1280 x 720

[liquidmonkey]

is there a reason why android phones are not giving us a 1280x720 resolution?
16:9 screens would be great to have on mobiles IMO.

 

[Jammy]

Does 2.x support that resolution?

 

[nacatomi]

I agree.
Just a guess but I would say keeping a manageable screen size would be a major factor I would say. Don't know what the smallest 1280 x 720 screen is but I would have thought if it was doable at the moment then the manufacturers would all be scrambling to be the first.

 

[Jammy]

1280x720 is 340ppi on a 4.3" screen I think.

It would be pointless on any screen smaller.

 

[liquidmonkey]

no idea what v2.x or even v3.x support but with a 4.3"er, manufacturers could truly call their phone 'HD' with 1280x720p and it might actually make sense to start watching 720p movies on your phone too

maybe its a battery killer like gps, not sure.

 

[nacatomi]

Yeah just read the supposed specs on the galaxy S2.
4.3" sounds like its gonna be a big boy, too big IMO same as "Desire HD" getting more into media player territory. And yeah, I'd like to see the battery hit driving those extra pixels.

 

[jay_kay]

I popped into Vodafone at the weekend to get my girls desire fixed and had a looks at the GalaxyS. It is huge and as you say far too big for me even with my panda hands.

It also felt like it was made in a pre-school all creaky and bendy plastic. Buttons sounded like they had foil underneath cos they made a crunching sound when pressed. Reminded me of my old n96.

So happy I got my desire

 

[liquidmonkey]

just found this....nice!!

Android 3.0 Gingerbread detailed, juicy specs confirmed - GSMArena.com news

 

[dara]

For me, the ideal screen size and form factor are:

Screen: 1280 x 720 pixels, 4.5 inch diagonal (99.6 x 56.0 mm, 326 DPI)
Phone: 125 x 65 x 11-13 mm, < 175 g

This is just about the size of a Motorola Droid X (127.5 x 65.5 mm according to Wikipedia). I&#8217;d opt for a bit thicker than the Droid X&#8217;s 10 mm to either get a better camera (like the Nokia N8) or better battery life, but I don&#8217;t like physical keyboards.

The resulting DPI for this screen is 326, which is exactly the same as the iPhone 4. Since I don&#8217;t see higher pixel counts (like 1920x1080) being likely in sub 5&#8221; displays anytime soon, the only way to get a higher DPI is to reduce the screen size which is of no value to me - I want the biggest possible screen I can fit in my pocket..

For the phone dimensions, I'm assuming 4.5 mm borders for width (iPhone 4 has 4.4 mm, so it's doable) and an average of 12.7 mm for top and bottom borders (say 10.2 top, 15.2 bottom) which should be enough for microphone, speakers, and 4 buttons.

I&#8217;ve made a mockup of this size phone out of wood and carried it around for a while in my front pants pocket. It seems just right to me. If anybody thinks 4.5&#8221; doesn&#8217;t work for a phone, I encourage you to try the same: 125 x 65 really isn&#8217;t that big.