[vidarh]

I don't believe that for a second. My 5" phone has 1920x1080 resolution and it was a very noticeable step up in quality. Assuming the dpi of my phone is near the limit of what is necessary, it'd take more than 8K to fill my field of view with displays at the same DPI.

[bitL]

How far do you hold your phone from the eyes? Now compare it to your regular TV - how far do you watch it from? With 55" 4k UHD you'd get retina-style appearance from 1.5m upwards.

[vidarh]

Two issues with that:

For movie watching people keep wanting bigger screens. You can buy 80" TV's, and then come projectors.

Secondly, my main screen use is for monitors, where I am only about twice the distance away from how I typically hold my phone.

[creshal]

> My 5" phone has 1920x1080 resolution and it was a very noticeable step up in quality.

Compared to?

[vidarh]

The 1280x720 resolution 4.6" phone it replaced.