1440x3200 resolution
1440 × 3200
QHD+ phone · 20:9 · 4,608,000 pixels · 4.61 megapixels · Phone · quoted portrait
What 1440x3200 is
A high-end 20:9 phone panel. Most ship configured to render at a lower resolution by default, because the battery cost of driving every pixel outweighs a difference few people can see.
The numbers
| Width | 1,440 px |
| Height | 3,200 px |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 |
| Total pixels | 4,608,000 |
| Megapixels | 4.61 MP |
| Compared with 1080p | 2.22× the pixels |
| Compared with 4K UHD | 0.56× the pixels |
What 1440x3200 costs to move and to store
A frame is width × height × three bytes of colour, before any compression touches it. At 1440 × 3200 that is 13.82 MB per frame, and video is frames per second:
| Frame rate | Uncompressed | An hour of it |
|---|---|---|
| 24 fps | 332 MB/s | 1.19 TB |
| 30 fps | 415 MB/s | 1.49 TB |
| 60 fps | 829 MB/s | 2.99 TB |
| 120 fps | 1.66 GB/s | 5.97 TB |
Nobody ships that. It is the number codecs exist to get away from — a streamed 1440x3200 feed runs at a few tens of megabits, which is a compression ratio of several hundred to one, and it is why a still frame from a stream looks worse than a photograph of the same scene.
How close you have to sit for 1440x3200 to be worth it
The eye resolves about one arcminute of detail. Past a certain distance the pixels merge whatever the panel does, and a higher resolution stops being visible rather than stopping being better. That distance is the pixel pitch divided by the tangent of one arcminute:
| Screen | Pixels merge beyond |
|---|---|
| 13.3 in monitor or laptop | 0.33 m (1.1 ft) |
| 15.6 in monitor or laptop | 0.39 m (1.3 ft) |
| 24 in monitor or laptop | 0.6 m (2 ft) |
| 27 in monitor or laptop | 0.67 m (2.2 ft) |
| 32 in monitor or laptop | 0.8 m (2.6 ft) |
| 43 in television | 1.07 m (3.5 ft) |
| 55 in television | 1.37 m (4.5 ft) |
| 65 in television | 1.62 m (5.3 ft) |
| 75 in television | 1.87 m (6.1 ft) |
Sitting further back than the figure for your screen, 1440x3200 and the next resolution down look the same. That is the whole argument about 4K televisions in ordinary living rooms: the resolution is real and the seating position usually is not close enough to show it.
Pixel density at common screen sizes
A resolution on its own says nothing about sharpness — the same 1440x3200 panel is dense on a laptop and coarse on a television. Density is the diagonal in pixels divided by the diagonal in inches.
| Diagonal | Pixel density | |
|---|---|---|
| 13.3 in | 264 PPI | High density — the OS will scale the interface |
| 15.6 in | 225 PPI | High density — the OS will scale the interface |
| 24 in | 146 PPI | Sharp |
| 27 in | 130 PPI | Comfortable at native size |
| 32 in | 110 PPI | Comfortable at native size |
Other phone resolutions
| Resolution | Name | Ratio | Megapixels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1080×2400 | FHD+ phone | 20:9 | 2.59 MP |
| 1170×2532 | Phone 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 | 2.96 MP |
| 1284×2778 | Phone large 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 | 3.57 MP |
Closest in total pixels
- 3440×1440 — UWQHD
- 3840×1080 — DFHD
- 2560×1600 — WQXGA
- 2880×1800 — Retina 15-inch
- 2360×1640 — Tablet 10.9-inch
- 2560×1440 — QHD (1440p)
- 2732×2048 — Tablet 12.9-inch
- 1284×2778 — Phone large 19.5:9
Frequently asked questions
What is the aspect ratio of 1440x3200?
20:9.
How many pixels is 1440x3200?
4,608,000 pixels, or 4.61 megapixels.
Is 1440x3200 higher resolution than 1080p?
1440x3200 has 2.22× as many pixels as a 1920×1080 frame.
What size screen suits 1440x3200?
Pixel density is what decides that. 264 PPI at 13.3 in, 225 PPI at 15.6 in, 146 PPI at 24 in, 130 PPI at 27 in, 110 PPI at 32 in. Below roughly 110 PPI text starts to look coarse; above about 200 the operating system will usually scale the interface rather than render it at native size.