Apple iPhone X's 5.8-inch screen is actually smaller than the 5.5-inch iPhone 8 Plus display

2. Plasticsh1t (Posts: 2693; Member since: 01 Sep 2014)

Hohoho

3. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4636; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

I skipped the math...just like I did in school.
I'll just apply simple logic and common sense.

4. Wickedsamaritan (Posts: 44; Member since: 11 Aug 2017)

Finally someone found the value of X
X = Bull

5. twens (Posts: 1147; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)

Note 8. Lol

8. TerryD (Posts: 488; Member since: 09 May 2017)

Why not just calculate the 'useable area' of the screen, which would be the largest rectangle you can have without cutouts f**king up your picture?

10. Modest_Moze (Posts: 184; Member since: 23 Mar 2015)

WOW, THIS IS NEWS!!!

11. Avieshek (Posts: 145; Member since: 10 Jul 2017)

Display size is measured from the corner to it's opposite corner. The notch itself consumes the screen. The 2.17:1 minus the notch would become the industry standard 2:1, the usable part. Hence, physically it's 2.17:1 to literally provide 2:1 of usable screen.

13. nctx77 (Posts: 2540; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)

I actually knew this prior to all the math. The iPhone X is actually a lot closer to the 5.5 inch screen than I thought. Remember the rumor was that the screen would be 5.1 inches of usable screen. It sounds like it's a it closer than that. It's probably more like 5.3 or 5.4. The phone has more than enough for me. I've gotten tired of the massive phone over the years. This is what you suppose to do. Give us a smaller phone with a similiar or same screen size, not a larger phone with larger screen. And yes, I understand they are rumored to be coming out with a 6.5 inch variant next year. They can keep that!

14. Sloiz (Posts: 16; Member since: 21 Jul 2017)

That would be truth If pixels on both screen are of the same size.

Calculate the size in square inches or milimeter.

21. Pabliell (Posts: 137; Member since: 22 Mar 2016)

Shame you did the math half a year too late. When the stupid trend of 18:9 and 18.5:9 started, the educated part of society already stated that "bigger, taller screens" are a lie. Just when the LG G6 was released we already knew, that its 5.7" 18:9 screen was same size as 5.5" 16:9. It's just narrower, which makes an illusion. But that's all what it is - an illusion.

23. jjface (Posts: 147; Member since: 07 Jun 2017)

if it is wider then it is bigger. Screw the cut out part which is waste.

24. Telemike (Posts: 30; Member since: 30 Nov 2012)

Why in 2017/2018 is Apple only 750p!!!!!!!!! That's super low budget resolution. My Moto G5 Plus is 1080P and $250

25. Cat97 (Posts: 910; Member since: 02 Mar 2017)

It's hilarious that many people realized this only now, when the S8 is out for like 6 months now. The diagonal of the S8, G6, etc. doesn't mean anything compared with 16:9 screens, you can't compare screen sizes by diagonal size anymore.

It's actually better to compare screen widths (from left bezel to right bezel). That will tell a lot more information about word wrapping, video size, and overall size of the image.

26. Siralf (Posts: 2; Member since: 12 Apr 2017)

Yep, good point that indeed was covered frome the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus release. I really don't mind bigger real state, so my dream is that Apple come up next year with same body to screen ratio but same size as the Plus model, think about the screen size!

28. 47AlphaTango (Posts: 601; Member since: 27 Sep 2015)

THE MATH!!!!!!!!! IT HUUUUURRRRRTTTTSSSSS!!!!!!