iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air tipped to feature 120Hz LTPO displays. Here’s why it’s a big deal
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Diwali greetings feature Delhi photographer’s iPhone snapshot. Take a lookA latest report from South Korea-based ETNews suggests that Apple will use LTPO technology across all four iPhone 17 models, with display panels supplied by Samsung and LG.LTPO, which stands for Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide technology, has become the standard not only among Android flagships but also in mid-range devices.
The technology was first introduced in Apple smartphones with the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021, while the standard variants continued to feature 60Hz low-density polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) panels.LTPO displays allow for a variable refresh rate depending on the task running on the screen, making them generally more power-efficient than their LTPS counterparts. Most Android LTPO panels support variable refresh rates between 1Hz and 120Hz, while the iPhone 13 Pro could go as low as 10Hz.
Apple introduced support for refresh rates as low as 1Hz starting with the iPhone 14 Pro.However, it remains unclear whether the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air will support refresh rates down to 10Hz or 1Hz. In any case, the addition of a 120Hz LTPO panel will certainly work to further reduce the differentiation between Apple's Pro and standard lineups.Milestone Alert!
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