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I can't believe we don't have higher refresh rates on iPhones yet. Apple got user experience with touch screens better then anyone else when the iPhone original

I can't believe we don't have higher refresh rates on iPhones yet. Apple got user experience with touch screens better then anyone else when the iPhone originally launched. Apple brought it to iPad, i'd like to see it in iPhone.

sdan 7y ago
It's absurd Apple is selling "Pro" phones without refresh rates over 60. What year is it? 2016? A whole bunch of phone manufacturers are making 90+ hz screens.
- Aeolun 7y ago
  Is it? This is literally the first time in my life I’ve ever heard someone say they wanted a higher refresh rate on their phone.
  - lucisferre 7y ago
    Honestly, I would have never actually noticed if someone had not told me. Perhaps I'm just getting old.
  - batiudrami 7y ago
    It's a "nice to have" feature. The problem, I think, is that the 11 Pro still has its very high asking price and is missing a bunch of "nice to haves". Things I was hoping for: - USB-C charging - 5G (for futureproofing, more than anything) - High refresh rate screen - Refreshed/less dated looking design (that notch has aged very poorly, regardless of the tech they squeeze into it) - Larger default storage - No touch ID/in screen fingerprint reader None of those missing features are deal breakers, but without all of them it makes this phone seem iterative and a difficult sell - especially since it seems likely/is rumoured that a lot of them will come next year.
    - hacym 7y ago
      They've said for a while that 5G wasn't coming to this generation. I think it's good they left it off. Apple doesn't bring in halfbaked features. They wait for the technology to be stable. 5G is far from that. It requires reworked battery technology, antenna systems, and we don't even have a complete picture of the effects on our health. The phones that have 5G currently have terrible battery life and are hundreds of dollars more expensive than their non-5G counterparts. All for the 20 or so cities that have it. Once the technology is actually ready for primetime, Apple will include it. And it will work way better than anything you're seeing right now.
- waynecochran 7y ago
  This is for HMD / VR right?
- qzx_pierri 7y ago
  They're saving that for next year :^)
  - sdan 7y ago
    They're saving everything for next year. But I hate playing this waiting game...
- ghettoimp 7y ago
  Would 90hz use more battery? When they talked about the always-on watch screen, I think one of the things they said was it slowed down its refresh rate to 1 hz. I don't know anything about if that saves power, but maybe?

sdan 7y ago

It's absurd Apple is selling "Pro" phones without refresh rates over 60. What year is it? 2016? A whole bunch of phone manufacturers are making 90+ hz screens.

Aeolun 7y ago
Is it? This is literally the first time in my life I’ve ever heard someone say they wanted a higher refresh rate on their phone.
- lucisferre 7y ago
  Honestly, I would have never actually noticed if someone had not told me. Perhaps I'm just getting old.
- batiudrami 7y ago
  It's a "nice to have" feature. The problem, I think, is that the 11 Pro still has its very high asking price and is missing a bunch of "nice to haves". Things I was hoping for: - USB-C charging - 5G (for futureproofing, more than anything) - High refresh rate screen - Refreshed/less dated looking design (that notch has aged very poorly, regardless of the tech they squeeze into it) - Larger default storage - No touch ID/in screen fingerprint reader None of those missing features are deal breakers, but without all of them it makes this phone seem iterative and a difficult sell - especially since it seems likely/is rumoured that a lot of them will come next year.
  - hacym 7y ago
    They've said for a while that 5G wasn't coming to this generation. I think it's good they left it off. Apple doesn't bring in halfbaked features. They wait for the technology to be stable. 5G is far from that. It requires reworked battery technology, antenna systems, and we don't even have a complete picture of the effects on our health. The phones that have 5G currently have terrible battery life and are hundreds of dollars more expensive than their non-5G counterparts. All for the 20 or so cities that have it. Once the technology is actually ready for primetime, Apple will include it. And it will work way better than anything you're seeing right now.
waynecochran 7y ago
This is for HMD / VR right?
qzx_pierri 7y ago
They're saving that for next year :^)
- sdan 7y ago
  They're saving everything for next year. But I hate playing this waiting game...
ghettoimp 7y ago
Would 90hz use more battery? When they talked about the always-on watch screen, I think one of the things they said was it slowed down its refresh rate to 1 hz. I don't know anything about if that saves power, but maybe?