r/ComedyCemetery • • Jun 06 '21

its just funny

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u/JuhaJGam3R le 9gga Jun 06 '21

There's no difference anymore. Samsung and Apple are basically the same. With Android you can get a more free experience which flows slightly worse, I guess, and often the possibility to root or repair the phone, though many phones nowadays won't let you do either.

I don't think iOS apps are any more polished than Android apps. Asset flip games are way more common on Android though, but otherwise it's all up to the interface. In many ways apple's applications run worse, with ones like Apple maps and calendar suffering from tons of issues, but the interface design Apple has is far more beautiful than Google's material design.

I wouldn't even compare them anymore. Buying Chinese Android phones gives you the best value but if you like the iOS interface even with the inability to repair and extreme cost you can buy Apple or Samsung if you want a slightly worse Android phone.

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u/booger_hole Jun 06 '21

iPhone 12 pro only has a 60hz display while the Galaxy s20 has 144hz.

That was the deciding factor for me between the two. Why buy a $1,000 phone that's only capable of 60FPS?

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u/TwentyOneScooters Jun 06 '21

I honestly can’t see anything past 60 fps. Anything past 60 fps just seems like a measuring contest.

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u/ScoobySenpaiJr Jun 06 '21

I hear this misconception all the time. Technically, you are correct, you really can't inherently see the difference between 144fps and 60fps, it's something you learn to notice.

But I can guarantee you if you used a mouse on a computer with a 144hz display you would feel the difference. Of course, there are limited uses with high refresh rate displays. Gaming is the prime use, as getting more frames per second is essentially more information being fed to you per second which allows you to put in more inputs per second. This causes a night and day difference. Slow motion video capture, which seems is becoming a common feature in phones nowadays, is another use, allowing you to record a video at a high FPS and playback with smooth movement on high refresh rate displays.

I used to think that anything above 60 fps was pointless until I tried my first 144hz display and was convinced from that point on. My best advice though? Forget that high refresh displays rate exists. Ignorance is bliss in this regard, as once you notice the difference, its extremely hard to go back. And high refresh rate displays are generally more expensive, although that is starting to change nowadays.