I’ve been enjoying my new iPhone 13 Pro Max for a couple of weeks now and the new 120hz screen is spectacular. For years I’ve shunned reading on my iPhone because compared to my ProMotion iPad Pro the screen was just too janky. It was okay if the screen was completely still but the second you started to move things around everything appeared “jumpy”. For any type of reading I’d go search for my iPad Pro with it’s silky smooth scrolling and animations.
It seemed shocking to me that people on the internet were saying things along the lines of “I don’t notice Promotion on my iPad Pro so I don’t care if my iPhone has it”. To me that’s like saying I don’t notice the difference my central air conditioning system in my house makes on a 100 degree day. What’s wrong with you!
If finally occurred to me that for a lot of people they don’t notice because they can’t. They literally don’t see the difference that a 120hz screen makes. But the question is why? Why can some people see it and others not? Was it genetic? Like color blindness? Or could it be behavioral based?
Probably more than a decade ago now, I stumbled on an article about how major league batters do daily eye exercises to strengthen their ocular muscles. These guys are trying to read the rotation of a ball that is traveling at over 90mph by watching the stitching. And they have only a few feet to do it.
I was intrigued at the idea that by doing daily “eye pushups” that someone could enhance their vision powers to almost super power status. So I incorporated some eye drills into my daily routine. When I get up in the morning the first thing I do is pour myself a cup of coffee and settle into my reading chair with my iPad. Then I do some eye drills to help wake myself up. Stuff like focusing on something right in front of my face and then quickly shifting to something far away and then close again.
Why do I still do these drills ten years later? It’s hard to explain but they feel good. It’s kind of like stretching your hamstrings before you go for a run. It makes the run more comfortable because you’ve worked out the tightness. When I do these eye drills before I read news on my iPad, it feels like I can see more clearly and I can follow text as I scroll through the page easier. Because my eyes muscles are warmed up.
It suddenly dawned on me one morning that my extreme aversion to 60hz screens may have something to do with my decade of major-league-level eye drills. Maybe trying to discern the stitching rotation pattern on a 90mph fastball could translate to watching text move up and down on a screen? I always thought it was weird that other people seem unable to read text if they scroll too quickly. I can do that on my iPad and now my iPhone. But is that because I have unusually good vision or because of the eye drill training?
I’m not an eye expert so I don’t know. But I sure am enjoying the screen on my new iPhone. It’s the best new feature in the 13 Pro. The upgrade would be worth it for this alone.
If finally occurred to me that for a lot of people they don’t notice because they can’t. They literally don’t see the difference that a 120hz screen makes. But the question is why? Why can some people see it and others not? Was it genetic? Like color blindness? Or could it be behavioral based?
Probably more than a decade ago now, I stumbled on an article about how major league batters do daily eye exercises to strengthen their ocular muscles. These guys are trying to read the rotation of a ball that is traveling at over 90mph by watching the stitching. And they have only a few feet to do it.
I was intrigued at the idea that by doing daily “eye pushups” that someone could enhance their vision powers to almost super power status. So I incorporated some eye drills into my daily routine. When I get up in the morning the first thing I do is pour myself a cup of coffee and settle into my reading chair with my iPad. Then I do some eye drills to help wake myself up. Stuff like focusing on something right in front of my face and then quickly shifting to something far away and then close again.
Why do I still do these drills ten years later? It’s hard to explain but they feel good. It’s kind of like stretching your hamstrings before you go for a run. It makes the run more comfortable because you’ve worked out the tightness. When I do these eye drills before I read news on my iPad, it feels like I can see more clearly and I can follow text as I scroll through the page easier. Because my eyes muscles are warmed up.
It suddenly dawned on me one morning that my extreme aversion to 60hz screens may have something to do with my decade of major-league-level eye drills. Maybe trying to discern the stitching rotation pattern on a 90mph fastball could translate to watching text move up and down on a screen? I always thought it was weird that other people seem unable to read text if they scroll too quickly. I can do that on my iPad and now my iPhone. But is that because I have unusually good vision or because of the eye drill training?
I’m not an eye expert so I don’t know. But I sure am enjoying the screen on my new iPhone. It’s the best new feature in the 13 Pro. The upgrade would be worth it for this alone.
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