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TL; Dr
- A leaker and analyst claims that Apple’s flagship iPhones will only get 120Hz displays in 2025.
- This means you should expect the iPhone 17 to be the first base model with a 120Hz display/
Apple has limited high-refresh-rate displays to iPhone Pro models after introducing the feature in 2021. So this means those buying vanilla iPhone models are stuck with a standard 60Hz display instead of the smoother 120Hz display.
Now display industry insider and analyst Ross Young has claims on Twitter that Apple won’t bring high-refresh-rate displays to base iPhones until 2025. In other words, you’ll have to wait for the iPhone 17 if you want a cheaper iPhone with a 120Hz display.
This seems like an unnecessarily long time to wait for a high refresh rate screen on a standard iPhone. We can understand if Apple took this approach because the vanilla iPhones had smaller batteries, but even the standard iPhone 13 and 14 have battery sizes similar to those of the iPhone 13 Pro and 14 Pro, respectively. with So it makes sense that Apple is doing this to sell consumers on the Pro models. The company is also likely to see higher profit margins on standard models by sticking with the conventional 60Hz screen.
In contrast, Samsung, OnePlus, OPPO, vivo and Xiaomi have been offering 120Hz displays on their flagship phones for several years now. It’s also not uncommon to find Android phones under $500 with 90Hz or 120Hz OLED displays, like the Motorola Moto G72, Redmi Note 12, and Samsung Galaxy A54.