ISSUE 72 • ANDROID ADVISOR 29awakening: you can’t have it both ways. If you’ve
already turned on the 120Hz screen and go to flip
the display to Quad HD resolution, you’re going to
get a message: ‘High refresh rate isn’t supported
in WQHD+’. Your screen will change to a standard
60Hz refresh rate. That means you have to make a
difficult choice: either high resolution or high refresh
rate. The same is true for the S20 Ultra, with its
5,000mAh battery and £1,199 price tag. For either
performance or battery reasons, Samsung is tying the
120Hz option to Full HD, and that’s that.
It’s worth noting that the Pixel 4 XL and OnePlus
7T serve up their 90Hz refresh rate at 1440p. While
the Razer Phone offers 120Hz refresh at 1440p, it
uses an IGZO LCD rather than OLED.
Samsung could have been the first smartphone to
deliver a Quad HD+ 120Hz refresh OLED display. But
barring a software update, we’ll need to wait until the
S30 for that.Samsung offers its 120Hz display
on every version of the S20