
Apple’s iPhone 16 sequence has been in shops for 3 months, but rumours about subsequent 12 months’s iPhone 17 lineup are brewing. A brand new leak from China suggests that every one fashions within the 2025 iPhone lineup will function excessive refresh charge shows. If this seems to be true, the iPhone 17 household would be the first to pack superior ProMotion expertise throughout all the lineup. Apple outfitted the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus with 60Hz refresh charge shows with solely the Professional fashions that includes 120Hz refresh charge shows.
Distinguished tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese language) on Weibo claimed that the usual model of the iPhone 17 sequence is more likely to have a excessive refresh charge show. This means that Apple will unveil the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Slim (or Air) with a 120Hz display for the primary time subsequent 12 months.
Rumours of 120Hz ProMotion for all iPhone 17 fashions will not be new. Earlier this 12 months, Ross Younger of Show Provide Chain Consultants stated that every one Professional and non-Professional fashions within the lineup will boast 120Hz ProMotion shows. A report by ETNews, citing industry sources, in November reported that all the iPhone 17 lineup will function LTPO screens sourced from Samsung and LG.
The Cupertino-based firm introduces {hardware} updates within the Professional fashions after which provides them to the common variations in subsequent years. In the meantime, most Android OEMs have been promoting smartphones with 120Hz shows for years.
Apple has used 120Hz screens, branded as ProMotion shows, on its Professional iPhone fashions since 2021. This routinely adjusts the display refresh charge and affords responsive app animations and scrolling, enhancing consumer expertise. Adaption of the ProMotion show on the iPhone 17 and the rumoured iPhone 17 Slim is predicted to slender the hole between the usual and the Professional iPhone fashions.
At present, the refresh charge on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are capped at 60Hz, whereas the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max assist 120Hz refresh charge (ProMotion).