. AFAIK no phone has "grayscale" pixels. Grey or white light is achieved by blending the other colors equally. A true monochrome screen is a thing, but they are for specialized applications and not used in phones.

scotty79 44 days ago [–]

Maybe power draw is not linear and with grayscale rgb sub-pixels can operate at lower intensity and lower power draw than if the luminance wasn't distributed across all colors?

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