"Diagonal measurement" refers to the length or distance across a shape or object from one corner to another corner that are not directly next to each other.
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The 6.2 - inch
diagonal measurement of the S8 Plus is a little beguiling, as the phone's elongated shape breaks our usual method for comparing screen sizes across brands and models.
I'm not thrilled that it comes with a stylus that I will probably lose, but the touch screen looks intriguing and I'll be interested to see how much of an advantage the Daily Edition's seven - inch
diagonal measurement gives it over the six - inch diagonal of the Kindle.
In the smartphone world, we've become reliant
on diagonal measurements of the screen as a way to quantify the size of a device — 4.7 - to 5 - inchers were small, 5.7 and up was «phablet» territory.
If LG had opted for a 5.7 - inch 16:9 display instead, we'd be looking at more like a 16 percent area upgrade over the G5, so don't be fooled by the
pure diagonal measurement of this display.
You can see the screen sizes in the comparison shot above, with the 12.9 - inch diagonal of the larger iPad Pro, the 9.7 - inch diagonal of the smaller Pro and the iPad Air 2, and the 7.9 - inch
diagonal measurement for both iPad minis.
However, like its little brother the G6, the V30 uses a taller 18:9 aspect ratio, which (because geometry) has a smaller screen area than a 16:9 phone with the
same diagonal measurement.
Monitor sizes are measured in inches, taking
a diagonal measurement across the screen.
The HDTVs overall size is measured by taking
a diagonal measurement of the screen.
All S - Class models include two high - resolution color screens, with
a diagonal measurement of 12.3 inches.
By contrast, the fully digital display is 12.3 - inches in
the diagonal measurement, stretching clear across across the gauge pod.
That would make for a screen about half the size of the current iPad, which has
a diagonal measurement of 9.7 inches.
Known internally as the K08T, the new convertible tablet seems to include a full keyboard along with a swiveling display area with
a diagonal measurement of 12 inches.
Known internally as the K08T, the new convertible tablet seems to include a full keyboard along with a swiveling display area with
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The difference in area is much larger than the difference in
the diagonal measurement.)
If every rectangle has the same aspect ratio — the relationship between its height and width — then knowing
its diagonal measurement gives us a rough way to compare or at least rank those rectangles by size.
Next, divide the screen's
diagonal measurement (127 mm) by our calculated value for c, and then multiply the result by our known values for a and b.
We already know the height and width are at a 16:9 ratio to one another, we just need to find out how
the diagonal measurement relates to them.
The diagonal measurement alone doesn't tell the full story.
Long story short,
diagonal measurements no longer tell the whole story.
According to Kopin, it has supplied its own Lightning 720p OLED microdisplay modules, which have
a diagonal measurement of 0.49 - inches and a 1280 x 720 resolution.
Diagonal measurements were seen to be 162 mm for the full screen and 140 mm for the display.
The diagonal measurement has it at 140 mm or around 5.5 - inch.
With that in mind how much would the longer side need to increase so
the that diagonal measurement was 4 inches.
Its diagonal measurement matches the 5.5 - inch LG G4, but its resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 can not compare to a quad HD display.
By figuring out
the diagonal measurement of the diagonal of a 35 mm frame and dividing it by your sensor's diagonal measurement, you can roughly work out how many stops you need to increase the ƒ - number on your full frame camera to see what your depth of field will look like on your smartphone.
The viewable screen is 16x12cm with
the diagonal measurement being just less than 8inches.
Moto X is smaller than the Nexus 4 — another of my favorite phones of the past year or so — despite the displays having the same
diagonal measurement.
Increasing
the diagonal measurement of the iPad's display from 9.7 inches to 12.9 inches while maintaining the same 4:3 aspect ratio yields a substantial increase in display area of about 40 %, leading us to believe that Apple will not simply scale up the existing iPad resolution to the larger screen size.
By comparison, the iPhone 3G is just a tad more narrow and about a third of an inch shorter — and
the diagonal measurement of the screen is a mere 3.5 inches, or nearly an inch less than the Evo.
While the display's
diagonal measurement will remain the unchanged, our source says Amazon has gone with a new panel that features a higher resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, the same pixel count presently found on Amazon's Kindle Fire HD.
So, instead of looking at
the diagonal measurement, we needed to figure out each screen's total area.
That's what is responsible for the increase in
the diagonal measurement, but you don't get the full screen area that you would if this was a 16:9 phone as it hasn't grown in width.
Despite its 6 - inch
diagonal measurement, the V30 really doesn't feel like a gigantic phone.
For the vast majority of people — even those who quite happily palm a Galaxy Note or Optimus G Pro — the proverbial line is going to be drawn somewhere before the Mega's 6.3 - inch
diagonal measurement.