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This prompted me to look around a bit and found this: https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/ https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/

by ketzu 6y ago

This prompted me to look around a bit and found this: https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/ https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/ It's super interesting to look at and filter for various categories. For desktop 1366x768 wins out slightly ahead of 1920x1080. But for mobile, devices report a lot of 360x640. Fascinating. Here's the mandatory stackexchange discussion on why that is: https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/98985/why-the-360x640px-resolution-is-currently-the-most-used-one https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/98985/why-the-360x640...

Jaruzel 6y ago
I hadn't looked in a while - it's nice to see 1920x1080 finally gaining popular traction - I guess those bargain-bin laptops are slowly getting upgraded!
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  Even my $160 "Chuwi" laptop has a 1920x1080 IPS screen, so really there is no excuse for any laptop not to have it, cost can't be an issue anymore. In fact its display is remarkably good.. Much better than the 1366x768 TN crap of my company Thinkpad. Embarassingly for Lenovo.
pmlnr 6y ago
> 360x640 I'm curious of that's a 2x, 4x, etc version of high ppi devices; it's not impossible.
- mywittyname 6y ago
  That is the resolution of the cheapest smartphones sold in India. Also, IIRC, the resolution sent to GA does not correct for orientation, zoom, or anything of that nature, it's raw pixel values. This may have changed in recent years. If you filter to the US, the most common resolution is 1920x1080.
- neurostimulant 6y ago
  My phone has 1080x2340px resolution but the browser user agent reports as 396x782: https://i.imgur.com/D8Mn5hj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/D8Mn5hj.jpg Weird resolutions like this are starting to appear since android manufacturers are using notched screens these days, even for a cheap $50 phone.
fulafel 6y ago
Do web browsers still use screen resolution in these APIs? Didn't that go away with the abstract "px" unit in CSS and followed by ad hoc halving of reported measures to even native apps ("hidpi")?

by ketzu 6y ago

Jaruzel 6y ago

I hadn't looked in a while - it's nice to see 1920x1080 finally gaining popular traction - I guess those bargain-bin laptops are slowly getting upgraded!

GekkePrutser 6y ago
Even my $160 "Chuwi" laptop has a 1920x1080 IPS screen, so really there is no excuse for any laptop not to have it, cost can't be an issue anymore. In fact its display is remarkably good.. Much better than the 1366x768 TN crap of my company Thinkpad. Embarassingly for Lenovo.

pmlnr 6y ago

> 360x640 I'm curious of that's a 2x, 4x, etc version of high ppi devices; it's not impossible.

mywittyname 6y ago
That is the resolution of the cheapest smartphones sold in India. Also, IIRC, the resolution sent to GA does not correct for orientation, zoom, or anything of that nature, it's raw pixel values. This may have changed in recent years. If you filter to the US, the most common resolution is 1920x1080.
neurostimulant 6y ago
My phone has 1080x2340px resolution but the browser user agent reports as 396x782: https://i.imgur.com/D8Mn5hj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/D8Mn5hj.jpg Weird resolutions like this are starting to appear since android manufacturers are using notched screens these days, even for a cheap $50 phone.

fulafel 6y ago

Do web browsers still use screen resolution in these APIs? Didn't that go away with the abstract "px" unit in CSS and followed by ad hoc halving of reported measures to even native apps ("hidpi")?