The Galaxy S20 is the first high-refresh display phone many people will own
Reported today on The Verge
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Reported today in The Verge.
The Galaxy S20 is the first high-refresh display phone many people will own
Samsung's Galaxy S20 lineup innovates on many fronts. For most consumers, the S20 will be the first 5G device they ever lay their hands on, the first phones with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 865 processor, and the debut of Samsung's much-hyped 108-megapixel sensor (at least on the S20 Ultra). But the most important feature the S20 lineup is going to introduce to most phone owners might be the one that isn't actually that new at all: the high-refresh 120Hz display.
Of course, there have been various high-refresh display devices in the US before: Apple's offered a high-refresh "ProMotion" mode on its iPad Pro lineup since 2017, and the Razer Phone introduced the technology on smartphones later that year. Since then, it's appeared in a variety of devices with both 90Hz and 120Hz refresh rates, including the OnePlus 7 Pro, the Asus ROG Phone II, and most notably, the Pixel 4.
Why does Samsung's implementation of the tech in 2020 matter, then? Because unlike the litany of devices listed above, people will actually buy the Galaxy S20. This isn't a dig against Google or OnePlus - those phones are great phones! But the simple fact is that neither of those companies make up an appreciable amount of the smartphone market globally or in the US.
The fact of the matter is that Apple and Samsung - and Huawei, outside of the US - make up the majority of phone sales. OnePlus, Google, Razer, Asus, and the rest barely register as blips on the sales chart compared to those juggernauts. And of those three major brands, Samsung's S20 lineup will be the first to introduce high-refresh displays to customers. Yes, Google and OnePlus may have beaten everyone else to the punch, but at th