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This is the first phone with an 120hz screen, which surprises me. I really thought Samsung would be the first. I wonder if it's a Samsung panel? I'm glad to see

This is the first phone with an 120hz screen, which surprises me. I really thought Samsung would be the first. I wonder if it's a Samsung panel? I'm glad to see that higher refresh rates are making their way from monitors & TVs into handheld devices. Refresh rate really does make a difference for me, even for something like reading text off a screen. I get less eyestrain from a higher refresh rate, but this could be anecdotal. Sidenote: they missed a great chance to make the camera flash RGB. That's low-hanging fruit for a gaming peripherals company.

dpark 9y ago
According to this [1] it’s not. [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2016/7/2/12087608/sharp-aquos-mini-sh-m03-android-smartphone-japan https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/c... I don’t think that one was released in the US. I seem to recall a Lumia device shipping with a 120Hz display, too, but I might have imagined that since I can’t find it now.
kalleboo 9y ago
According to The Verge it's a Sharp IGZO panel. Which make sense since Sharp already released a phone under their own brand in Japan with a 120 Hz panel.
- Theodores 9y ago
  So the phone is probably built by Sharp. Or maybe not. I could not find the panel in question but Sharp make a 2.9" 120Hz 1440x1440 panel: http://www.panelook.com/LS029B3SX05_SHARP_2.9_LCM_parameter_30911.html http://www.panelook.com/LS029B3SX05_SHARP_2.9_LCM_parameter_... I do wonder if this panel is designed for VR gaming, I can't think of any 'microwave oven display' grade applications for such a panel.
  - screye 9y ago
    It is a sharp panel, but they are using the phone product peipe of nextbit , the mobile phone company that Razor acquired last year.
jtl999 9y ago
I thought refresh rate doesn't matter so much with LCD displays when you're reading a mostly static image (A book as an example), but maybe PWM or dithering is a factor as well in terms of eyestrain where higher refresh rates can benifit (of course the concept of refresh rate with PWM is a bit of a misnomer)
- oculusthrift 9y ago
  the reviewer seemed to indicate they could tell the ui was much smoother and snappier because of the refresh rate. not sure how noticeable it is
  - askz 9y ago
    When you scroll text for example I think it makes differences
    - BearOso 9y ago
      It’ll also reduce worst-case latency on vblank waits by 8ms, making the screen more responsive.

dpark 9y ago

According to this [1] it’s not. [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2016/7/2/12087608/sharp-aquos-mini-sh-m03-android-smartphone-japan https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/c... I don’t think that one was released in the US. I seem to recall a Lumia device shipping with a 120Hz display, too, but I might have imagined that since I can’t find it now.

kalleboo 9y ago

According to The Verge it's a Sharp IGZO panel. Which make sense since Sharp already released a phone under their own brand in Japan with a 120 Hz panel.

Theodores 9y ago
So the phone is probably built by Sharp. Or maybe not. I could not find the panel in question but Sharp make a 2.9" 120Hz 1440x1440 panel: http://www.panelook.com/LS029B3SX05_SHARP_2.9_LCM_parameter_30911.html http://www.panelook.com/LS029B3SX05_SHARP_2.9_LCM_parameter_... I do wonder if this panel is designed for VR gaming, I can't think of any 'microwave oven display' grade applications for such a panel.
- screye 9y ago
  It is a sharp panel, but they are using the phone product peipe of nextbit , the mobile phone company that Razor acquired last year.

jtl999 9y ago

I thought refresh rate doesn't matter so much with LCD displays when you're reading a mostly static image (A book as an example), but maybe PWM or dithering is a factor as well in terms of eyestrain where higher refresh rates can benifit (of course the concept of refresh rate with PWM is a bit of a misnomer)

oculusthrift 9y ago
the reviewer seemed to indicate they could tell the ui was much smoother and snappier because of the refresh rate. not sure how noticeable it is
- askz 9y ago
  When you scroll text for example I think it makes differences
  - BearOso 9y ago
    It’ll also reduce worst-case latency on vblank waits by 8ms, making the screen more responsive.