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Other Honestly, does 120 Hz even matter on iPhone displays?
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Does it matter? Yes it’s great to have....does it stop you from doing your normal tasks? No it’s just a smoother experience...i will look forward to it next year.
If most won't care, then it isn't as night and day as you make it sound.
I have a Note 20 Ultra and a 12 Pro. You can certainly notice the difference when scrolling and the transitions feel smoother, but when I read something or view a picture, the 120Hz does not make a difference in my opinion. It does when watching videos, but not so much that I could never go back to a 60Hz display.
Overall, it's a nice to have, not a necessity, IMO.
As a side note, the Note 20 Ultra has to decrease screen resolution from QHD to FHD when 120Hz is enabled. I'm assuming this is to save battery life.
Overall, it's a nice to have, not a necessity, IMO.
As a side note, the Note 20 Ultra has to decrease screen resolution from QHD to FHD when 120Hz is enabled. I'm assuming this is to save battery life.
It's just marketing, they know we are enticed by big numbers and they use that to make us consume in a neverending loop. 120 hz is a gamers thing and it's also questioned frequently.
On an iPad, yes, I think it might help, night over day, strong wording, it’s just good to have, not night over day, but on the phone for me, absolutely not.
Maybe we got too much used to 60 fps on phones. It could be like watching a 48 fps movie in cinema (Jackson's The Hobbit - very nauseating) when we are used to 24 fps. Or like watching some Bluray on pro-motion TV instead of 24 fps movie mode, turning it into soap opera experience. It's best used for gaming monitors.
I think iOS is pretty smooth already but I would love to have 120hz on my iPhone. I recently upgraded my monitor to a 165hz panel and it's amazing coming from a 60hz panel. I think there is a difference though between iOS and a traditianl desktop experience where the higher refresh rate helps when just simply moving open apps around and minimizing/maximizing items.
To be honest I’m more disappointed with the lack of battery life improvement.
Regardless, I still think this year's iPhone seems great. MagSafe is really interesting and the camera looks amazing.
Aside from the 120Hz display, what other improvements are we expecting in next year's iPhone?
Maybe Touch ID in display, always on display , obviously better cameras. Apart from that who knows
I thought I would badly miss 120hz from my fold 2 and while it’s noticeable it’s something you get used to. Still looking forward to it next year though
I honestly don't need or want anything else from the iPhone, I want better battey life and a 120 guy that's it, that's all I'm asking apple, the cameras are good enough and the cpu is still crazy fast, ok, while we're at it maybe give us better notifications/better notification managent apple, pretty please?
The lack of 120Hz this year hasn’t bothered me one bit. I’ve never used a device with it so have the lucky advantage of not missing something I’ve not experienced. Enjoying my iPhone 12 I have to be honest.
I don’t really get the hype. 60hz is good for me. It’s smooth and all that jaz. I have both iPad Pro 2018 models and I can’t tell to be honest. So give me more battery life apple.
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I know this will be a hugely unpopular opinion. But, that's me. Using iPhone and iPad since Gen 1 on each and NEVER once have I said, wow, this is jerky.
I don't either. I suspect it is mostly coming from folks who have not experienced the Smoothness of iPhone over other device manufactures where the focus is on specifications and not use.
I know this will be a hugely unpopular opinion. But, that's me. Using iPhone and iPad since Gen 1 on each and NEVER once have I said, wow, this is jerky.
On a small device, I don’t think it matters, unless one wishes to continually scroll at an unusual high and impractical speed, just so one can say, I have Promotion.
My wife has a Galaxy S20 plus (she don’t like iPhones for some reason), and initially the 120 MHz mode was fast and buttery, but her battery life suffered a lot as she literally abuses her phone on social media. We switched it back to 60 MHz QHD and her battery life is so much better. If Apple are going to implement it, it needs to be adaptive like Promotion on the iPad Pro’s which will be less demanding on the battery hopefully.
Strangely as a professional photographer/videographer the difference between even 30 and 60 in a video camera is enormous to me. However, I've been using a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G for a month now and I see absolutely, positively no difference whatsoever between 60 and 120.
people say this now
I recall similar almost word-for-word arguments about big screens and then later oled being made (about the feature; not battery)
I also recall many of those posters having quite different opinions later. Not all but many. People will convince themselves what is or is not important to them, and those preferences can change
120hz is nice, it is noticeable, but not necessary - just like large screens, oled displays
Exactly, can't wait for next year to read how everyone thinks that pro motion on the iPhone is so amazing, a game changer "now that the technology is mature enough"
I used to be firmly in the “No” camp, thinking it wouldn’t make much of a difference on a smaller, phone-sized screen. After spending a bit of time with my new Pro (coming from a 6S), I’ve come to realize these screens are bigger than they used to be. 😂
I can definitely see some unpleasant blur when scrolling (especially white text on black background) and admit that a faster refresh rate would be a nice quality of life upgrade. Not a deal-breaker, but definitely ‘less pointless’ than I previously thought. Wouldn’t sacrifice battery of life for it though.
I can definitely see some unpleasant blur when scrolling (especially white text on black background) and admit that a faster refresh rate would be a nice quality of life upgrade. Not a deal-breaker, but definitely ‘less pointless’ than I previously thought. Wouldn’t sacrifice battery of life for it though.