> Want a high refresh rate screen present in cheap android phones?
What is this for? Games? I avoided this to save money the last time I bought a phone. I honestly can't think of use case where a phone display needs to update higher than 60 Hz
What is this for? Games? I avoided this to save money the last time I bought a phone. I honestly can't think of use case where a phone display needs to update higher than 60 Hz
Instead VFR allows saving battery by slowing down the refresh rates, down to as low as 1FPS for static or high latency content. That's part of why always on display is only available on the 15 Pro: at 60Hz it's a battery killer.
> Sort of like going from a slowly accelerating station wagon to a Porsche/sports car even when (capped by the speed limit) if you've experienced that.
So... functionally useless.
(Disclaimer, I haven't driven a sports car but I have driven cars between "nice" and "struggles to reach the speed limit")
While it might appear to be very similar, having a sports car that you're capable of driving well/defensively can literally be a life saver. There was this video from a few years back on reddit of this guy in a 911. Vehicle in front suddenly stops/crashes, he needs to rapidly change lanes at highway speeds. The little 911 unsurprisingly handled it excellently. A slow/heavy car would've very likely spun out and crashed.
Having more power if you don't need it doesn't hurt (if you're trained well). Less can hurt.
Or it can be a life ender by planting you into the side of the road, something mustangs and BMWs are well known for, amongst others.
> that you're capable of driving well/defensively
If you need to be a skilled pilot to face the situation, it's less the car and more the pilot which does the life saving. And even skilled pilots who know their cars well can fuck it up. Rowan Atkinson famously spun his F1 into a tree, after 14 years of ownership, having been racing for 2 if not 3 decades.
> There was this video from a few years back on reddit of this guy in a 911. Vehicle in front suddenly stops/crashes, he needs to rapidly change lanes at highway speeds.
Something which ends up in a collision as often as not.
> The little 911 unsurprisingly handled it excellently. A slow/heavy car would've very likely spun out and crashed.
Or not. Or maybe with a less capable machine they'd have driven more prudently and would have kept more space.
> Having more power if you don't need it doesn't hurt (if you're trained well).
So having more power can literally hurt. And routinely does.
The bigger difference I notice is in loading times for apps.
Anecdotally, I use the last gen pre-120hz iPad Pro as my daily driver and I notice the difference immediately when I switch from my phone to the iPad. It’s not annoying enough to force me to upgrade immediately, but it’ll absolutely be a requirement for me going forward.
Variable refresh rates should be standard across the board however, not restricted to high refresh panels. There’s no more reason for a static screen to be redrawing at 60hz than there is for it to be redrawing at 120hz or 240hz.
This analogy is also flawed, of course.
Depends on the device, but often the difference is a very minimal few point percent, perhaps 3-5%. I would think it can easily be compensated for by undervolting/powerlimiting on laptops.
The win is lesser eye strain/headaches for a lot of people. No harm in turning it off if you don't need it, but many do benefit.
not necessarily. on promotion iPhones (fancy name for variable refresh rates), the panel is not stuck at 120Hz all the time. it varies from 1Hz when the screen is static up to 120Hz when it's getting animated, down to whatever framerate your content is at (e.g. movies and videos). it actually is a battery saver whenever the phone's screen is static (common on most apps with text) or with <60Hz content (youtube, movies, etc).
This is obviously not a critical feature, mind you, but it does add to the experience of using a device, even if it's just productivity-related tasks.