Is ProMotion ever gonna get fixed?
So, I've been thinking about making this post about the ProMotion technology of the iPhone, because I feel like not enough people or even tech reviewers talk about this issue, and I think that this is making Apple not even consider resolving this issue.
Since I got the iPhone 14 Pro Max coming from an iPhone 12, one of the things that I was more excited about was the high refresh rate, but after like 2 or 3 days of using it, I noticed a strange behavior or "aberration" that I got from scrolling on Twitter or on another app that had a dark background with white text. When scrolling, the white text gets kind of "stretched" and "stuttered" for a fraction of a second and, at the end of the scroll animation, it gets a little jump.
So, from all I could research, it comes from a weird implementation of the VRR technology, where almost all the time the refresh rate tops at 80Hz and gets to 120Hz in a (very) few situations.
I've been on the iPhone for years and with the 14 Pro Max for more than a year. I'm really considering switching to an android phone because I feel I'm having the lagging experience that I once had with androids of "old age", and I think this is really unacceptable for a flagship phone.
I tried using the 15 and 16 Pro, and it has the same problems.
Do you notice this problem as well?
Do you think that Apple will ever resolve this in future phones or even with a software update for the current generation?
I have Apple One, Apple Watch, Airpods, Mac, etc... I'm deep in the ecossistem, but this makes me really angry and I've been considering moving to an Android because of this...
This video is in slow motion and I think it shows what I'm talking about:
https://youtube.com/shorts/FcoAdOgYbu4
iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18