Battery life has often been a pending issue for the Korean brand. Although over the years it has improved considerably, if we had to blame a weak point in the top of the Samsung range, it is the duration of its battery. Now the brand has hit the nail on the head to extend autonomy. And it is not in the battery itself.
Last week, Samsung revealed its new Galaxy Note 20 lineup, and the higher-end model comes with a 120Hz display. A higher refresh rate allows smoother browsing to be enjoyed whether using the S-Pen or playing mobile games. However, as users working with high refresh rates will know, this has a direct impact on the battery life of phones.
To combat this, Samsung Display announced that its new OLED displays boast “adaptive frequency” technology, which is also available to other manufacturers who want to apply it to their phones. This time we are facing a type of panel that is different from what we have seen before, since they allow you to enjoy higher refresh rates, but without affecting the autonomy of the device.
Improving the mobile battery from the screen
This new screen, which debuts on the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G , can reach 120Hz when high refresh rate speeds are needed for games but automatically drops to 60Hz when, for example, we run video playback, at 30Hz when it is played. is sending messages or as low as 10Hz when displaying a still image.
At the slowest setting, Samsung claims that it can use only 60 percent of the power normally required, while other displays cannot adjust without starting to flicker. Samsung Display’s vice president of mobile display planning, Ho-Jung Lee, said in a statement: “This frequency-adaptive display technology is expected to greatly enhance the user experience by calibrating refresh rates to the requirements of an application. and thus allocate available energy more precisely . ”
Overall, the company has conducted its own tests to determine how, with just this refresh rate setting, up to 22% battery life can be saved compared to other displays. However, it is not clear if this new technology is limited to a specified configuration.
Luckily we will soon be able to test the mobile and with it the autonomy of the Note 20 Ultra in all possible configurations.
Source>AnAndtech