8+ Display compared to 5.7" Notes

[Rumline]

The S8+'s screen is the same width as the Moto Z Force and the S7E. Are you concerned that your eye will have to move too far from top of screen to bottom of screen before turning the page?

 

[anon(522296)]

Re: 8+ Display compared to 5.7" Notes

More the reason I was surprised since find the Note 4 display presents content better and easier to access functions than the Mr. Fantastic 8+

The 8+ is more awkward to use than the Note 4. I have medium hands.

Yes both s8 devices are completely awkward to use and hitting the back button without enough chin on the bottom of the phone is a chore. Cases will help us but without a case the phone is difficult to balance since the ridiculous curved display takes away from gripping the device properly.

 

[recDNA]

So it's cropping the content rather than giving you a full 16:9 with black letter boxing around it?

I found you can choose either way. I prefer filling the screen but you can watch in original format. On HD Youtube without stretching there are black bars at top and bottom as well as sides. I don't get the bars on top and bottom. Anyway you can expand and it fills screen and you lose very little.

I also found some games allow the same stretching. Of course if there is something important at any of the 4 corners of the game you lose it in stretched (cropped) view. Now that I know it is possible to fill the entire screen I am more likely to buy an 8+ than b4. Some will prefer the black bars to see what is intended. I want to see the entire screen filled. Just me.

 

[recDNA]

Here's an article that went through the math, I haven't had time to read through and see if it's correct:

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/3/30/15120824/screen-aspect-ratio-mathematics-galaxy-s8-lg-g6

"So yes, at 85.12cm², the Galaxy S8 has a significantly smaller display area than a 16:9 phone with the same diagonal screen measurement (which would be 92.16cm²). In fact, it’s not a huge distance away from the Pixel’s 5-inch-diagonal 16:9 display, which is exactly how it feels in person. These measuring differences are more than academic: the nominally 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 is ergonomically similar to the Pixel, and the same is true of the 6.2-inch S8 Plus vis-a-vis the 5.5-inch Pixel XL. This would suggest that Samsung’s cramming a lot more screen into the same physical footprint, but in reality it’s only a moderate amount of extra screen."

I found the identical youtube video on my V20 looks bigger than the cropped full screen (no black bars) video on the 8+. The 8+ is much longer but so narrow it gives the impression of being small. Like a face from same video at same time looks bigger in V20 than 8+.

 

[recDNA]

Re: 8+ Display compared to 5.7" Notes

But that says nothing about how it's "easier to access functions" on the Note 4 than the S8+. Which functions, and how is it harder on the S8?

Pulling down notifications on clicking icons on the top hand side or bottom hand side. Easier to reach far side.

 

[recDNA]

I too would have preferred square corners, but really what are you losing in those corners that you need to see? I also would have preferred a 16:9 screen ratio, but you get more screen area without making the phone too wide. I don't find the height as much of an issue because the width of the phone fits comfortably in my hand.

But you have less USABLE screen area.