After the Quad-camera setup and fast charging trend, it’s time for high refresh rate displays on smartphones. Smartphone makers have been launching some excellent devices with high refresh rate displays both in premium and budget segments. While features like high refresh rate displays generally find their way to premium smartphones first, in today’s time, we see the flagship features trickle down to budget devices in no time. So in this article, we bring you a comprehensive list of smartphones with 90Hz, 120Hz, and 144Hz refresh rate display in 2021. So on that note, let’s begin.
Here, we have mentioned all the smartphones from different brands that come with a high refresh-rate panel in 2021. You can click on the link below to easily move to a particular brand.
- OnePlus
- Samsung
- Xiaomi / Redmi / Poco
- Realme
- Oppo
- Vivo
- Google Pixel
- Motorola
- Asus
- Razer
- Lenovo
- Nubia
1. OnePlus
OnePlus is one of the first few smartphone makers that spearheaded the high refresh rate trend in smartphone displays. Even before Samsung, OnePlus brought the OnePlus 7 Pro, 7T and 7T Pro with a 90Hz display panel. And now their OnePlus 8 Pro and 8T come with a higher 120Hz panel and the standard OnePlus 8 comes with a 90Hz display. So if you are looking for overall the best smartphone that comes with a higher refresh rate, I would say OnePlus devices are a great pick.
2. Samsung
With the launch of the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung embraced the higher refresh rate trend. After that, the Note20 series and now the latest Galaxy S21 series all come with a high refresh-rate panel. However, keep in mind, on the older Samsung devices, 120Hz kicks in only when you have set the device resolution to Full HD. It’s only with the new Galaxy S21 phones powered by Snapdragon 888 where you get the ability to run 120Hz refresh rate at QHD resolution. All variants, be it the 5G or the standard model, feature 120Hz panel.
3. Xiaomi / Redmi / Poco
Among the many Xiaomi devices, Mi 10 was the first to sport a higher refresh rate display and now you have a whole lineup of 90Hz, 120Hz and even 114Hz smartphones. The good part is that most Xiaomi devices also come with a 180Hz touch-sensing rate.
4. Realme
Unsurprisingly, OnePlus’ sister company Realme had launched two smartphones having a 90Hz refresh rate display in 2019 and now they have a long list of high refresh-rate smartphones in 2021. In fact, they are the ones who brought this flagship feature on budget devices.
- Realme X7 Pro (120Hz)
- Realme 7 5G (120Hz)
- Realme Narzo 20 Pro (90Hz)
- Realme X50 Pro 5G (90Hz)
- Realme X3 (120Hz)
- Realme X2 Pro (90Hz)
- Realme 6(90Hz)
- Realme 7i(90Hz)
- Realme 7(90Hz)
- Realme 6 Pro(90Hz)
- Realme C17 (90Hz)
- Realme Q2 (120Hz)
- Realme X50 5G (120Hz)
- Realme Narzo (90Hz)
- Realme V5 5G (90Hz)
- Realme 6S (90Hz)
- Realme 6i (90Hz)
5. Oppo
After OnePlus and Realme, Oppo followed suit and released the Reno Ace with high refresh rate in October 2019, but only for China. Now, it has several devices including both budget and flagship phones featuring higher refresh-rate display.
6. Vivo
Of late, Vivo has been making some great-looking smartphones with solid internals and high refresh-rate displays. Its X50 Pro was one of the best designed phones in 2020 and now the latest X60 Pro has taken the same crown. In addition, they come with 120Hz panel. Here are all the Vivo phones with high refresh-rate display.
7. Google Pixel
The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL were the first Google devices that came with a 90Hz display. And now they have added Pixel 5 to their high refresh-rate lineup. If you want the clean Google experience with a dash of higher refresh rate then Pixel devices are also a great option.
- Pixel 5 (90Hz)
- Pixel 4 (90Hz)
- Pixel 4 XL (90Hz)
If you want a stock Android device with high refresh-rate panel then there is no better option than Motorola. The company has launched some great 5G phones recently featuring a 90Hz panel as well.
While the first Asus ROG Phone I came with a 90Hz refresh rate display and the newer model, ROG Phone II featured a 120Hz panel with a touch-sensing rate of 240Hz, finally Asus has brought a 144Hz smartphone with its third iteration. As we know, the ROG phone is designed primarily for gamers so you get top-notch experience while gaming or navigating through general tasks. In addition, all the models are HDR compliant and come with Gorilla Glass 6 protection.
10. Razer
Razer was the first smartphone maker that started this trend of higher refresh rate display on smartphones way back in 2017. Its first phone focused on gaming which had a 120Hz refresh rate display and a screen resolution of 2K. Now, Razer has released its second phone and that too has a 120Hz refresh rate with support for wide color gamut. Apart from that, the display is an IPS LCD panel with a 90% screen-to-body ratio and 580 nits of maximum brightness.
In line with other smartphone makers, Lenovo has also released gaming smartphones with a high refresh rate display. Under its Legion brand, it has two 144Hz smartphones and both of them pack top-notch hardware. Other than that, there is the Lenovo Z6 with a 120Hz refresh rate panel.
If you are looking for a gaming phone that comes with a high refresh rate then Nubia Red Magic 3 series is an excellent pick. Both the smartphones come with a 6.65-inch FHD AMOLED display and sport a 90Hz refresh rate panel. Further, to make the display color accurate, it’s 100% calibrated using the DCI-P3 color profile.
- Nubia Red Magic 3 (90Hz)
- Nubia Red Magic 3s (90Hz)
Pick the Best Smartphone with High Refresh Rate Display
So these are the smartphones that have higher refresh rate displays be it 90Hz, 120Hz or 144Hz panels. Currently, almost all devices come with a high refresh-rate panel. While on the Android side, it has become a regular affair, we are waiting for Apple to bring this feature with the launch of iPhone 13. Anyway, that is all from us. We will keep updating this article with new smartphones having a higher refresh rate so stay tuned with us. And if you are looking for the best 5G phones that go through our linked article.
