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iPhone 8

Phones · HD · 2017

Resolution

750×1334

Diagonal

4.7"

Pixel density

326ppi

4.7"58.5 mm104.1 mm
Resolution750 × 1334
Resolution classHD
Diagonal4.7"
Pixel density326 ppi
Aspect ratio16:9 (375:667)
Total pixels1,000,500 · 1 MP
Physical size58.5 × 104.1 mm
Screen area9.4 in²
Pixel pitch78 µm
Pixels vanish at26.8 cm
OrientationPortrait
Released2017

How to read this

  • Pixel density (ppi) is how many pixels fit in one inch. Resolution alone cannot tell you — you have to divide by the diagonal.
  • The same 4K is 163 ppi on a 27" monitor and 68 ppi on a 65" TV. That is more than double, but a TV is watched from far away, so it does not matter.
  • The distance at which pixels vanish comes from one arcminute, the limit of human sight. Once a pixel looks smaller than that, no eye can find the grid.
  • Aspect ratio is width and height reduced to the simplest whole numbers. Modern phones are 19.5:9 or 20:9, so 16:9 video leaves black bars on the sides.

Frequently asked questions

Q. What is the iPhone 8 screen resolution?

750×1334 pixels — 1,000,500 in total, about 1 megapixels, which puts it in the HD class.

Q. What is the pixel density of the iPhone 8?

326 ppi. That is the diagonal in pixels of a 750×1334 grid divided by the 4.7" diagonal of the panel, and it makes each pixel about 78 micrometres across.

Q. How big is the iPhone 8 screen in millimetres?

58.5 mm wide and 104.1 mm tall, worked out from the 4.7" diagonal and the 375:667 aspect ratio. The visible area is roughly 9.4 square inches.

Q. How far away do pixels stop being visible on the iPhone 8?

About 26.8 cm. That is where a pixel subtends less than one arcminute, the limit of human sight — closer than that and the grid starts to show.

Q. What aspect ratio does the iPhone 8 use?

16:9 (exactly 375:667), with the long edge 1.78× the short one. It is taller than it is wide, which suits a device you hold in one hand.

Screens of a similar size

The same diagonal at a different resolution means a different density. 4K is 163 ppi on a 27" monitor and 68 ppi on a 65" TV.

DeviceResolutionDiagonalDensity
iPhone SE (3rd gen)750×13344.7"326 ppi
iPhone 13 mini1080×23405.4"477 ppi
iPhone X1125×24365.8"463 ppi
iPhone 161179×25566.1"461 ppi
iPhone 15 Pro1179×25566.1"461 ppi
iPhone 151179×25566.1"461 ppi
iPhone 141170×25326.1"457 ppi
iPhone 131170×25326.1"457 ppi