Timeline for Why the 360x640px resolution is currently the most used one?
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| Nov 19, 2017 at 1:18 | comment | added | Carl Younger | It works because only the layout is rendered as though it has a low resolution (which is important on a physically small display). The actual content (text, borders, images etc) is still rendered at the full native resolution, effectively dividing each pixel into 4 (2x2) or 9 (3x3), without interpolation. Otherwise, modern phones would render interfaces that were designed for desktops. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 17:42 | comment | added | vegatripy | You're right. All browsers identifies themselves as a 360x640 screen resolution (original iPhone resolution, as a base format) in order to get the same layout distribution regardless of their real screen resolution. i.e. You will see exactly the same web content in a original iPhone or in a iPhone 6. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 15:29 | comment | added | JonW♦ | @8bittree Fair point. It does look a bit clunky written like that. As a S4 owner myself I should have written it how I actually understand it myself! As for your comment about actual resolution; I made that point in a comment, but will copy that into the answer body itself. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 15:28 | history | edited | JonW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 7, 2016 at 14:49 | comment | added | 8bittree | Small note: It's the Samsung Galaxy S III and S IV (as in the Roman numerals 3 and 4), not one hundred eleven or one V. It might also be worth mentioning in the answer itself the distinction between the lower resolution that mobiles declare themselves as, and what their screens actually are, since that's the key point. (All three of those top Samsungs have at least 1280x720 screens) | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 13:03 | comment | added | JonW♦ | @DanielBeck There may also be some quirks with how mobiles declare themselves to the sites. Retina / HD screens may claim 640 x 460 so that it doesn't display as really small / zoomed out versions. Screen resolutions in this day and age aren't as black-and-white as they used to be a few years ago. A bit like cameras with their Megapixels - it's a stat that becomes less meaningful as technology evolves. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 12:57 | history | edited | JonW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 7, 2016 at 12:55 | comment | added | Daniel Beck | Downvote removed. Cheers! | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 12:52 | comment | added | JonW♦ | @DanielBeck I have updated my answer with more research. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 12:52 | history | edited | JonW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 7, 2016 at 12:48 | comment | added | Daniel Beck | I think you misread the question -- asker knows it's mobile, he's asking why that particular low resolution is skewing so high. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 12:45 | history | answered | JonW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |