The first two flagships of the year — the LG G6 and the Samsung Galaxy S8 — have
an 18.5:9 screen ratio and other flagships such as the Apple iPhone 8 and the Google Pixel 2 are expected to follow suit.
The next factor is the new
18.5:9 screen ratio that gives it just a little taller and narrower display — LG used the 18:9 ratio on their LG G6 to accomplish similar results.
Both the phones come with Super AMOLED Infinity displays with
18.5:9 screen ratio, but the A6 comes with a 5.6 - inch HD + screen while the A6 + features a 6 - inch FHD + screen.
Not exact matches
LG's G6 and the Galaxy S8 also have taller
screens than usual, with 18:9 and
18.5:9 aspect
ratios, respectively.
It's the same 5.8 - inch QHD + Super AMOLED
screen with
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, and it is the same Infinity Display, too, meaning that 90 per cent of the phone's front is pure panel.
While the Galaxy S7 series came with a
screen ratio of 16:9, the Galaxy S8 series have taken things a notch up with a
screen ratio of
18.5:9.
They are taller and more narrow with an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio and the near bezel-less
screen seems to melt into the sides and glass backing.
The Galaxy S9 + features a 6.2 - inch Curved Super AMOLED
screen with
18.5:9 aspect
ratio.
Samsung calls this new
18.5:9 ratio screen their Infinity Display, and while it is Super AMOLED with dual - curved edges, there is something different about the way the display blends right into the glass back in an almost seamless fashion.
Android Central «s Alex Dobie made this point to me in the buildup to Samsung's Galaxy S8 launch yesterday: a 5.8 - inch phone with the S8's elongated
18.5:9 aspect
ratio doesn't have the same size
screen as a 5.8 - inch phone with the traditional 16:9.
The two phones, which are only differentiated by their
screen size and battery capacity, come in at 5.8 - inches and 6.2 - inches with extra-tall
18.5:9 aspect
ratio displays.
That means that the
screen size remains the same at 5.8 - inches in the Samsung standard
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, with the same resolution, curved sides, rounded corners, and Gorilla Glass covering.
Both Super AMOLED displays boast a Quad HD resolution of 1440x2960, and retain the S8's innovative
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, which puts more
screen real estate in your hand, while keeping what I'll call «grip width» under control.
Supplementing the vibrant
screen is the
18.5:9 aspect
ratio.
That display is made significantly more manageable thanks to Samsung's Infinity Display design borrowed from the Galaxy S8 and S8 +, with an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio and curved glass on the sides, and it's easily one of the best
screens on the market.
Samsung almost goes too far the other way, with its
18.5:9 aspect
ratio often being filled out with black bars to make full -
screen apps work — though I think I'd rather have that situation than be forced to a smaller view by a physical border.
Its new
18.5:9 aspect
ratio elongates the
screen's dimensions to give you more viewing space; you can train your eyes on two to three Facebook stories at a time in your newsfeed, instead of having to continuously scroll just to read portions of one.
However, the Galaxy S8 automatically adjusts the video to display in the phone's
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, making full use of the phone's glorious
screen and avoiding the letterboxing effect (though it does partially crop the video).
This time around, Samsung included a curved
screen on the S8, as well as a unique
18.5:9 aspect
ratio that allows for a much more comfortable in - hand feel.
The Huawei P20 Pro now sports a 6.1 - inch AMOLED
screen with 2244x1080 pixels, and a
18.5:9 aspect
ratio.
This will make it easy to access apps that are often used in split
screen, and it also brings into focus the Note 8's large display with its
18.5:9 aspect
ratio that makes it a good candidate for split
screen multitasking.
The Galaxy Note 8 has a 6.3 - inches
screen with a resolution of 1440 x 2960p and an aspect
ratio of
18.5:9.
The massive Infinity Display
screen with an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio is there and so is the near bezel-less design.
What makes the Galaxy Note 8 this big is the presence of a massive 6.3 - inch AMOLED display
screen with an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio and 1440p resolution.
And its
18.5:9 ratio screen aims its sights at delivering best - in - class entertainment.
