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iPhone 4 = 326 PPI Prime = 313 PPI It's barely lower density and it's AMOLED. It's gorgeous.

masklinn 15y ago
> It's barely lower density it's still lower. I'm sorry about your hurt feelings, but that does not qualify as "staggering" > and it's AMOLED. It's gorgeous. Did not enter into the comment I replied to. At all. Again, I'm not saying it's not a great screen, I'm saying calling a 1280x720 4.65" "staggering" in 2011 is overstating it by a mile.
- jonknee 15y ago
  It's not staggering because of the PPI, it's staggering that we're carrying a WXGA display in our pockets. It displays 50% more information than the iPhone 4 screen, which is already pretty amazing.
  - masklinn 15y ago
    That sounds a lot like retconning, it makes absolutely no sense in the context of the original comment as the physical screen size detracts from that point. "1280x720 on a phone is staggering" is arguable, "1280x720 in a 4.[65] inch is staggering" is not, because there's nothing staggering about it.
    - jonknee 15y ago
      Regardless of your definitions, I too found it staggering. We have reached mobile full HD. The fact that it's a few PPI lower than another device is meaningless--it's full HD and in your pocket. On a consumer device (with consumer pricing!). Staggering.
ori_b 15y ago
It's also nearly the same number of pixels as my laptop.
mistermann 15y ago
Any idea, is it AMOLED+, as on the GS2? (Or, have they dropped the + designation as all post GS2's will be AMOLED+)?
- ZeroGravitas 15y ago
  I'm guessing it's not going to be 'plus' (or +). For Samsung AMOLEDs the plus branding means standard RGB rather than pentile RGBG. At the supposed density I don't think I see much gain from not using pentile. The stated reason for not using pentile in the Galaxy S II was that the large size of the screen combined with the relatively low resolution put it outside of the sweet-spot for pentile RGBG.

> It's barely lower density it's still lower. I'm sorry about your hurt feelings, but that does not qualify as "staggering" > and it's AMOLED. It's gorgeous. Did not enter into the comment I replied to. At all. Again, I'm not saying it's not a great screen, I'm saying calling a 1280x720 4.65" "staggering" in 2011 is overstating it by a mile.

jonknee 15y ago
It's not staggering because of the PPI, it's staggering that we're carrying a WXGA display in our pockets. It displays 50% more information than the iPhone 4 screen, which is already pretty amazing.
- masklinn 15y ago
  That sounds a lot like retconning, it makes absolutely no sense in the context of the original comment as the physical screen size detracts from that point. "1280x720 on a phone is staggering" is arguable, "1280x720 in a 4.[65] inch is staggering" is not, because there's nothing staggering about it.
  - jonknee 15y ago
    Regardless of your definitions, I too found it staggering. We have reached mobile full HD. The fact that it's a few PPI lower than another device is meaningless--it's full HD and in your pocket. On a consumer device (with consumer pricing!). Staggering.

ori_b 15y ago

It's also nearly the same number of pixels as my laptop.

mistermann 15y ago

Any idea, is it AMOLED+, as on the GS2? (Or, have they dropped the + designation as all post GS2's will be AMOLED+)?

ZeroGravitas 15y ago
I'm guessing it's not going to be 'plus' (or +). For Samsung AMOLEDs the plus branding means standard RGB rather than pentile RGBG. At the supposed density I don't think I see much gain from not using pentile. The stated reason for not using pentile in the Galaxy S II was that the large size of the screen combined with the relatively low resolution put it outside of the sweet-spot for pentile RGBG.