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A $300 (EUR500) phone in 2020, and its screen resolution is 750 x 1334 (according to GSMArena, because Apple doesn't mention it). Sadly, that's not enough to wa
by srg0 7y ago
A $300 (EUR500) phone in 2020, and its screen resolution is 750 x 1334 (according to GSMArena, because Apple doesn't mention it). Sadly, that's not enough to watch FullHD videos. An attractive form-factor aside, weird resolution of the lower-tier iPhones (XR, 11, SE 2020) is a non-starter for me.
- globular-toast 7y agoIt's a small screen and that's a normal resolution. You need to look at pixel size, not number of pixels. You wouldn't be able to see "full HD" detail on a 4.7" screen.
- srg0 7y agoI use a 5.1" screen, and I can see the difference very well. I also watch a lot of FullHD screencasts, and while the phone screen is too small to do read everything, most of the text is still readable. The trick is to watch the original 1080p video. The problem of the in-between resolutions is blurriness introduced by scaling. 1080p content is very common, text rendered to such images is already rasterized to take advantage of that resolution. iPhone has to downscale 1080 lines and to 750 lines, the scaling factor is 0.6944. There is no way that the text will remain sharp and readable. So the text in most videos will not only be a bit smaller (that's physical screen size, 4.7 vs 5.whatever), but it will be blurrier. Low cost 720p screens have the same problem, but at least the scaling coefficient (2/3) allows for sharper result. The problem is particularly evident with text, but it applies to all minor details
- MLpractitioner 7y agoI just checked in NL, it's far from 500Euros, more 800