4.3-inch, FWVGA 854 x 480 is not as dense as the iPhone, but is bigger. The interesting thing about the iPhone's screen for me is that the horizontal res (960) is 1/2 HD's res (1920).
Your right if it is honestly a full 720p display (the update is what I went off of) then we are talking about a ~3.75" x ~2.1 display (16 x 9). Widescreen on a phone would actually probably work pretty well.
[edit] they changed the site to say "Captures 720p" - oh well
I can't believe the amount of misinformation about Android in general. I know this is a phone and not Android specifically, but in general, WTF?
PCMag is reporting the Droid X and Droid 2 are the same phone, Engadget was making the same mistake less than a week ago. Now MacRumors really believes that it's even possible to have a 720p density screen on that size of a phone, even when the same mistakes were made regarding other phones that called the screen by the camera resolution.
It's just pathetic. These are high profile sites that consistently get information wrong that has been known to ANYONE paying ANY attention for at least a month.
"Interestingly, rolling over the image reveals a box that says it has a "720p screen," which would be crazy -- especially since the Droid X prototype we played with had what looked to be the same 854 x 480 resolution as the original Droid, although we couldn't confirm it at the time. A true 720p screen res would also be far denser than the 800 x 480 panel on the EVO 4G, so we're thinking Verizon actually means 720p out over HDMI, not anything else."
"Update: We just confirmed that the Droid X prototype we saw had an 854 x 480 display"
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screen does look pretty slick in the video though, can't wait to see side by side comparisons with Iphone4
[edit] they changed the site to say "Captures 720p" - oh well
PCMag is reporting the Droid X and Droid 2 are the same phone, Engadget was making the same mistake less than a week ago. Now MacRumors really believes that it's even possible to have a 720p density screen on that size of a phone, even when the same mistakes were made regarding other phones that called the screen by the camera resolution.
It's just pathetic. These are high profile sites that consistently get information wrong that has been known to ANYONE paying ANY attention for at least a month.
http://phones.verizonwireless.com/droid/x/
edit: looks like they changed the ad from "720p screen" to "captures 720p" which makes more sense
"Update: We just confirmed that the Droid X prototype we saw had an 854 x 480 display"
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/the-droid-x-gets-real-on-...