HTC gave up on a big-screen Windows Phone for the lack of Full HD display support

posted by Daniel P. / Dec 17, 2012, 8:03 AM

HTC gave up on a big-screen Windows Phone for the lack of Full HD display support

HTC has apparently been planning to take the big screen fight onto the Windows Phone 8 turf, which might explain why its current HTC 8X flagship there was outed with a "just" 4.3" display.

The company has reportedly been planning to inject WP8 into something like the Droid DNA chassis, which sports 5" Full HD screen, but Microsoft dropped the ball on 1080 screens support in Windows Phone 8, which currently only goes up to 720 horizontal resolution, reports Bloomberg.

The Taiwanese decided that a big-screen WP8 device thus won't be competitive against the upcoming Full HD 5-inchers that Android makers have in the pipeline, and scrapped its plans for such a device altogether.

source: Bloomberg

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1. wendygarett unregistered

I personally think the aspect ratio on L920 is better, but the wp8x is nice too... To me, 4.5 inch on lumia 920 is the optimal size I can operate on one hand lol

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:08 AM 2

2. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Agree...There's so much you can do without a full HD display... That's what phones have been doing before the DNA.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:12 AM 2

3. wendygarett unregistered

Off topic : do you own lumia 920? If so how does it feels? Coz I thinking of wanna own one as my 1st wp8... Is it good?

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:19 AM 0

7. Vater2451

Posts: 7; Member since: Aug 06, 2012

dont own either but heavily debated the 920 and 8x before I got my nexus 4. The 920 is nothing special in the hand.... honestly its chunky feeling. But I seriously almost bought an 8x just because of how great it felt in my hand but a WP thats not a Nokia isnt as competitive.....

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:32 AM 3

9. redmd

Posts: 1936; Member since: Oct 26, 2011

prepare to be thumbed down lol but seriously the 8X feels better in the hand than 920.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:40 AM 2

11. wendygarett unregistered

I also consider of getting wp8x because of the price... HTC know how to attract new user from outside Windows tho... But now this Nathan guy starts to convey me, when he keeps sayin that L920 is way better than 8x... I trust him, but I need more feedback...

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:40 AM 0

14. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Lol, i'm convincing you??? Really??? Haha...well that's some news! Yes, L920 is better than 8X in terms of the features inside it! But note this, i never said that it fells better in the hand than the 8X or any other phone!

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:47 AM 1

16. dampv

Posts: 33; Member since: Oct 06, 2012

I agreed with you, no matter how a phone is better in hand, what matters most for majority of consumer is features and specs.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:55 AM 0

18. wendygarett unregistered

You haven't answered my question... Did you own one? Lol... Coz I wanna your feedback tho :)

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:00 AM 0

13. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Nope, don't have one in my hand Wendy, but i'm not talking about L920 here, i'm talking about displays.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:44 AM 0

20. wendygarett unregistered

Oops sorry about my previous comment lol... Guess I have to find another feedback... Sigh... I trusted you, but your avatar is a lie :(

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:07 AM 1

22. ahhxd717

Posts: 332; Member since: Dec 08, 2011

Well my bf has had a Lumia 920 for a few weeks so ive used it a bit and its really not that bad in the hand. Maybe its more my taste; I like slightly heavier phones because I like the feeling substance but I can see how it might be too heavy/bulky for some when compared to lighter phones. But overall I think it fits nicely and is easy to handle. Definitely a fast phone, and is very enjoyable to use. However, my phone is a GNex on 4.2.1 so some of the customizations/power features are lacking but I'm not too much into all that. Im really liking WP8. Definitely a good phone and I'd seriously think of getting it, especially if coming from an iPhone, like my bf.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:17 AM 1

23. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

What??? And you have a Pokemon???? Tell me your avatar is not lying!!

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:19 AM 3

24. danny_a2005

Posts: 362; Member since: Oct 06, 2011

you, gurl, are so funny

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:30 AM 0

21. Vinayakn73

Posts: 207; Member since: Oct 05, 2011

if nokias 920 has android instead of box os (windows Phone) that sure gonna be my next phone. but with that wp a big no no

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:13 AM 0

4. No_Nonsense unregistered

PA, goes up to 720 horizontal pixels is theoretically incorrect. It supports 768 horizontal pixels.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:22 AM 2

5. bayhuy

Posts: 320; Member since: Jun 23, 2011

Stupid Microsoft...they will add 1080p support, but too late. They missed their chance to be the first...always playing catch-up

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:25 AM 2

17. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Yo, when was 720p never enough for your eyes to distinguish texts????

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:58 AM 1

25. wassup

Posts: 565; Member since: Jun 23, 2011

it was, but more pixels= better details.. soo yeah, i would prefer the 1080p screen, maybe after 2 years we'll have 4K screen on the SVI, we'll see.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:33 AM 0

26. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

I'm not against 1080p displays, but talking down resolutions below it is not so wise either. The phone is not 5 inch so 720p is quite enough...that's what i'm saying!

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:39 AM 1

27. wassup

Posts: 565; Member since: Jun 23, 2011

i know, my S3 is 720p and i like it more than any other screen I've seen, I'm just saying that MS should have foreseen this and should have added HD support to WP8

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 10:00 AM 0

29. dicemoney

Posts: 59; Member since: Mar 28, 2011

Enough is not enough in technology world if everybody was thinking like you we would be still using flip phone with no camera because that was enough then.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 11:27 AM 0

33. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Again, i'm talking about displays BELOW 5 inch...in case you missed it.

posted on Dec 18, 2012, 12:12 AM 0

6. jove39

Posts: 2146; Member since: Oct 18, 2011

MS may add support for full HD displays in upcoming service pack update...for now...just have to live with 720p.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:26 AM 0

8. Vater2451

Posts: 7; Member since: Aug 06, 2012

disapointed..... had a titan 2 for a while and was really looking forward to a titan 3..... 1080 screens are over rated...... Id take a bigger battery over higher resolution any day... OEM's should listen to their customers more and the competition less

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:36 AM 0

10. Thephonegeek

Posts: 118; Member since: Nov 22, 2012

Fuck.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:40 AM 0

12. Thephonegeek

Posts: 118; Member since: Nov 22, 2012

This makes me made. People buys phones judging by it's specs and hardware. If you can do better you will win. If manufacturers made Quad core, 2GB Ram, 13mp camera windows phones they would've sold well. I know wp performs well with a dual core chip and 1GB Ram but this doesn't attract people. That's why they choose Droid DNA and Note 2. And more capable hardware also make phones futureproof. And Nokia's stupidity relying on a single closed source operating system is definitely getting them out of the business. Nokia is dying because of MS and elop. Unless they will switch to android they will be dying slowly and slowly.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:41 AM 0

15. uneedhelp

Posts: 19; Member since: Nov 04, 2012

8x and 920 are two of the best phones out

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 8:54 AM 1

19. uneedhelp

Posts: 19; Member since: Nov 04, 2012

There is only 1 phone currently in the u.s supporting 1080p (DNA) so at this time most of ur argument is irrelevant.

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 9:02 AM 0

28. lubba

Posts: 1313; Member since: Jan 17, 2011

That's too bad. I supported HTC and their WP efforts but stuff like this makes me wanna say its time for MS to invest heavily in Nokia and their surface phone and leave HTC to struggle with Android. If I could I would ask HTC, what is the resolution on the Gnote 2?

posted on Dec 17, 2012, 10:03 AM 0

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