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QotD: Walt Mossberg: Samsung Galaxy S doesn’t have an “ultra–high resolution screen”

Categories: Apple, Samsung
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 2:50 AM

You know how we’re living in 2010? Walt Mossberg from The Wall Street Journal chides Samsung for not putting an “ultra–high resolution screen” inside their Galaxy S.

How many pixels are on the Galaxy S? It’s got 800 pixels of height and 480 pixels across.

He’s right, it’s lower than the iPhone 4, which has 960 pixels of height and 640 pixels across, but man, is 800 x 480 really not “ultra–high resolution”?

Up until February I was on the 320 x 240 display of my Nokia E71. Nokia’s flagships today use 640 x 360. So tell me, what exactly is wrong with 800 x 480?

Wish Samsung would hurry up already and release the much rumored Galaxy S 2, which is supposed to offer a 1280 x 720 screen, but still, I feel like I could use 800 x 480 for the next few years and still be happy.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • l3v5y

    Before the iPhone 4, it was "320×480 is high enough". It's just iSheep!

  • Timi Azeez

    I believe he loves the iphone to death. No one wants to give props to the galaxy s with its super amoled because of the iphones resolution. Samsung's screen to me is still better than the iphone 4. If you sit them next to each other you will see the difference in contrast and color is unbelievable. Samsung's PR better come up with lots of commercials like the iphone and not leave it up to the carriers because they won't.

  • user22

    Well if it's available and affordable and can be easily implemented why not indulge the users. These are some of the really simple reasons the iphone sells so well. Unless off course Samsung know that it's not worth taking a risk on a much higher resolution screen coz the phone might sell that well.

  • BeatlesAddict

    Fuck him! The real life Mossberg puppet has Steve Jobs' hand up it's ass moving his mouth.

  • academic

    In the non distorted world, most people dont see stuff in such detail, they just look at the screen, interface etc and make a choice, and to be fair to Walt he did recommend it. Thanks to iPhone's supply issues, Galaxy S will sell quite a lot, in the US, UK , Europe , Asia, just about everywhere.

  • AMora

    Apple Sucks!
    iPhone Sucks!