When Apple launched the iPhone 4 it proclaimed that the clarity of its Retina display was so high, your eye would be “unable to distinguish individual pixels.”
Apple’s marketing might be OTT, but there’s a valid point here. Screen size isn’t everything. Instead, Pixels Per Inch (PPI) or pixel density is a better indicator of a superior screen. Here’s our list of the best displays we’ve encountered so far on Big Phone Fight:
- Apple iPhone 4 (329.650* PPI)
- Samsung Wave (282.713 PPI)
- Motorola Droid (264.771 PPI)
- Motorola Droid 2 (264.771 PPI)
- Google Nexus One (252.149 PPI)
- HTC Desire (252.149 PPI)
- Droid Incredible (252.149 PPI)
- Blackberry Bold 9700 (245.907 PPI)
- Sony Ericsson X10 (244.913 PPI)
- Samsung Galaxy S (233.238 PPI)
- Nokia X6 (229.469 PPI)
- Nokia C6 (229.469 PPI)
- Motorola Droid X (227.826 PPI)
- HTC Evo 4G (216.966 PPI)
- Sony Ericsson Satio (209.801 PPI)
Updated 12th September 2010
To satisfy your inner geek, our Pixels Per Inch (PPI) scores are calculated as follows:
- Diagonal resolution (D) = √ screen height (pixels)² + screen width (pixels)²
- PPI = D / diagonal screen size (inches)
* Yes. We know Apple claims 326 PPI for its Retina display. But the math says otherwise.
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