Do high-res smartphones even matter?

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1. Why don't you make QHD phones and sell it to those 50% of people who successfully distinguish a QHD panel from a FHD panel and thus can benefit from it?

2. I don't think this is a fair comparison, the one plus 7 pro has native qhd. Busting it down to fhd+ is still not 1080 on a qhd. It's scaling a native qhd down. You can't just turn off those pixels. It's probably checker boarding. A more reliable comparison would be an actual fhd+ native resolution phone vs a native qhd display. All you're doing is changing software. Not actual resolution.

3. If QHD was at same refresh rates as FHD it whould make sense….. otherwise no real reason for smartphone I never use it ….

4. Everybody here is making the same mistake by confusing resolution with scaling. The reason you're thinking QHD looks better is because it can fit more smaller elements on the screen (scaling) and therefore looks sharper. You can simulate this effect on FHD by increasing the "Smallest Width Dpi" in developer settings and get the same result. Then you'll see the difference is almost imperceptible.

5. I switched from a Samsung Galaxy S8 to a Oppo Find X3 Neo, I can really feel the difference. The definition of the writes is so much better on the S8.

6. Quad hd

7. 2people you had there clearly have eye sight problems as they wear glasses so how is that fair? have you tested eye sight of other contestants?

8. I'm really wondering about this because I'm thinking of switching from razer phone 1 to black shark 4 and does going from QHD to FHD matter.

9. the difference between these solutions is not as incredible as most people think

10. I have wqhd

11. Pixel density matters more than pixel count

12. Am I the only one who notices temperature increase when on QHD+ (1440)?

13. With the amount of time many of us will be forced to watch lower res video by our phone’s data, higher res screens can often actually be detrimental for every day use. The dreaded YouTube 360p video (especially under their current compression levels) becomes more unwatchable the higher you try to scale it.

14. How about 1600×720? Can you see the pixels?

15. I've had my S9 on HD+. I can't stuck do I want an oppo find x3 pro or neo. Thanks to the pandemic there are no desplay models. So i don't know if i care or not.

16. You can't tell the difference unless viewing high resolution content with a few exceptions.

    There's a very noticeable difference when watching 4k content or viewing high resolution photos 20mp+ or video production

    Average users won't notice but power users most definitely will not to mention various display types.

    Regardless if you've got shit eyes you can't tell anyway 😂

17. Yes, in most case the differences is almost unnoticeable. But, the hi res screen can be come in handy if you're often watching low res video, let's say 480p on YT, expecially if your phone has some video enhancement/up scaling feature. The quality would be on par with 720p in FHD phone. CMIIW

18. Great bro

19. This video was amazing. Thank you

20. Quad hd matters when text reading and menu sharpness.

21. This whole experiment is wrong , for starters you are using the same panel for rendering FHD and QHD ??

22. There is no difference between fhd and qhd. Battery drain is also the same !

23. Well when I watch a 4k video vs the video in 1080p I notice the difference 🤷

24. Nokia 1100

25. I just changed form an LGV30 with a 1440p display to a Samsung A32 5G with a 720 display. Can I tell the difference? Absolutely. Does it significantly take away from my enjoyment of the device and what I can do on it? Not one bit. In fact, I'm guessing that thanks to that 720p display my battery life will probably be pretty damn good.

26. Screen resolution does matter since i m using to play vr video. Fhd isn't sharp enough (the pixels are seen clearly)

27. I disagree. I watched a 1080 and 1440 display on YouTube on the same video at the same time. It was of a bunch of small stars. I could see way more stars on the 1440 display which means way better definition.

28. i come from another 500+ppi and i have sharp vision , i instantly notice!

29. Quad hd is for VR… Not a trend anymore tho

30. I can't tell and never have been able to. I have used Samsung smartphones as my main since ether very first Galaxy S, and others for Dev stuff from Huawei, OnePlus and and Google. I would be willing to bet that 95% of users wouldn't be able to tell the difference, especially on a screen this small.

31. Need comparison with 1080p

32. On smartphones, anything higher than FHD doesn't really make much difference. Even when I compared the Sony Xperia 1 ii and Sony Xperia 5 ii when watching 1080p video, I really cannot tell any difference at all. It's the same story with high refresh rate – higher refresh rate does make sense for mobile gaming, but in real world use? Why bother.

33. i am be happy with 720 p my battery lasts longer . it doesnt matter as long as the phone is less than 10 inches size

34. I just purchased a brand new phone through TMobile and it's absolutely incredible. Paid $300 and it's got an amazing camera (4 of them actually) and 128 gb of internal storage, supports 5g AND came with a free YEAR subscription to McAffee security for mobile.. I can stream in 4k and lemme tell ya, after watching yt in 720p for the last several years the jump in quality is jaw dropping. YES it 100% makes a giant difference. Check out TMobile stores guys, they have insane deals rn.

35. I can't even spot the difference between HD+ and FHD despite being side by side lol. I played a 1080p video in both phones and personally my 720p device produced better video quality.

36. QHD burns more battery with something you even notice.

37. The fact that I looked this up is reason enough I can’t tell a big difference from a smartphone, TVs and monitors are night and day but small devices it’s like almost unnecessary to have something more than 1440 really full hd+ I could live with lol

38. I did this test with my phone and immediately could tell the difference.

    1080 put more strain on my eyes when it came to reading. It may be subtle, but 1440 just added that extra clarity to text that I absolutely need. Sucks because I tried so hard to go back to 1080 for the 120hz… just couldn't do it. I'd rather have that extra clear screen than smoother scrolling.

    Seems like it depends on the person and the content they consume.

39. I can tell the difference but I have to be looking for it.

40. 1440 is better I know this for a fact. It's like
    60hz v 120 hz

41. Should I use WQHD, or FHD on my galaxy s10?
    FHD is still fine, but does the highest resolution drain the battery faster?
    Edit: my phone came out of the box FHD, since I've only seen that, I notice the switch

42. Not sure if this is the best test we could do.

    Both phones are QHD displays…its just one of them are rendering at 1080p…but both still scaling at 1440p.

    I think a better test is use an actual 1080p phone then compare it to an actual 1440p phone.

43. On my Samsung S9plus,the only obvious difference is the shapress of the texts.In QHD,the texts became sharper and in FHD,the texts seem like bolded.I cant find any other differences

44. My current phone has a FHD display and my previous phone had a QHD display. Even when I put them side by side, you can't tell which display is sharper. The only thing the side by side comparison highlights is the slightly higher refresh rate of my new phone.

45. Ok this could be just me but i handed my brother my s20 and asked him to set any resolution between 720 to qhd. I tried 3 times and couldn't tell the difference. 🥵

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