The big, bad fight over display refresh rates

[AndroidPIT] Hey {NAME}, Budget phones are not exciting to most of us in the tech press. But the fact is, these phones make the majority of the sales globally. As such, the features that go into these phones should always be discussed with the same seriousness as the latest cutting edge features on flagship devices. That is exactly what transpired between me and our German Editor Ben with whom I had a literal war of words in today’s featured ‘Slack Fight’ article. ​​​​​​​In the article, Ben maintains that manufacturers should select high refresh rate LCD panels on budget phones instead of standard 60Hz OLED displays while I tell him why using a 120Hz panel on these devices is a pointless exercise to bump up the spec sheet - without offering any tangible benefit to the consumer. ​​​​​​​Read the article yourself and let us know in the polls which side of the device you are on. I also hope you have had a great week thus far! ​​​​​​​ Rahul Srinivas, Editor What you really need to know ~/AABFLwA~/RgRiGMTgP0SgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV4dHBpdC5jb20vYW1vbGVkLXZzLWxjZHMtYnVkZ2V0LXBob25lcz91dG1fc291cmNlPXdlZWtseS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yMDIxMDIyNF93biZhcF91dWlkPUlYZ2FISFhZRGZGMENGbHlDbUVVYzJxVlJwY1cDc3BjQgpgNeM_NmBZrHmYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ [Slack-Fight: 60Hz AMOLED vs high-refresh rate LCDs](~/AABFLwA~/RgRiGMTgP0SgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV4dHBpdC5jb20vYW1vbGVkLXZzLWxjZHMtYnVkZ2V0LXBob25lcz91dG1fc291cmNlPXdlZWtseS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yMDIxMDIyNF93biZhcF91dWlkPUlYZ2FISFhZRGZGMENGbHlDbUVVYzJxVlJwY1cDc3BjQgpgNeM_NmBZrHmYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)  [In this edition of Slack Fight, our editors Rahul and Ben battle it out over the topic of using high-refresh LCD panels over 60Hz AMOLEDs on budget phones](~/AABFLwA~/RgRiGMTgP0SgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV4dHBpdC5jb20vYW1vbGVkLXZzLWxjZHMtYnVkZ2V0LXBob25lcz91dG1fc291cmNlPXdlZWtseS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yMDIxMDIyNF93biZhcF91dWlkPUlYZ2FISFhZRGZGMENGbHlDbUVVYzJxVlJwY1cDc3BjQgpgNeM_NmBZrHmYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Read this story](~/AABFLwA~/RgRiGMTgP0SgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV4dHBpdC5jb20vYW1vbGVkLXZzLWxjZHMtYnVkZ2V0LXBob25lcz91dG1fc291cmNlPXdlZWtseS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yMDIxMDIyNF93biZhcF91dWlkPUlYZ2FISFhZRGZGMENGbHlDbUVVYzJxVlJwY1cDc3BjQgpgNeM_NmBZrHmYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) ~/AABFLwA~/RgRiGMTgP0SSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV4dHBpdC5jb20vcG9jby1tMy1yZXZpZXc_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT13ZWVrbHktbmV3c2xldHRlcnMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MjAyMTAyMjRfd24mYXBfdXVpZD1JWGdhSEhYWURmRjBDRmx5Q21FVWMycVZScGNXA3NwY0IKYDXjPzZgWax5mFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODZAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA [Poco M3 Review: Come here, gorgeous!](~/AABFLwA~/RgRiGMTgP0SSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV4dHBpdC5jb20vcG9jby1tMy1yZXZpZXc_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT13ZWVrbHktbmV3c2xldHRlcnMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MjAyMTAyMjRfd24mYXBfdXVpZD1JWGdhSEhYWURmRjBDRmx5Q21FVWMycVZScGNXA3NwY0IKYDXjPzZgWax5mFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODZAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)  [Can good looks alone make the Poco M3 a great smartphone? 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