Other Using 120Hz and 60Hz iPhones at the same time

[Sami13496]

Hi everyone! I have two iPhones that I use daily: a personal phone and a work phone. At some point this year, my work iPhone will be upgraded to a model with a 120Hz display, while my personal iPhone will still have a 60Hz screen. What do you think, or do you have any experience with this. Does using a 60Hz iPhone start to feel weird if your other device is 120Hz?

 

[!!!]

I can't speak iPhone-to-iPhone, but when I got a HRR monitor it was a bit jarring switching between it and other devices at first. Eventually you get used to it though. What's the most jarring is when the monitor you expect to be at a higher refresh rate is misconfigured to 60hz.

 

[Reverend Benny]

Hi everyone! I have two iPhones that I use daily: a personal phone and a work phone. At some point this year, my work iPhone will be upgraded to a model with a 120Hz display, while my personal iPhone will still have a 60Hz screen. What do you think, or do you have any experience with this. Does using a 60Hz iPhone start to feel weird if your other device is 120Hz?

Not at all, my workphone is the 60hz iPhone 16 and private I use a 120hz iPhone 16 pro. Its not that big a difference tbh. Sure, if you compare side by side but don't really think of it otherwise.

 

[Macdctr]

I go between my iPhone Air (120 Hz Promotion display) to my 13 mini (60 Hz Super Retina HDR display) on a daily basis and have no issue going between either devices. The difference in display update rates between both devices don't bother me.

 

[dmr727]

I think it'll make you want a 120hz screen. I don't find the difference the be terrible, but it's definitely there.

The good news is Apple is finally joining the rest of the industry and putting ProMotion in non-Pro devices. 🙂

 

[doogm]

I hardly notice it at all (15 Pro and 16e, though I don't use the 16e much.)

 

[ghostface147]

It is jarring to me. Weird.

 

[James6s]

It is noticeable to me. My partner has a 14 Plus and if I ever use it, the 60hz looks choppy and not as smooth and fluid as my 17.

If you switched to 60hz, after a while of not using 120hz then your eyes would adjust and it wouldn’t look as bad.

 

[Big_D]

Hi everyone! I have two iPhones that I use daily: a personal phone and a work phone. At some point this year, my work iPhone will be upgraded to a model with a 120Hz display, while my personal iPhone will still have a 60Hz screen. What do you think, or do you have any experience with this. Does using a 60Hz iPhone start to feel weird if your other device is 120Hz?

I have a 14 for work and a 16 Pro private. To be honest, I don't really notice much difference, unless I am using them side-by-side. The scrolling is smoother, but I generally tend to "fast scroll" to the part of a document I want and don't notice the "jerky" scrolling on the 60Hz display.

I just tried it now and the 14 does look jerky, when scrolled side-by-side with the 16 Pro, but in day-to-day use, I don't really notice it, because I rarely have the 16 Pro open for reference when I am working.

 

[Parowdy]

May I ask what you use your work phone for and how much compared to your private one?
Personally I sometimes handle 60hz devices in private, like handed down phones or my old MacBook.
I find it less disorienting when each phone had its own use case, and was just a different generation of a similar tool.
But in the end, the feeling of using different refresh rates on separate devices is something that feels different to everyone.
You’ll just have to find out for yourself how you react to it and how long it might take to get used to it.

 

[Ctrlos]

On the iPad and Android 120hz makes a massive difference. The animations on iOS are so good that 60hz is still very usable.

 

[endawmyke]

After iOS 26 and my battery life tanked on my 16 pro, it's been in low power mode so often it might as well be a 60hz device. And the smoothness is defintely noticeable between 120 and 60

 

[aespana]

60hz on the iPhone works really good. You notice the difference between 60hz and 120hz but is not that bad.

If you switch a Pixel to 60hz you want to take off your eyes and die.. terrible experience.

 

[Sami13496]

May I ask what you use your workbooks for and how much compared to your private one?
Personally I sometimes handle 60hz devices in private, like handed down phones or my old MacBook.
I find it less disorienting when each phone had its own use case, and was just a different generation of a similar tool.
But in the end, the feeling of using different refresh rates on separate devices is something that feels different to everyone.
You’ll just have to find out for yourself how you react to it and how long it might take to get used to it.

That’s a good and valid question. I don’t really use my work phone for much other than reading emails, checking my calendar, and following Teams when I’m not at my computer. Actually, I use the work phone (120 Hz) very little overall.

 

[Big_D]

May I ask what you use your workbooks for and how much compared to your private one?
Personally I sometimes handle 60hz devices in private, like handed down phones or my old MacBook.

Landline calling (VOIP App), Teams chat and video calls, email, network management tools, WiFi testing, photos, clocking in and out at work and various other tasks.

 

[Parowdy]

Landline calling (VOIP App), Teams chat and video calls, email, network management tools, WiFi testing, photos, clocking in and out at work and various other tasks.

Thanks. Swiping through apps and scrolling together with some system animations might be the only instances where you'd notice a change, maybe together with general load times it feels more snappy.
I know coming from an iPhone 11 Pro, which is by some considered the best generation or model of iPhone, the 15 Pro I have now feels the way I expected from my 11 Pro. The cameras, the brightness of the screen, the load times, even without 120hz it was a big upgrade.

 

[MICHAELSD]

It’s odd because a 120Hz display feels so laggy when it’s reduced to 60Hz; meanwhile, a different device with a native 60Hz display is totally fine. I switch between devices and it’s not an issue in itself.

 

[Parowdy]

That’s a good and valid question. I don’t really use my work phone for much other than reading emails, checking my calendar, and following Teams when I’m not at my computer. Actually, I use the work phone (120 Hz) very little overall.

Then you will probably only see a difference in overall reaction time. Apps load a little faster, animations are a little smoother, maybe the screen even gets brighter. Swiping and scrolling will feel more precise, but apart from that you might not even notice too much of a difference.
Be sure to come back and update the thread once you know 😀

 

[Bungaree.Chubbins]

It’s all going to depend on how sensitive your eyes are. It took me a month to realise that my old HDMI cable doesn’t support 4k@60Hz, and has been running at 30Hz, right next to an identical 28” monitor at 60Hz. And the difference between 30 and 60Hz is MUCH greater than between 60 and 120Hz.

 

[IJBrekke]

In my experience, it does not feel weird to switch. And as others have pointed out, we often interact with our work phones for far less things, so it’s likely that most of the benefits of 120hz won’t be that noticeable.

 

[MICHAELSD]

It’s all going to depend on how sensitive your eyes are. It took me a month to realise that my old HDMI cable doesn’t support 4k@60Hz, and has been running at 30Hz, right next to an identical 28” monitor at 60Hz. And the difference between 30 and 60Hz is MUCH greater than between 60 and 120Hz.

This is probably because most video content is in 30fps max, so it’s not going to be super noticeable on a majority of sources.

 

[ScanTheNavian]

Hi everyone! I have two iPhones that I use daily: a personal phone and a work phone. At some point this year, my work iPhone will be upgraded to a model with a 120Hz display, while my personal iPhone will still have a 60Hz screen. What do you think, or do you have any experience with this. Does using a 60Hz iPhone start to feel weird if your other device is 120Hz?

I use my laptop's paltry 1080p screen on the go and a 4K OLED at home. Once you get used to things you don't really care.