Everything above 90 is irrelevant to me.
Is high refresh rate even desirable an a phone? On a gaming handheld it would be great, if it has the battery to drive it for a while, on a smartphone it just seems like a detriment.
My phone has 120hz but I never use it, because battery life is more important. And most mobile games don’t benefit from increased motion clarity anyway.
Smooth motion is great for scrolling but, yeah, 240hz won’t be worth the battery cost.
Literally the first thing I do when I get a new phone is turn off the high refresh rate. I don’t care if it only gets me one minute more battery life I genuinely don’t care.
Anything over 120 is a dick measuring contest.
Yes, it’s a gimmick.
165Hz on a phone already felt like spec-sheet theater rather than something you actually notice. If OnePlus pushes higher on the OnePlus 16, the difference from 120Hz becomes essentially imperceptible while the battery cost stays real. Who is actually asking for refresh rates that blur the line between phone and gaming monitor?
165Hz was already past the point of diminishing returns on OLED. Even higher refresh rates mean more heat and shorter battery life for gains nobody can actually see. When will OEMs realize nobody asked for this?
Here I am, thinking that 60Hz is a bit overkill.
