For example, when playing a mobile game—particularly a shooter or fighting game like Mortal Kombat where high refresh rates can make quite a difference—Samsung’s display can push its scan rate up to 120Hz, while still being able to drop the scan rate down to 60Hz when showing a video, 30Hz while writing an email, or as little as 10Hz when viewing something like a still photo.

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This is a marked difference from current phones, even ones with high refresh rates like the ROG Phone 3 or Samsung’s own Galaxy S20 Ultra, which typically force you to pick one refresh rate that gets locked in, regardless of what’s being shown on the screen.