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The non-Pro iPhone 17 has ProMotion. I have to assume it's a matter of time before it'll make its way to the non-Pro iPads.

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Sure, but the parent comment is saying the “matter of time” should be in the past. I wouldn’t buy a 60hz device today.

If you needed a mini tablet you would cause there's practically zero competition

I bought the new 8 inch Alexa tablet the other day, and the price was decent but it's a piece of shit. I only wanted it for putting on a video in bed while I fall asleep but it can't even do that because when you drop the brightness to minimum, the display randomly turns off (not actually locking the screen, it's still running the app and active, you can touch stuff you can't see, but the pixels are turned off)

> I bought the new 8 inch Alexa tablet [...] for putting on a video in bed while I fall asleep

That's...horrifying.

Have you tried closing your eyes?

I've seen some TVs do that, turn off the screen when it gets dark (not talking OLED). Often takes too long and is a nuisance. There's a similar awful gimmick with speakers turning off when quiet, but it results in sound cutting out because it's too slow. I've seen some monitors that even try to do this when using headphones through them.

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