All 4 iPhone 17 fashions launching subsequent yr will likely be outfitted with low-power LTPO shows, based on an business supply cited by South Korea’s ETNews this week. Whereas the report doesn’t point out this, the usage of LTPO expertise means that your complete iPhone 17 lineup will characteristic ProMotion shows with a variable refresh price as much as 120Hz.
ProMotion has been restricted to the Professional fashions because it debuted on the iPhone 13 Professional and the iPhone 13 Professional Max in 2021, so the characteristic’s enlargement to the iPhone 17 and the rumored, tentatively-named “iPhone 17 Air” could be notable. Samsung and LG will provide the LTPO shows for all iPhone 17 fashions, based on the report.
LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) is a low-power backplane expertise for OLED shows that permits for a variable refresh price with decreased energy consumption, making certain that ProMotion doesn’t considerably impression battery life.
iPhone shows with ProMotion have smoother-looking scrolling and video content material. ProMotion would additionally permit the iPhone 17 and “iPhone 17 Air” shows to ramp all the way down to a extra power-efficient refresh price. iPhone 13 Professional fashions can ramp all the way down to 10Hz, whereas iPhone 14 Professional by way of iPhone 16 Professional fashions can go as little as 1Hz, permitting for an always-on show that exhibits numerous Lock Display components even when the system is locked. It’s unclear if the iPhone 17 and the “iPhone 17 Air” would ramp all the way down to 10Hz or 1Hz.
Show Provide Chain Consultants CEO Ross Younger beforehand knowledgeable MacRumors that the iPhone 17 and “iPhone 17 Air” will seemingly assist ProMotion, and the characteristic’s enlargement to your complete iPhone 17 lineup has been rumored a number of occasions.
The usual iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus nonetheless have 60Hz shows.
Apple is anticipated to announce the iPhone 17 sequence in September 2025.
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