Tablet vs phone resolution

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I am a bit confused:confused:Why do people demand that their cellphones have a much higher resolution than their tablets? Someone may be happy with a 10.1 galaxy tab 3 with a resolution of 149 dpi but think that the resolution of the Note 3 is to low at 367 dpi and want to upgrade to the Note 4 just for the better screen.
 
Its only those who actually care about resolution, that will demand better and higher. I too find it strange, but it is what it is today. Same applies to tv's and cameras etc. New tech is always in demand, no mattef how good the existing ones are, you still want better. Thats the tech world for you
 
I think you need to understand this difference between DPI (dots per inch) and resolution.

PS: Smaller screens will have a better DPI rate than a larger screen.
 
Yes but it is the DPI that your eyes see. My desktop has 1080 x 1920 resolution(96 DPI).You can easily see the pixsels on the screen. With any 1080 x 1920 phone you will not see the pixels.
 
jacques is hier said:
Yes but it is the DPI that your eyes see. My desktop has 1080 x 1920 resolution(96 DPI).You can easily see the pixsels on the screen. With any 1080 x 1920 phone you will not see the pixels.
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PS: Smaller screens will have a better DPI rate than a larger screen.
 
The smaller screen would be better in terms of Resolution, no Chevron? Smaller screen, same PPI as tablet, or am I missing something?
 
jacques is hier said:
I am a bit confused:confused:Why do people demand that their cellphones have a much higher resolution than their tablets?
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You get hi-res tablets. Look at the iPad, Galaxy Note etc... All 2040x1536 - 2560x1440.

Lower-end tablets have lower resolutions. It's the same with smartphones. Nothing surprising here.
 
Icemanbrfc said:
The smaller screen would be better in terms of Resolution, no Chevron? Smaller screen, same PPI as tablet, or am I missing something?
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PPI does not determine resolution. A smaller screen of 2560x1440 does not have a better resolution than a bigger screen of the exact same pixel count.

It's only the PPI that's higher... i.e it's more difficult to discern individual pixels.
 
jacques is hier said:
I am a bit confused:confused:Why do people demand that their cellphones have a much higher resolution than their tablets? Someone may be happy with a 10.1 galaxy tab 3 with a resolution of 149 dpi but think that the resolution of the Note 3 is to low at 367 dpi and want to upgrade to the Note 4 just for the better screen.
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I think there is certainly a trend to demand higher PPI than necessary . Anything above 1080p on a phone seems ridiculous to me.

However people usually demand higher PPI on phones because it's held closer to your face in normal usage.

Apple's retina display has 326 ppi on their phones and 280ppi on the their tablets. This is because in normal usage your tablet will be held further from your eyes , making it harder to see individual pixels. It really comes down to the usage scenario . TV's have horribly low PPI's , but it doesn't matter too much as from your couch your too far to discern any pixels.
 
As long as I cannot see individual pixels, I am happy. My iPad 4 has a 264ppi display and my Note 4 has 515ppi, both pretty much have 2K displays both very smooth and great to look at.

If anything, tablets should be the ones seeing resolution bumps to 2K and 4K, I also find it odd that phones are seeing higher screen resolutions than their tablet counterparts. Even with CPU/GPUs, most tablets don't run the latest and greatest chips. The best tablets from Samsung and Sony for example rock Snapdragon 800 and 801, while the most powerful Samsung smartphone rocks a 805, very weird.
 
Walter1115 said:
I think there is certainly a trend to demand higher PPI than necessary . Anything above 1080p on a phone seems ridiculous to me.

However people usually demand higher PPI on phones because it's held closer to your face in normal usage.

Apple's retina display has 326 ppi on their phones and 280ppi on the their tablets. This is because in normal usage your tablet will be held further from your eyes , making it harder to see individual pixels. It really comes down to the usage scenario . TV's have horribly low PPI's , but it doesn't matter too much as from your couch your too far to discern any pixels.
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1080p on a phone is already pretty ridiculous.

OR, MAKE PC SCREENS BETTER GODDAMMIT. We've had 1920x1080 (or actually the much superior 1920x1200) since way back when phones were rocking 320x200 and TV's 320x240.
 
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