Is there a list of screen resolutions for all Android based phones and tablets?

user783146 picture user783146 · Sep 28, 2011 · Viewed 141.2k times · Source

If not, is there a list of screen resolutions for the most popular Android phones and tablets.

Answer

Oliver Pearmain picture Oliver Pearmain · Apr 11, 2014

(out of date) Spreadsheet of device metrics.

SEE ALSO:
Device Metrics - Material Design.
Screen Sizes.

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Device                          Inches  ResolutionPX    Density         DPI     ResolutionDP    AspectRatios        SysNavYorN  ContentResolutionDP
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Galaxy Y                                 320 x  240     ldpi    0.75    120      427 x 320      4:3     1.3333                   427 x 320
?                                        400 x  240     ldpi    0.75    120      533 x 320      5:3     1.6667                   533 x 320
?                                        432 x  240     ldpi    0.75    120      576 x 320      9:5     1.8000                   576 x 320
Galaxy Ace                               480 x  320     mdpi    1       160      480 x 320      3:2     1.5000                   480 x 320
Nexus S                                  800 x  480     hdpi    1.5     240      533 x 320      5:3     1.6667                   533 x 320
"Galaxy SIII    Mini"                    800 x  480     hdpi    1.5     240      533 x 320      5:3     1.6667                   533 x 320
?                                        854 x  480     hdpi    1.5     240      569 x 320      427:240 1.7792                   569 x 320

Galaxy SIII                             1280 x  720     xhdpi   2       320      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
Galaxy Nexus                            1280 x  720     xhdpi   2       320      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
HTC One X                       4.7"    1280 x  720     xhdpi   2       320      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
Nexus 5                         5"      1920 x 1080     xxhdpi  3       480      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778      YES          592 x 360
Galaxy S4                       5"      1920 x 1080     xxhdpi  3       480      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
HTC One                         5"      1920 x 1080     xxhdpi  3       480      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
Galaxy Note III                 5.7"    1920 x 1080     xxhdpi  3       480      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
HTC One Max                     5.9"    1920 x 1080     xxhdpi  3       480      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
Galaxy Note II                  5.6"    1280 x  720     xhdpi   2       320      640 x 360      16:9    1.7778                   640 x 360
Nexus 4                         4.4"    1200 x  768     xhdpi   2       320      600 x 384      25:16   1.5625      YES          552 x 384
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Device                          Inches  ResolutionPX    Density         DPI     ResolutionDP    AspectRatios        SysNavYorN  ContentResolutionDP
---------------------------     -----   ------------    --------------- ------- -----------     ----------------    ---         ----------
?                                        800 x  480     mdpi    1       160      800 x 480      5:3     1.6667                   800 x 480
?                                        854 x  480     mdpi    1       160      854 x 480      427:240 1.7792                   854 x 480
Galaxy Mega                     6.3"    1280 x  720     hdpi    1.5     240      853 x 480      16:9    1.7778                   853 x 480
Kindle Fire HD                  7"      1280 x  800     hdpi    1.5     240      853 x 533      8:5     1.6000                   853 x 533
Galaxy Mega                     5.8"     960 x  540     tvdpi   1.33333 213.333  720 x 405      16:9    1.7778                   720 x 405
Sony Xperia Z Ultra             6.4"    1920 x 1080     xhdpi   2       320      960 x 540      16:9    1.7778                   960 x 540
Blackberry Priv                 5.43"   2560 x 1440     ?               540          ?          16:9    1.7778      
Blackberry Passport             4.5"    1440 x 1440     ?               453          ?          1:1     1.0     

