iPhone 6 likely to have lower screen-to-size ratio compared to other flagships
iPhone 6 concept render by Tomas Moyano and Nicolàs Aichino
For those wondering, here's how the magic happens: assuming that the iPhone 6 will have a 4.7-inch display with a 9:16 aspect ratio, we can calculate that its screen could be approximately 2.304 inches wide and 4.096 inches tall. Accent here is on "approximately" because the screen's diagonal size, which is an essential figure in our calculations, could actually be between 4.65 and 4.74 inches even if the screen ends up being advertised as a 4.7-incher. Either way, its area should be close to 9.437 square inches, as we deducted after applying our Algebra 1 skills. As for the area of the phone's front side, we're looking at a figure of around 14.335 square inches (ignoring the curves), which we obtained by multiplying the alleged width and height of the handset – 2.64 by 5.43 inches. Dividing the screen's area by the phone's area returns 0.658, or a screen-to-size ratio of 65.8% for the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model.
How does this figure compare to the screen-to-size ratios of other popular and not-so-popular smartphones? Well, it turns out that the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 will fare better than its predecessor, but will still stand behind most other popular smartphones in that respect. As long as the leaked data is correct, that is. Here's a chart for you to examine.
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