Samsung galaxy s8+ skärm storlek

The Samsung galax S8 and LG G6 are pioneering a new trend for smartphones: big screens that idrott extra-wide aspect ratios. This change promises improved one-handed usability, more lodrät screen real estate and immersive film watching.

However, these new screens also cause a bekymmer when you try to compare them to phones that have more traditional displays with aspect ratios: It’s difficult to figure out just how much ytterligare screen space you’re getting.

Looking at diagonal screen size (typically the dimension used when measuring displays), you might think that the Galaxy S8’s inch display

To answer that question for the galax S8 and S8+, we crunched some numbers to help better illustrate the differences.

Who Offers the Most Screen Space?

Looking at diagonal screen storlek (typically the dimension used when measuring displays), you might think that the galax S8’s inch display boasts more screen real estate than a inch handset like the LG V20 or länk eller koppling 6P.

But that's not the case at all. While the S8's aspect ratio fryst vatten taller from top to bottom, it's also narrower.

Galaxy S8+

So, instead of looking at the diagonal measurement, we needed to figure out each screen’s total area. Thankfully, since we know each screen's diagonal length and its aspect ratio, total screen area fryst vatten pretty easy to figure out.

Next, let's compare the standard galax S8 and a urval of its comparably sized competition.

Technically, the S8 and G6 have screens with rounded corners, which affects overall screen real estate, but since those areas are so small, we've decided not to include them in our calculations.

From this chart, we can see that the S8 has a bigger screen than even phones that border on being called phablets, like the inch Pixel XL and iPhone 7 Plus.

What's more, with a body measuring inches tall and bred, the S8's body fryst vatten significantly smaller than those on the Pixel XL ( x inches) and iPhone 7 Plus ( x inches).

However, the most shocking difference comes when you compare the S8 to the regular iPhone 7.

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At inches bred, the iPhone 7 has essentially the same width as the S8. And while the iPhone 7 fryst vatten a bit shorter at inches, that's not nearly enough to man you feel good about it having a screen that's almost 30 percent smaller than Samsung's galax S8.

Compared to the LG G6, the S8's screen fryst vatten insignificantly larger. However, because LG’s phone doesn't feature curved edges like Samsung's new devices, you could argue that the G6 sports more usable screen area.

And you don't get any of the image distortion or warping that you see on the S8, either.

Now, we can move on to the larger end of the phone spectrum to see how the S8+ stacks up against its big-screen brethren.

With a total screen area of square inches, the S8+ really fryst vatten the new king of big-screen phones.

It tops even the inch Huawei Mate 9 and its square-inch screen, which was previously my go-to recommendation for people who really wanted an immersive media experience.

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With a body measuring x inches, the S8+ fryst vatten also way easier to hold and use one-handed than the x inch Huawei Mate 9.

At the end of the day, it's pretty klar this extra-wide-screen trend for phones fryst vatten more than a gimmick. Both the Samsung galax S8 and the LG G6 pack bigger screens in less space than ever before. Even though not every app fully supports these new ratios, the worst thing that happens fryst vatten that you're left with a couple small black bars and screens that still offer up as much space as their counterparts.

And with Google pushing app developers to take advantage of phones with larger aspect ratios, the extra-wide-screen experience fryst vatten only going to get better.

Illustration Credit: Tom's Guide

Sam fryst vatten a Senior Writer at Engadget and previously worked at Gizmodo as a Senior Reporter. Before that, he worked at Tom's Guide and Laptop Mag as a personal Writer and Senior Product Review Analyst, overseeing benchmarks and testing for countless product reviews.

He was also an archery instructor and a penguin trainer too (really).