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I know that obviously a tablet has a higher screen resolution than a phone because it has more pixels(dots on the screen) From what ive been reading, tablets also have a higher dpi(dots per inch) than phones as well. How can you tell that one screen has a higher dots per inch than another screen? If i launch angry birds on both screens, they look pretty much identical. I know for resolution - bigger screen - more dots

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  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6930031/how-do-i-convert-ppi-into-dpi-for-android-images?rq=1 – Marc B Jul 08 '14 at 22:34
  • yeah i get the conversion stuff. But like what im asking is if you take a look at two screens, how can you tell if one screen has a higher dpi than another screen? Like for resolution, you can tell by size(greater size = more dots) – committedandroider Jul 08 '14 at 22:40
  • can't really, unless you put up a contrived picture of a thin angled white line on a black background and look closely at the aliasing. – Marc B Jul 08 '14 at 22:43
  • Like i just dont understand why a tablet would have a higher dip than a phone – committedandroider Jul 08 '14 at 22:44
  • why not? My nexus 10 table is 2560x1440 on a 10" screen. We've got a PC at work with a 30" screen that's also 2560x1440. it's an arms race like anything else in the mobile space. "We've got a bigger screen" "We've got more pixels" "We've got more useless crap that sucks battery life, except we also have a bigger battery!" – Marc B Jul 08 '14 at 22:46
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    Because there are more physical pixels per inch, simple as that. Angry birds (as you have started that example) is just developing in a way that the different DPI-Values don't matter. Or in other words, they don't define their objects on a pixel-basis but on a dpi-basis. – MalaKa Jul 08 '14 at 22:46
  • How does higher dip change up an image for say, does it make it more clear? – committedandroider Jul 08 '14 at 22:56
  • Yes, if you have two devices, 1 with high dip and one with low dip but same dimensions (in inch) and you have the image full-screen, then it makes the image clearer. – MalaKa Jul 16 '14 at 11:19

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2 causes why DPI differs. You must be aware of both the causes.

1) Physically more dots per inch: Better technology of the screen.

Example: Screen is 2" wide and it has 500 dots, so per 1" it is 250 dots (=250 dpi) Another screen is 10" wide and it has also 500 dots, so per 1" it is 50 dots (=50 dpi)

2) Virtually: physically same technology of the screen (see point 1: technology of screen), but different resampling.

Remember when you set up the PC desktop resolution. You have the same screen, but you can set different resolution (view quality), so in this case you can set dots per inch up to maximum of the screen allows (see point 1: technology of screen).

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