those sizes do indeed differ, even if the listed diagonal display sizes only differ by 1.4" (8.3" vs. 6.9")
the reason the widths are so different is because the ipad mini has much thicker bezels but more importantly because it has a much squarer aspect ratio. the squarer aspect ratio means with a “similarly sized” display when only counting the diagonal you get much more width. while almost 7 inches is a lot, when you compare it to phones from 8 years ago it’s not actually that much bigger, even though back then 16:9 phones were usually under 6 inches.
Well thanks. Though it was more of a joke on modern phones’ phablet size. I’m happy with Xperia these days. Can even reach the whole screen with one hand.
There’s a size difference?
Yeah, the iPad Mini is roughly twice as wide as your average phone.
the ipad mini is 195.4mm x 134.8mm
the iphone 17 pro max is 163.4mm x 78mm
those sizes do indeed differ, even if the listed diagonal display sizes only differ by 1.4" (8.3" vs. 6.9")
the reason the widths are so different is because the ipad mini has much thicker bezels but more importantly because it has a much squarer aspect ratio. the squarer aspect ratio means with a “similarly sized” display when only counting the diagonal you get much more width. while almost 7 inches is a lot, when you compare it to phones from 8 years ago it’s not actually that much bigger, even though back then 16:9 phones were usually under 6 inches.
Well thanks. Though it was more of a joke on modern phones’ phablet size. I’m happy with Xperia these days. Can even reach the whole screen with one hand.
oops i took the joke literally again
Eh, is fine. Thanks for your effort!