It has only been merely 6 months since the iPhone 12 lineup was released and Apple just updated the lineup with the new purple iPhone 12 and 12 Mini, but rumours about the iPhone 13 are already rampant.
The iPad Pro line has always had a 120Hz display since 2017, however this is yet to make its way to the iPhone. With Android flagships and even some midrange devices having high refresh rate displays, Apple is bound to bring this over to their iPhone line sooner rather than later to ensure they don’t get left behind. Well rumour has it that Apple will finally be bringing this tech over to their iPhones, with one small caveat. According to a number of credible sources, only the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max will be getting these high refresh rate displays with the regular iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini set to miss out.
Why might this be happening? Well with the iPhone 12 line, there was not much other than an extra camera sensor to differentiate the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. By adding the high refresh rate to only the Pro models, it does provide some justification to the higher price of that line.
There are new rumors that the “Pro” models will get LTPO displays. LTPO stands for low-temperature Polycrystalline oxide. Essentially, an LTPO display can change between refresh rates on the fly without the need of extra display hardware. The Galaxy S21 Ultra released in February uses an LTPO display, which Samsung claimed allowed it to be brighter without using more power. This makes sense as with 5G and a high refresh rate display, battery life will take a significant hit. Apple will not be looking to increase the battery size by too much on their iPhones so they would want to maximise battery life as much as possible.
The iPhone 13 line is looking to be the most powerful line of iPhones yet, so here is hoping that the high refresh rate does in fact make the cut because if it does not, are these really “pro” phones?