In addition, we see a new minimal bezel large
screen with
18.5:9 ratio and removal of the center physical home button.
The company also says the space the home button usually occupies is better for
screen real estate, and that the device's
18.5:9 screen aspect
ratio improves the content viewing experience of the phone.
According to the information on HTML5, the phone will feature a (846 × 412 pixels) touchscreen with the
screen ratio of
18.5:9.
The S8 and S8 Plus sport an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, while the G6's
screen comes with an 18:9 and most other phones have a 16:9
ratio.
Its
screen ratio is marked as
18.5:9, which suggests that the new smartphone will sport Samsung's second - generation Infinity Display technology.
Of course, the biggest difference to other large smartphones is the
18.5:9 aspect
ratio which means Samsung has managed to pack the large display into a body that's almost the same size as the Galaxy Note 7, despite having a
screen that's over half an inch larger.
Speaking of
screens, LG and Samsung have also been spearheading a move towards extra-tall (or extra-wide)
screens - the flagships put out this year by the two companies both boast displays with an 18:9 aspect
ratio (though Samsung's is technically
18.5:9).
For starters, this
18.5:9 aspect
ratio means the phones»
screens measure slightly over double the width of the
screen.
Both phones»
screens have the same
18.5:9 ratios, curved sides, and glass front and backs as the S8, along with the same Super AMOLED panels with 2960 x 1440 resolutions, though they are now brighter.
Samsung's phablet is the largest of the pack with its 6.3 - inch Super AMOLED
screen (2,960 x 1,440), which has an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio.
Speaking of the display
screen, the Note 8 will reportedly come with a 6.3 - inch (or 6.4 - inch) QHD + panel with the same curved design as the S8 as well as
18.5:9 aspect
ratio.
The
screen is rumored to retain the S8 «s
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, though with even smaller bezels, and repositioned fingerprint scanner on the back.
They have aspect
ratios of
18.5:9 rather than the standard 16:9, which allows them to fit in a similar footprint to the S6 and S6 edge, despite offering significantly larger
screens.
The S8 has a 5.8 - inch
screen, while the S8 + has a 6.2 - inch
screen, though thanks to their
18.5:9 ratios, their bodies are narrower than other handsets with smaller displays - and these look to remain the same in the S9 models.
Rumors suggest the device's display will have a
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, which will allow for most of the display to be a functioning
screen.
Previous rumors have hinted that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will feature a 6.3 - inch curved Super AMOLED display
screen with an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, a Snapdragon 835 / Exynos 8895 CPU and a 3300mAh battery unit.
This time around, Samsung included a curved
screen on both the S8 and S8 Plus, as well as a unique
18.5:9 aspect
ratio that allows for a much more comfortable in - hand feel.
They are taller and more narrow with an
18.5:9 aspect
ratio and the near bezel-less
screen seems to melt into the sides and glass backing.
Moving to the rest of the specs, Samsung included a curved
screen on both the S8 and S8 Plus this time around, as well as a unique
18.5:9 aspect
ratio that allows for a much more comfortable in - hand feel.
As before, Samsung included a curved
screen on both the S9 and S9 Plus, with an increasingly common
18.5:9 aspect
ratio that allows for a much more comfortable in - hand feel.
Although the handset is built around a 6.3 - inch Quad HD + Super OMOLED
screen with a truly wide
18.5:9 aspect
ratio, it still can be considered a true «handset,» as it can fit in most users» hands reasonably well.
The sheer size of it sucks you in when watching video, and the
18.5:9 aspect
ratio lets it display lots of content at once or easily run two apps at the same time in split -
screen multitasking mode.
Of course we must note that the
18.5:9 aspect
ratio makes these larger
screens more manageable, but I don't think we can push the boundaries much further in this area.
Screen is 6.3 inches, a super AMOLED Infinity display with
18.5:9 aspect
ratio and with 2960 x 1440 pixels resolution.
While the Galaxy S7 series came with a
screen ratio of 16:9, the Galaxy S8 series have taken things a notch up with a
screen ratio of
18.5:9.