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XR landscape vs 7 plus landscape

morrisbuttermaker

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I just put my 7 plus next to my sons XR while playing a movie in landscape and the movie plays bigger on the 7 plus. Meaning the viewing area is smaller on the XR. Does this make sense to anyone ?
 

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The iPhone 7 Plus has a different resolution and pixel density screen.

IPhone XR:

Display Size: 6.1-inch (diagonal) widescreen. Display Resolution: 1792-by-828-pixel resolution. Pixel Density: 326 ppi

IPhone 7 Plus:

Display Size: 5.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen. Display Resolution: 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution. Pixel Density: 401 ppi

Do the math. Don’t forget to take in to consideration the video source resolution.
 

morrisbuttermaker

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The iPhone 7 Plus has a different resolution and pixel density screen.

IPhone XR:

Display Size: 6.1-inch (diagonal) widescreen. Display Resolution: 1792-by-828-pixel resolution. Pixel Density: 326 ppi

IPhone 7 Plus:

Display Size: 5.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen. Display Resolution: 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution. Pixel Density: 401 ppi

Do the math. Don’t forget to take in to consideration the video source resolution.

I appreciate your answer but don’t know what those numbers mean. How does it translate into the XR not utilizing its entire screen ?
 

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It depends on the video provider. YouTube allows you to resize the video to full screen on the iPhone XR. So does Vimeo.

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