What good is a ProMotion display when the refresh rate is mostly restricted to 80Hz?
It’s 2024 but Apple continues to limit 120Hz displays, which are standard on top Android phones, to its Pro models. If you have downloaded iOS 18 and own a Pro model that supports a high refresh rate, your viewing experience will be almost the same as that of someone with a 60Hz smartphone apparently.
According to leaker Ice Universe, iOS 18 limits the refresh rate to 80Hz most of the time. The refresh rate does climb to 120Hz occasionally, but for the most part, you are stuck with 80Hz, as can be seen in a video posted by Weibo user Sun Bin 1990.
If anyone still doesn’t understand this, please watch this video. When scrolling through the list, iOS18 is always locked at 80Hz, and 120Hz is rarely seen.
source：weibo 孙斌1990 pic.twitter.com/lAJ10vBRad— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) September 23, 2024
A display that supports a refresh rate of 120Hz refreshes the screen 120 times per second, resulting in improved responsiveness and smoother motion when viewing fluid content or scrolling.
