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by stringsandchars 475 days ago
> I actually call BS on the "not-being-able-to-tell".

I actually call BS on your BS.

I don't believe that people are standing with two phones in their hand - an Android and an iPhone - and comparing them the way that people here are suggesting. I don't think I have ever seen anyone do that IRL, and I don't believe anyone actually does it.

People go to the Apple Store to get their iPhone or to some other store to get their Android phone, because they are interested in either platform, and absolutely not thinking about hopping from one to the other based on some imperceptible screen-refresh 'smoothness'.

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That's... not what I said at all?

The only claim I made is that if you toggle between 60/120hz on people's devices, they will be able to tell the difference.

i used an android phone for a year with a 90 fps display. When I switched back to an iphone, it felt slow to me. i couldn't tell what the problem was, the brand new phone just felt sluggish. a year later when using my partners iphone pro, i realised that the sluggishness must be because of the refresh rate.

i think once you get used to 90 or 120 fps, then 60fps will just feel choppy. no need to compare them side by side.