Most phones these days have a 120Hz display, which looks great, but can really impact battery life. So a feature that many flagships have been using lately is, Adaptive Refresh Rate, thanks to an LTPO display.
Now the question about the OnePlus 10T here is whether it’s display is adaptive or not, since it does not have an LTPO display, like the OnePlus 10 Pro does.
The answer is yes, it is adaptive. But there’s some caveats.
It’s adaptive, but not as adaptive as other phones
Because, OnePlus is not using a LTPO display on the OnePlus 10T, it means that it cannot drop down to 1Hz or 10Hz and ramp up from there. Which would be really great for the always-on display on the 10T. Instead, it will ramp up and down from 60Hz, to 90Hz and 120Hz.
That’s okay, but going from 10Hz to 120Hz would definitely be better here. Especially in terms of battery life, since it is a smaller battery than the OnePlus 10 Pro.
Our recommendation for battery life would be to stick to 90Hz, which you can do in the settings. So that’s good to see. It gives you that higher refresh rate, but doesn’t impact the battery as much as 120Hz would. Though, the battery is quite good, as we’ve mentioned in our review. And it also charges very quickly. OnePlus says it can go from 1% to 100% in just 20 minutes since it can charge at up to 125W in the US (150W elsewhere).
So it’s not all bad news for the OnePlus 10T and definitely avoiding LTPO means it was able to lower the cost of the phone. Which also helps OnePlus to be a bit more competitive with the 10T, which is what they really want to do here. The OnePlus 10T comes in at $649, while the OnePlus 10 Pro was $899 and now is dropped to $799 permanently.