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Yesterday, a rumor told us that both the upcoming Galaxy Note20 and Note20 + would have displays with a 120Hz refresh rate, which makes sense considering it’s a feature of the S20 line as well. However, today the same source has returned with new information, and not a good one for fans of cheaper Samsung flagships and high-refresh-rate panels.
According to Ross Young himself, founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, the Note20 will miss the high-frequency refresh train, which comes with a display that can only be refreshed 60 times per second. The Note20 +, on the other hand, is still programmed to enjoy that 120Hz smoothness.
Note 20 update: While Note 20+ is still LTPO and 120Hz, Note 20 will be LTPS and 60Hz. It makes sense since LTPO costs more and should appear first on premium models. You can do 120Hz with LTPS, but it consumes a lot of energy. LTPO is the best implementation for 120Hz.
– Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) May 12, 2020
Young says this information has been confirmed by Samsung, but even so, given that the company has been publicly silent on the matter, it may take it with the slightest bit of salt. Therefore, it seems that the Note20’s screen will be a real degradation of that of the Note20 +, both in terms of resolution (1080p + and not 1440p +) and refresh rate (60Hz vs. 120Hz).
Hopefully, all of this means the Note20 will be priced much lower, but given what happened recently with Samsung’s iconic price, we couldn’t hold our collective breaths that this is an ‘affordable’ model by any definition of that word. .
The reasoning for Samsung’s move has to do with the power consumption offsets that are quite large when operating 120Hz displays built with next-generation LTPS technology. The Note20 + will have a panel that uses LTPO, which Young says “is the best implementation for 120Hz,” but it is more expensive and will therefore remain limited to the ultra premium price level at first.
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