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LG's Upcoming Smartphone G6 Will Have 5.7-inch QHD+ Display Featuring 18:9 Aspect Ratio (koreaherald.com)

Posted by msmash on from the development-in-display dept.

Song Su-hyun, reporting for The Korea Herald: LG Electronics' upcoming flagship smartphone will have a 5.7-inch Quad HD liquid crystal display panel with a ratio of 18:9, LG Display said on Tuesday. LG Electronics confirmed it will be the G6 smartphone slated for launch next month. The new display panel, dubbed "QHD+," will be the world's first 18:9 QHD LCD, according to LG Display. The 18:9 ratio will provide users with greater immersion than previous displays and allow consumers to multitask by using the dual-screen feature.

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  1. 18:9 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also known as 2:1

    1. Re:18:9 by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also known as 2:1

      No way. At 2:1 the screen would be too small to read. You obviously don't understand how ratios work.

    2. Re:18:9 by Solandri · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Since Honeycomb, Google has insisted on Android supporting on-screen navigation buttons (home, back, app list) instead of using physical buttons. I've noticed that when an app is displaying 16:9 content, these buttons have to be overlaid on top, obscuring part of the content.

      18:9 would allow 16:9 content to be displayed full-size with these buttons placed to the side, no overlay. Calling it 18:9 makes it obvious the screen is slightly wider than 16:9. If you call it 2:1, that may not be obvious to people who don't know off the top of their head that 16:9 is a 1.78 aspect ratio.

  2. Re:Why 18:9? by Junta · · Score: 3

    Actually, I would say that marketing understands that most *people* they want to get to spend money don't understand fractions, which is probably a good bet.

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  3. I really loved my G4 by kalpol · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Removable battery, SD card, AND a headphone jack. They apparently kept all this for the G5, so that is good news, and hopefully the G6 will be the same.

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    1. Re:I really loved my G4 by JustNiz · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yep, if it has all 3 then I'll be buying one.
      Removeable battery and sd slot are basic requirements for me though.

  4. qHD vs QHD vs QHD+ when we have QCIF and QVGA wtf! by KreAture · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are we running out of letters?
    QVGA is quarter not quad.
    QCIF is quarter not quad.
    qHD is quarter and QHD is quad? Come on! You are doing this deliberately aren't you!