Samsung To Add 120hz Refresh Rate @ WQHD+!

[lucky_strike33]

If this is wrong to post on this site, please delete. Otherwise please help get WQGHD on the Samsung 20

https://www.change.org/p/samsung-sa...ed_by_id=55f23440-4f17-11ea-829b-c3364a338d18

 

[berzerkus]

I'd be curious to hear their reasoning for not doing it. I have my assumptions (battery life impact). If it were to be added, I'd expect they'd probably put up a flashing red warning about the negative(s).

 

[daleski75]

Maybe they could compromise and do 90hz at 2k if the display supports that refresh rate, although I am sure the clever chaps at XDA would be able to work out a way of doing it.

 

[cpufrost]

Overheating?
Interface bandwidth constraints?

 

[katolink]

Supposedly it will be achieved once rooting is available, via config apps.

 

[Virgo_Guy]

Supposedly it will be achieved once rooting is available, via config apps.

No, not rooting or such will be required..

It is to be achieved officially it seems:
https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_b...20_series_but_with_limitations-news-41589.php

 

[katolink]

No, not rooting or such will be required..

It is to be achieved officially it seems:
https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_b...20_series_but_with_limitations-news-41589.php

Very nice move from Samsung! I guess the thread can be closed now, no need for further petitions! :good:

 

[lucky_strike33]

No, not rooting or such will be required..

It is to be achieved officially it seems:
https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_b...20_series_but_with_limitations-news-41589.php

Can't believe the petition worked. Will it work on unlocking the bootloader?? wisfhful thinking

 

[Virgo_Guy]

Very nice move from Samsung! I guess the thread can be closed now, no need for further petitions! :good:

The article says "what is unfortunate is that we don’t know as to when the firmware update will arrive" - hence it's alright to have this thread opened I think till "this change" is actually seen in retail units.

Can't believe the petition worked. Will it work on unlocking the bootloader?? wisfhful thinking

Can't say it's due to that petition or Samsung had a plan already!

 

[Kiran-Kumar]

Hope this is not the same humbug as enabling 25w charging on the S10 last year and that day never came....I dont believe this.

 

[peachpuff]

Can't believe the petition worked. Will it work on unlocking the bootloader?? wisfhful thinking

Start a petition to lower the price...

 

[montagic]

Start a petition to lower the price...

I think we are unfortunately far past that for the major smartphone manufacturers. Apple has kind of set a bar.

 

[VZTech]

I think we are unfortunately far past that for the major smartphone manufacturers. Apple has kind of set a bar.

Apple? Samsung is currently the most expensive.

 

[montagic]

Apple? Samsung is currently the most expensive.

I mean to say that it has now become acceptable for other manufacturers to do it since Apple had risen their prices. I never claimed that Apple is the most expensive at the moment.

 

[garret1976]

Apple? Samsung is currently the most expensive.

Depending on where you live. Pro Max 256GB is a bit more expensive than S20 Ultra and you get free Buds+ and fast charger. Maybe you live in the US where iPhones are cheaper.

In Europe:
iPhone 11: 800- 850,-
iPhone 11 Pro 64GB: 1100-1150,- 256GB: 1300-1350,-
iPhone 11 Max: 1250,- 256GB 1400,-
S20 4G: 899,-
S20 5G: 999,-
S20+: 1199,-
S20 Ultra: 1349,-

Still I think they're overpriced by 200,- and I think 64GB is not really an option.

 

[dasers13]

i really hope they follow through. I know battery life will be impacted but I'm usually close enough to a charger that I wont care. Let me show off to those iphone users.

 

[Boardcdd]

Hope this is not the same humbug as enabling 25w charging on the S10 last year and that day never came....I dont believe this.

Yeah, that was very bad of Samsung.

The good news is that Samsung has to step on it now. The new competition is no longer Apple. It's no longer enough to be a little better than iPhones as it used to be.

There are so many new gaming smartphones and so on now.

Finally, after years, there is real progress again.

 

[buddy66]

According to Max Weinbachs tweet, the update will roll out in the next 1 to 3 Months.

 

[cpufrost]

If you want flagship specs at a lower price there's One+.
I sent mine back because it kept losing connection on cell and wifi.
Could have been defective, dunno.
And no wireless charging kind of sealed the dealbreaker status.
JMHO


120Hz is going to be a common thing.
My iPad Pro 11" has it and that display is smooth as Teflon.
The XS was brand new when it was released and it spanked it hard.
Even the mighty 11 Pro Max can't top the A12X SOC. A14X is going to be a beast!


I fear that refresh rate wars will start. 240Hz is next.


So even as one day we have a 10Ah graphene pack that can go from 5% to 95% in 5 min or less, full off charger experience is under a day because of mm wave 5G, 8K displays, 16K video capture with no less than 10 microphones for discrete positional array audio, etc. It's gotten ridiculous.

 

[roadcabe14]

That will ruin the battery I think