I was curious how much of a power difference there actually is in playing HTML5 vs Flash video so I did a test on my BlackBerry Z10 which has built-in Adobe Flash support. Playing a YouTube video (HTML5) resulted in a power draw of 1.10w. Playing a Flash video that used FLV format resulted in a power draw of 1.12w. Playing a Flash video that used M4V format resulted in a power draw of 1.09w. So it seems like Adobe has now found a way to make Flash decoding not drain the battery like crazy even when using the old FLV format.
I was curious how much of a power difference there actually is in playing HTML5 vs Flash video so I did a test on my BlackBerry Z10 which has built-in Adobe Flash support. Playing a YouTube video (HTML5) resulted in a power draw of 1.10w. Playing a Flash video that used FLV format resulted in a power draw of 1.12w. Playing a Flash video that used M4V format resulted in a power draw of 1.09w. So it seems like Adobe has now found a way to make Flash decoding not drain the battery like crazy even when using the old FLV format.
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