You’re split over buying a phone without a high refresh rate

Telephones with excessive refresh charge screens are quite common at the moment, providing smoother scrolling and a extra fluid expertise typically than telephones with an ordinary refresh charge show.

We needed to know whether or not you’d purchase a telephone and not using a excessive refresh charge display, although. So we posted a ballot earlier this week, and listed below are the outcomes.

Would you purchase a telephone and not using a excessive refresh charge display?

Outcomes

Simply over 1,200 votes have been solid on this ballot thus far, and the most well-liked decide was “no, I wouldn’t,” accounting for 40.8% of the vote.

It’s straightforward to see why individuals wouldn’t purchase a telephone and not using a excessive refresh charge display. The tech allows a smoother expertise, for one. It’s additionally grow to be an anticipated characteristic within the mid-range and flagship segments, so we’re guessing a few of these respondents don’t need to really feel short-changed.

In second place with 31.44% of the vote is “possibly, relying on value/different options.” That is comprehensible too, as individuals may forgive the shortage of a excessive refresh charge display if the telephone is reasonable and/or packs loads of different nice options.

Lastly, 27.77% of polled Android Authority readers stated they’d purchase a telephone and not using a excessive refresh charge show. Judging by the feedback, many individuals merely contemplate it to be a low-priority characteristic when shopping for a telephone.

Taking a look at it from one other perspective, nearly 60% of respondents stated they’d at the very least contemplate shopping for a telephone and not using a excessive refresh charge.

Feedback

• Eric Koop: Since I’m not a gamer, I’d moderately have the longer battery life. I’d additionally fortunately pay much less for not having something above 60Hz
• deltatux: I do know I’m in all probability within the minority right here however 60 Hz is completely fantastic. I’ve tried 90 Hz and 120 Hz, sure it’s a bit extra buttery however I personally don’t see an enormous distinction.
• fearlessferret: I’d a lot moderately have 60 FPS and a 1440p or 4k show than 1080p at 120 FPS. I learn lots on my telephone, and due to this fact after I’m studying, I’m not scrolling and I’ve time to note if I can see pixels on my thousand greenback 1080p telephone. Sure, it nonetheless frustrates me that for studying textual content, a 50 greenback ewaste telephone like an LG V20 is vastly superior to many telephones that retail for 500+ {dollars}.
• Tukur49: I hardly play any critical recreation on telephone. Due to this fact excessive refresh doesn’t trouble me. I’m extra involved about IP rankings, Wi-fi charging, eSIM provisions.
• EeZeEpEe: No I wouldn’t as a result of excessive refresh charge screens is the usual for the value vary of telephones I get. I’ve been utilizing 90 Hz or sooner since 2019 so it’s a step backwards for a telephone of the identical value that I’ve been spending each 2 years to not have 120 Hz or extra. And I don’t even recreation. Simply on a regular basis use is noticable going from a 120 Hz to a 60 Hz display.
• Beardednomad: I’ve had a excessive refresh charge in all my telephones since about 2020 however it’s not one thing I actually care all that a lot about. For me it’s a kind of options that’s good to have however isn’t a deal breaker. If a telephone I like had every part however that it wouldn’t stop me from getting it.