my phone has been running at 60hz for YEARS and I just now learned that I just had to enable a setting. Why wasn’t this enabled by default???
The first thing I always do is turn 120Hz off. The difference just isn’t meaningful enough to justify the extra battery drain. On a PC monitor sure, but on a phone I really don’t care if my feed scrolls a bit smoother.
Thanks for the reminder. I was wondering why my phone was using extra battery for the last month. Looks like a recent software update toggled 120hz on. I did have it turned off. I just went in and turned it back off.
why would I want my phone to lose battery faster?
It’s wayyyyy smoother and just makes everything feel much faster And it doesn’t have a huge impact on battery life
Personally I saw a very noticeable improvement in battery life after turning it off.
It’s different phone to phone personally I’ve never had a phone where it massively impacts it to the point where it actually makes a difference. I’m plugging in before I go to sleep anywyas
A bunch of manufacturers implement adaptive refresh rates. So your battery shouldn’t drain noticeably faster unless you are scrolling, but that’s where you’d want extra frames the most.
More frames, more smooth and it at least feels like I’m a bit quicker with navigation. It’s just nice.
Because using a phone with a 60hz refresh rate is disgusting
I’ve never been over 60hz on a phone and my current “blissfully unaware of what I’m missing” state disagrees. Battery life over all. I think it still sucks we get Uber a days with of battery by default in phones still. I miss only having to charge like once a week.
I don’t even think about my phone for days at a time. Charge it about once a week.
Well I suppose those driving a Ford model T never felt left out not having a Mustang. But my trusty Pixel 5 lives on 90hz and the battery lasts close to a week between charges. But if you’ve really want to squeeze a few extra minutes of battery life out of your phone and don’t care about usability you should also think about keeping your screen on the lowest brightness at all times, never take it out of extreme battery saver mode, and maybe even just sell it and buy a flip phone? The batteries on some of those will blow your mind.
I still need android otherwise i totally would be on one of those feature phones. I use a tiny unihertz jelly star at the moment in fact. And if course i would or the brightness in the lowest it needs to be to be able to see it. I don’t need to light a beacon for all to see
Rip battery
For me its not worth the hit on battery. Mind you my phone screen is 3088x1440 WQHD+ capable yet I set that to 720p. Sure, the image is a tiny bit better at higher res but for me I’d rather have a stronger battery life than a marginally better looking image on such a relatively small screen.
Curious, on which phones is it called “Smooth Display”?
On my Sony Xperia 1 VI running Android 15, this option is called “High Refresh Rate” like a sane person would call it lol
Stock Android. Like Pixel/Lenovo
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you’re right, I just searched “display rate” in settings and it showed the developer option and no normal setting. I edit the post to use the normal option instead
also, why rude :(
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Why did you edit the post? It makes my post look even more foolish LOL.
First you complain, but then you complain again when they correct themselves, because that made you look foolish? Come on bro. Give an inch here.
It’s nice that it’s optional (as opposed to someone else making decisions for you). Some people will appreciate the extra display smoothness while others will be fine with 60 Hz and the extra battery life.
I don’t want over 60fps anywhere, ever, at any time. Rendering 120 or 144 frames per second is over twice as much to process, with no noticeable improvement.
If you can’t tell the difference between 60fps and 120fps, you need to see a doctor.
Now, not seeing the difference between 120fps and 144fps is understandable, and between 120fps and 240fps I can also understand. But having seen 60fps and 120fps side-by-side, there is just as much difference as between 30fps and 60fps.
I switched to 120Hz displays where possible years ago and haven’t really wanted to go back. Except for the two CRT TVs I have, but I have those because they are CRTs, not because of their refresh rate.
Unfortunate you can’t notice the buttery smoothness if 60+ fps.
Because manufacturers suck at software which is why they all use Android so they can do the minimum to get a product out.
