First off, this is not another [OLED vs LCD] or [458DPI vs 326DPI] question. I'm more interested in "usable real estate" of the screen coming from an iPhone 6, or as Apple refers to as display "points" of the screen. Since I read that the XsMax has the same display point resolution as the Xr (414 x 896) feel free to chime in if you have an XsMax. Likewise, the 6 has the same horizontal display point resolution as the Xs (375 horizontal) but Xs has more vertical (667 vs 812 vertical 6 vs Xs), so feel free to chime in if you have the Xs.
Anyway, I'm dying to ditch my iPhone 6 and am a bit torn between the Xs and Xr. My hands are on the smaller side so I'm a bit hesitant to jump to the Xr and would settle on the Xs. However the extra screen "real estate" on the Xr compared to the Xs makes me think I might be able to deal with the larger size if the extra "real estate" makes a big enough usability improvement.
So I'd like your opinions on the following
1) For those of you who went from a iPhone 6,7,8 to a X/Xs, how big was the improvement from 667 to 812 vertical points to you, whether you felt it was a good enough jump or if you should have got the XsMax instead for the vertical jump to 896 points? (as a side note, the exact same horizontal points of 375 between the 6,7,8 and Xs is a little disappointing to me).
2) For those of you who went from a 6,7,8 to an XsMax or for those of you who went from an X to XsMax, how big was the improvement going from 375x667/375x812 to 414x896 points? Is the horizontal increase from 375=>414 a bigger deal than the vertical increase from 667/812=>896. Or were both axis increases a big deal?
Please feel free to include specific examples of apps where the difference in points was very apparent.
Again, I don't want this to blow up to another pixel density or contrast ratio comparison, so please don't bring those up if you don't have to, thanks!
Anyway, I'm dying to ditch my iPhone 6 and am a bit torn between the Xs and Xr. My hands are on the smaller side so I'm a bit hesitant to jump to the Xr and would settle on the Xs. However the extra screen "real estate" on the Xr compared to the Xs makes me think I might be able to deal with the larger size if the extra "real estate" makes a big enough usability improvement.
So I'd like your opinions on the following
1) For those of you who went from a iPhone 6,7,8 to a X/Xs, how big was the improvement from 667 to 812 vertical points to you, whether you felt it was a good enough jump or if you should have got the XsMax instead for the vertical jump to 896 points? (as a side note, the exact same horizontal points of 375 between the 6,7,8 and Xs is a little disappointing to me).
2) For those of you who went from a 6,7,8 to an XsMax or for those of you who went from an X to XsMax, how big was the improvement going from 375x667/375x812 to 414x896 points? Is the horizontal increase from 375=>414 a bigger deal than the vertical increase from 667/812=>896. Or were both axis increases a big deal?
Please feel free to include specific examples of apps where the difference in points was very apparent.
Again, I don't want this to blow up to another pixel density or contrast ratio comparison, so please don't bring those up if you don't have to, thanks!
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