Kindle Fire (1st & 2nd gen)     7"      1024 x  600     mdpi    1       160     1024 x 600      128:75  1.7067                  1024 x 600
Tesco Hudl                      7"      1400 x  900     hdpi    1.5     240      933 x 600      14:9    1.5556                   933 x 600
Nexus 7 (1st gen/2012)          7"      1280 x  800     tvdpi   1.33333 213.333  960 x 600      8:5     1.6000      YES          912 x 600
Nexus 7 (2nd gen/2013)          7"      1824 x 1200     xhdpi   2       320      912 x 600      38:25   1.5200      YES          864 x 600
Kindle Fire HDX                 7"      1920 x 1200     xhdpi   2       320      960 x 600      8:5     1.6000                   960 x 600
?                                        800 x  480     ldpi    0.75    120     1067 x 640      5:3     1.6667                  1067 x 640
?                                        854 x  480     ldpi    0.75    120     1139 x 640      427:240 1.7792                  1139 x 640

Kindle Fire HD                  8.9"    1920 x 1200     hdpi    1.5     240     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
Kindle Fire HDX                 8.9"    2560 x 1600     xhdpi   2       320     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
Galaxy Tab 2                    10"     1280 x  800     mdpi    1       160     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
Galaxy Tab 3                    10"     1280 x  800     mdpi    1       160     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
ASUS Transformer                10"     1280 x  800     mdpi    1       160     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
ASUS Transformer 2              10"     1920 x 1200     hdpi    1.5     240     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
Nexus 10                        10"     2560 x  1600    xhdpi   2       320     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
Galaxy Note 10.1                10"     2560 x  1600    xhdpi   2       320     1280 x 800      8:5     1.6000                  1280 x 800
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Device                          Inches  ResolutionPX    Density         DPI     ResolutionDP    AspectRatios        SysNavYorN  ContentResolutionDP
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Coping with different aspect ratios

The different aspect ratios seen above are (from most square; h/w):

1:1     1.0     <- rare for phone; common for watch
4:3     1.3333  <- matches iPad (when portrait)
3:2     1.5000
38:25   1.5200
14:9    1.5556  <- rare
25:16   1.5625
8:5     1.6000  <- aka 16:10
5:3     1.6667
128:75  1.7067
16:9    1.7778  <- matches iPhone 5-7
427:240 1.7792  <- rare
37:18   2.0555  <- Galaxy S8

If you skip the extreme aspect ratios, that are rarely seen at phone size or larger, all the other devices fit a range from 1.3333 to 1.7778, which conveniently matches the current iPhone/iPad ratios (considering all devices in portrait mode). Note that there are quite a few variations within that range, so if you are creating a small number of fixed aspect-ratio layouts, you will need to decide how to handle the odd "in-between" screens.

Minimum "portrait mode" solution is to support 1.3333, which results in unused space at top and bottom, on all the resolutions with larger aspect ratio.
Most likely, you would instead design it to stretch over the 1.333 to 1.778 range. But sometimes part of your design looks too distorted then.


Advanced layout ideas:

For text, you can design for 1.3333, then increase line spacing for 1.666 - though that will look quite sparse. For graphics, design for an intermediate ratio, so that on some screens it is slightly squashed, on others it is slightly stretched. geometric mean of Sqrt(1333 x 1667) ~= 1491. So you design for 1491 x 1000, which will be stretched/squashed by +-12% when assigned to the extreme cases.

Next refinement is to design layout as a stack of different-height "bands" that each fill the width of the screen. Then determine where you can most pleasingly "stretch-or-squash" a band's height, to adjust for different ratios.

For example, consider imaginary phones with 1333 x 1000 pixels and 1666 x 1000 pixels. Suppose you have two "bands", and your main "band" is square, so it is 1000 x 1000. Second band is 333 x 1000 on one screen, 666 x 1000 on the other - quite a range to design for.
You might decide your main band looks okay altered 10% up-or-down, and squash it 900 x 1000 on the 1333 x 1000 screen, leaving 433 x 1000. Then stretch it to 1100 x 1000 on 1666 x 1000 screen, leaving 566 x 1000. So your second band now needs to adjust over only 433 to 566, which has geometric mean of Sqrt(433 x 566) ~= 495. So you design for 495 x 1000, which will be stretched/squashed by +-14% when assigned to the extreme cases.