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iPhone X So Xr’s screen is only 720p...
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I have an 8 Plus right now. My co-worker let me borrow their 8 for ten minutes and I was comparing text side to side...the 8 just doesn’t look as crisp.
Really wish the XR had the same PPI as the Plus.
I think people did. The problem is this is not last 4 years. This is 2018 and that's why a 750 phone having 326ppi is kinda hmmm... ****** on Apple's part.
To be fair we’ve had screen quality debates and demands for better screens on here for years now. The common one was the difference between standard and Plus models. Four years later we’ve got another iPhone which has a larger display than previous Plus models but boasts a lower resolution so I think the concerns are valid in terms of value to the consumer. The phone itself sounds great and at a good price point but the lack of dual camera and the proposed lower screen resolution is concerning and especially for people coming from Plus models I think.
The lack of dual cameras doesn't immediately concern me since Google routinely destroys Apple's cameras despite just having a single lens. They're just better at the software side of things.
Other than a higher cost, is there any reason why Apple did not use a higher ppi screen in the XR?
Is this merely a maximizing of profits with a “they’ll never notice or care about” attitude concerning the difference between the 326 ppi or something 400-plus?
Is this merely a maximizing of profits with a “they’ll never notice or care about” attitude concerning the difference between the 326 ppi or something 400-plus?
Say what you want about the PPI but the projected battery life is going to be awesome. There you have it folks, the compromise you've been waiting for. Thinness for Apple is non-negotiable so they had to minimize power draw somewhere else.
Probably along those lines yeah. They made a screen that by all accounts looked great at the Apple event and in return they can now also tout that it has the best battery life of any iPhone...by a large margin.
iPhone XR is targeted at the huge swath of iPhone 6 and 6s users.
For those mainstream users, 326 PPI is plenty. It's like the camera megapixel race, once it got to 12MP, going higher made no sense. Similarly, for displays, once you reach 300 PPI, going to 400-500 PPI isn't appreciated by most users. Consumers are more concerned about brightness, color accuracy, and thin-bezel designs.
OP expects a higher rez screen on a low end phone is kind of like booking a room at motel 6 and expecting the ritz. Just pay more and get a better iPhone. You do get what you pay for tbh.
The main difference though is a phone starting at $749 isn't Motel 6 or "budget pricing".
1080p/Full HD on an iPhone has existed since 2014. 4 years later, the PPI is stepping backward in 2018 on a new model.
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Hardly a ‘low end phone’ and carries a £750 price tag. I love how the premium we paid just 14 months ago is suddenly budget and an excuse to over charge on inferior specs. Apple must be rubbing their hands together lol.
$800.00 is low end? smh The only thing low end about this is the screen rez.
I'd imagine it was completely financial to keep Xs sales from getting more cannibalized.
Next week, when I get my new glasses, I'm heading to the nearest store that carries iPhones to compare an 8 screen with my X to see if it looks so god-awful.
It won’t. Contrast ratio is up from 1:1300 to 1:1400.
Even the 8 and X sid-by-side didn’t have any huge difference to my eyes.
The Xr will be popular; price point, large screen, capable camera and colors. $200-300 is a lot and I don’t feel there are many on the wait and see fence
I agree with that. I’m on the fence with preordering or wait and see the reviews. However, most iPhone users, I suspect, never read reviews, but they notice $250 US.
Correct, people DID complain. However, more than complain, people simply chose to buy the Plus models. The problem here is that there is no Xr Plus/Max.
I’m wondering how large that margin will be. Is this LCD screen supposed to be more efficient than an OLED? I always thought it was the other way around.... hence seeing slightly better battery life on my X vs my 7+.
Battery life is my #1 thing I look for. Bezels is #2. I don’t expect to let go of my X as my hands are small and won’t be able to one hand text on anything bigger.
My eyesight, even corrected for 20/20, cannot tell the difference (sharpness wise) between my work iPhone 7 and my XS Max. They look identically sharp. Of course the color and contrast ratio is better on the OLED screen, but sharpness wise... I can't see it.
OLED is more efficient, but the max is also pushing a lot more pixels, thus the difference.
OLED is not more efficient with a white background (eg. surfing the MacRumors forums in Safari).
Maybe not on apple OLED but it’s just fine on others like Note9 and also it should look fine on the Pixel 3 ( seeing videos with white background on pixel)