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LG Unveils G6 Android Nougat Smartphone With a Compact 5.7-Inch QHD+ 18:9 Display (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: LG recently unveiled the new G6 smartphone, going completely back to the drawing board versus its predecessor -- the not so well-received G5. In its place is a very compact aluminum unibody design and a large 5.7-inch QHD+ display with a 2880x1440 resolution. That display is the main focal point of the G6, and it has a rather unorthodox 18:9 screen ratio, which LG says allows that smartphone to better fit in your hand. LG also notes that the aspect ratio is being adopted as a universal format from the likes of film studios and content providers like Netflix. Its thin bezel also gives the LG G6 an 80 percent screen-to-body ratio. The handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor along with 4GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage and a microSD slot, which can accommodate up to an additional 2TB of storage. LG also outfitted the G6 with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras: a wide angle (F2.4 / 125 degree) shooter and a standard camera (F1.8 / 71 degree) with optical image stabilization. The LG G6 launches next month and will be available in Ice Platinum, Mystic White, Astro Black color options. Pricing is TBD. Some other specs include a non-removable 3,300 mAh battery, USB-C connectivity, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, fingerprint sensor and an IP68 water and dust resistance rating. It's also the first non-Google smartphone to come pre-loaded with the Google Assistant. How do you think the LG G6 compares to what we currently know about the soon-to-be-launched Samsung Galaxy S8?
That just guaranteed I won't buy it. I'll have to find another replacement phone when the time comes.
This screen scores approximately 565 pixels per inch. The average human eye cannot make out this much resolution -- I know that my eyes can't at my age.
Why pay for resolution that you can't see without a magnifying glass?
"-1 Troll" is the apparently the same as "-1 I disagree with you."
Likely just to make the comparison between the standard 16:9 easier. Comparing 16:9 and 2:1 is "less intuitive" than 16:9 and 18:9.
I suspect it's just "more intuitive" to compare 16:9 to 18:9 than to 2:1.
Not sure how you can call a phone compact that most people could not fit in their pocket without it sticking out.
The original iPhone was 27:18 (or 15:10 or 3:2).
We should probably approximate screen aspect ratios in decimal instead of as a fraction, it makes them easier for people to compare.
16:9 -> 1.77:1
16:10 & 8:5 -> 1.6:1
18:9 & 2:1 -> 2:1
21:9 & 7:3 -> 2.33:1
4:3 -> 1.33:1
5:4 -> 1.25
64:27 -> 2.37:1
CinemaScope -> 2.35:1 or 2.39:1
15:9 & 5:3 -> 1.66:1
IMAX -> 1.43:1
11:8 -> 1.375:1
CinemaScope 55 -> 2.55:1
24:9 -> 2.66:1
hopefully you take the longest over the shorted dimension (landscape) and not the portrait orientation that is the typical use case for phones. (people are as bad with reciprocals as fractions)
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What's the difference between an 18:9 display and a 2:1 display?
$300
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Not so much a waste of pixels as a waste of processing power and battery life. There is really stupid waste in unnecessarily pushing around what amounts too invisible pixels. Basically marketdroid fuckwits in corporations taking over from engineers. Of course not user removable battery means a big no on the phone for me. When a phone manages to achieve an unstable state, nothing is more effective than popping the battery.
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Because 18:9 is BIGGER than 2:1. BIGGER!
You mean those Chinese engineers whose native language actually does benefit from high resolution rendering?
Admittedly LG are Korean which probably benefits less for most of its characters, but I expect they're still interested in the Chinese (and Japanese) markets.
Imagine if your car had a non-removable battery, or even tires for that matter.
Geez, don't go giving the car manufacturers ideas!
You're laughing over market-speak logic, but here's a question for you... why did marketers go from "2K" to "4K" television screens when they could have been both more accurate and more impressive by going from (1920x1080=) "2MP" to (3840x2160=) "8MP" screens?
Duh, megapixels are for digital cameras, that's got nothing to do with displays.
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