Does anyone else feel that iOS is dipping the refresh rate down too often with ProMotion?
ProMotion, like 120hz on other phones, varies the refresh rate to save battery when fast refresh rates are not needed. But, too often, I am noticing the screen dip down to lower refresh rates during fast animations.
I'm not someone who claims that they don't notice much of a difference with 120hz. I definitely do. I'm very sensitive to framerate and refresh rate differences and ProMotion was one of the only reasons I decided to upgrade from a 12 Pro to a 13 Pro. When it's obviously outputting 120hz, it looks great, but, yeah, I'm seeing enough dips that it's somewhat disappointing. Especially when comparing to a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra - those things never seem to dip, skip, or stutter and all I want is an iPhone that performs that well visually.
If this is going to be the norm I wish there were some sort of toggle in the Display settings, something like:
- Prefer high visual performance (uses more battery)
- Balanced (the current default)
- ProMotion Off (uses less battery - note, currently this is automatically enabled if Low Power Mode is enabled)
ProMotion, like 120hz on other phones, varies the refresh rate to save battery when fast refresh rates are not needed. But, too often, I am noticing the screen dip down to lower refresh rates during fast animations.
I'm not someone who claims that they don't notice much of a difference with 120hz. I definitely do. I'm very sensitive to framerate and refresh rate differences and ProMotion was one of the only reasons I decided to upgrade from a 12 Pro to a 13 Pro. When it's obviously outputting 120hz, it looks great, but, yeah, I'm seeing enough dips that it's somewhat disappointing. Especially when comparing to a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra - those things never seem to dip, skip, or stutter and all I want is an iPhone that performs that well visually.
If this is going to be the norm I wish there were some sort of toggle in the Display settings, something like:
- Prefer high visual performance (uses more battery)
- Balanced (the current default)
- ProMotion Off (uses less battery - note, currently this is automatically enabled if Low Power Mode is enabled)