Screen resolutions are a polarizing topic in the mobile enthusiast world, as with each new jump in pixel count come new requirements that are sometimes not met. Typically, the first generation of phones to handle a higher resolution display are the ones that suffer the most, given that the new panels can drain a substantially higher amount of battery as well as require extra graphics processing power. Last year’s G3 had a chipset and a screen that were not quite ready for 1440p, which resulted in worse battery life than the G2 and some performance quirks as well.

The other part of the debate is the a priori assumption that higher resolutions are unneeded at this point. We explored this in a feature where we found t. . . READ ON »

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