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.
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 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 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.
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.
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... [Read more...]
That would make for a screen about half the size of the current iPad, which has
a diagonal measurement of 9.7 inches.
Not exact matches
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.
The two might share the same
diagonal measurement, but in terms
of area, the S8's screen would be smaller.
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.
The viewable screen is 12.6 x7cm which gives the notional
diagonal imperial
measurement of 5.8 inches.On the right side are the on / off button and below that the volume rocker.
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.
So, instead
of looking at the
diagonal measurement, we needed to figure out each screen's total area.
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.
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.