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Is going from a 7 Plus to a X a big downgrade in screen size?

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I know its screen size is smaller but is it noticeably smaller than the 7 Plus display? I would love to play with it at the sotre or wait for reviews but thats not possible this time around because of stockouts so I am kinda going in blindfolded
 
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Radon87000 said:
I know its smaller but is it noticeably smaller than the 7 Plus display? I would love to play with it at the sotre but thats not possible this time around so I am kinda going in blindfolded
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The screen is actually bigger on the X. 5.8" compared to 5.5" on the 7 plus. The iPhone X has a smaller footprint because its bezel-less.
 
Radon87000 said:
I know its smaller but is it noticeably smaller than the 7 Plus display? I would love to play with it at the sotre or wait for reviews but thats not possible this time around because of stockouts so I am kinda going in blindfolded
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The screen on the X is 0.3" bigger (diagonally) than the screen on the 7 Plus. The overall size of the X is smaller than the size of the Plus because there are no top and bottom bezels anymore.
 
Roque1128 said:
The screen is actually bigger on the X. 5.8" compared to 5.5" on the 7 plus. The iPhone X has a smaller footprint because its bezel-less.
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In the words of Donald Trump, "Wrong". The screen on the X is more narrow, though it is longer. For 16:9 video content, the X is a downgrade in terms of screen real estate.

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JRoDDz said:
In the words of Donald Trump, "Wrong". The screen on the X is more narrow, though it is longer. For 16:9 video content, the X is a downgrade in terms of screen real estate.
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The screen on the X is 5.8" the one on the 7 Plus is 5.5". They removed the bezels so it feels smaller, but the screen is definitely bigger.
 
I am hesitant to go from my 7+ to the X because it is narrower and will make the keyboard feel cramped. I occasionally use a friend's 6/7 to type something and the smaller keyboard drives me crazy.

If you are OK with a narrower keyboard, then the X should be alright. But if you dislike the keyboard on the 6/7 then you should stick with the 8 Plus.
 
JRoDDz said:
In the words of Donald Trump, "Wrong". The screen on the X is more narrow, though it is longer. For 16:9 video content, the X is a downgrade in terms of screen real est
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I dont watch that many videos on my phone. For Facebook,Twitter and web browsing and emails its smaller?
 
If you want to get a good idea go in to a phone store and play with a Galaxy S8, you will instantly feel a huge difference from your 7+ due to the narrowness. Even though the X won't be as narrow it will give you a good idea. It feels a little weird once you're used to the width of the 7+, but I guess you get used to it after a while.
 
This is a complicated question due to the devices having different aspect ratios, which means there’s a question of how much usable space you are getting in a single frame

The best way to understand the differences is to hold a 5.5” iPhone next to a 5.8” Galaxy S8.

Yes the S8 display is technically larger but in portrait and landscape things will feel smaller than the 5.5” iPhone. Content is more compressed, narrow and squished in comparison.

This is why the S8+ is the answer to the iPhone Plus. The different aspect ratio means you need a huge 6.2” display to equal the expansiveness of the 16:9 aspect ratio iPhone Plus.
 
JRoDDz said:
In the words of Donald Trump, "Wrong". The screen on the X is more narrow, though it is longer. For 16:9 video content, the X is a downgrade in terms of screen real estate.

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Shouldn't you cut off the dock and the space above the icons on the Plus also then? What would that be like? I'd imagine pretty similar. To the OP - no, you won't notice and it will be fine.
 
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Radon87000 said:
I dont watch that many videos on my phone. For Facebook,Twitter and web browsing and emails its smaller?
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The usable space of the display will be around the same as your 7 Plus in terms of height, but less in terms of width. For Twitter, Mail etc I don't think it'll be an issue.
 
DNichter said:
Shouldn't cut off the dock and the space above the icons on the Plus also then? What would that be like? I'd imagine pretty similar. To the OP - no, you won't notice and it will be fine.
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I'm pretty sure that anyone coming from a plus phone will definitely notice. The X's display will have very different dimensions. The question is, will you care? And the answer to that will vary by person.
 
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Roque1128 said:
The screen is actually bigger on the X. 5.8" compared to 5.5" on the 7 plus. The iPhone X has a smaller footprint because its bezel-less.
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Roque1128 said:
The screen on the X is 5.8" the one on the 7 Plus is 5.5". They removed the bezels so it feels smaller, but the screen is definitely bigger.
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This is what did it for me. I don't consider the part of the screen that begins curving as being equally "usable", and especially not the ears to the left and right of the bezel. Watch the official Apple demo video below:

https://images.apple.com/media/us/i...overview/primary/design_gestures/large_2x.mp4

You can clearly see the space near the curves is white space and wasted.

Additionally, I dislike that it's more narrow than the 8 Plus. They should have made it as wide as the 8 Plus.
 
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Roque1128 said:
The screen is actually bigger on the X. 5.8" compared to 5.5" on the 7 plus. The iPhone X has a smaller footprint because its bezel-less.
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The X is about the same size width wise as a 7 but taller. You lose space at the curved part of the screen and it’s also 7mm narrower than the plus

Look at a 7 and 7 plus side by side. The text if far smaller on the 7 due to being narrower, the x is going to be the same.
 

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joshen said:
The usable space of the display will be around the same as your 7 Plus in terms of height, but less in terms of width. For Twitter, Mail etc I don't think it'll be an issue.
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I think people imagine they will be getting this plethora of additional content with the longer display in portrait.

You end up scrolling the same amount mostly based upon my last 5 months with the Galaxy S8+.
 
If you're not sure you could buy anyway and then return it if you don't like it

I'm borrowing an S8 front the office this weekend to try out a tall phone. So far I'm loving it, although no swipe to go back is weird.

The initial feel is more than just the size. It might sound pretentious but the lack of bezel really makes it feel like you're holding the content in your hand. The phone line of melts away. It's like that first time you used a laminated screen that felt like the webpage was right on top of the screen rather than under a piece of glass
 
Zaft said:
It has a similar size to the Galaxy S8. My 7 Plus has a smaller screen but it feels bigger due to the width.
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Yep. Even between my S8+, which has a massive 6.2" screen, there are occasions where some content just feels bigger on my 5.5" iPhone.

People will just have to experience it first hand to fully understand.
 
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