Ha, I thought a 1Hz display was a typo until I read the article - that's the minimum display update, not the maximum: for situations when nothing's changing on the screen to save battery life.
this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2026
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On phones and tablets, variable refresh rates make an "always on" display feasible in terms of battery budget, where you can have something like a lock screen turned on at all times without burning through too much power.
On laptops, this might open up some possibilities of the lock screen or some kind of static or slideshow screensaver staying on longer while idle, before turning off the display.
With enough pitch black on the lock screen background, you should be able to keep it going for quite a bit longer, since this apparently has OLED. I think for phones, always on is usually a black background with text and stuff on it, isn't it?
Most Android phones with always on have a grayscale screen that is mostly black. But iPhones introduced always on with 1Hz screens and still show a less saturated, less bright version of the color wallpaper on the lock screen.
These fuckers have no USB-A ports but has a headphone jack?
Buy a Framework, I have 4 slots that can be everything from USB-A to C to RJ45 to card readers when I need it, and I can charge the thing from any port.
I'm waiting patiently for Framework to release a 14" to 15" touchscreen 2 in 1 with stylus support. I'm glad they dipped their toes in the water with the 12, but the offerings just aren't yet there to tick enough boxes for me.
The correct way, really
I miss my clitmouse XD
Not the capacitive touch bar!
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