OnePlus is testing a display upgrade

According to a new rumor out of China, OnePlus is currently busy testing a display upgrade for its upcoming phones – namely, panels with 165Hz refresh rate.

The brand hasn’t used such a high refresh rate ever before, but is serious about bringing this feature to its lineup. Interestingly, an unnamed mid-range OnePlus phone would be the first to get it, with the flagship line possibly following suit after that.

OnePlus 13

The screen in question will have “1.5K” resolution, and that makes it perfect for both a mid-ranger and the upcoming OnePlus 15, since this device has already been rumored to come with a downgrade in resolution. Perhaps OnePlus is trying to make that sting less by offering a higher refresh rate instead.

That’s all well and good of course, but ColorOS / OxygenOS / Realme UI are notoriously not friendly towards high refresh rate gaming – for example, we didn’t get any of the titles in our usual test suite to go above 60Hz/60fps on the OnePlus 13. With that in mind, it’s unclear what the point of going to 165Hz even is – perhaps just to have a nicer-looking, higher number on the spec sheet? In normal use the difference between 120Hz and 165Hz is hard to notice, we’d say.

OnePlus 13

Source (in Chinese)

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