Are bigger screens better?
Screens have taken over a large chunk of our society: displays are now built into almost every piece of tech. But does bigger mean better?
In 2000, Nokia launched its 3310, a feature phone that became widely adored. By today’s standards, the display was tiny: 2.4 inches with a resolution of 240x320 pixels.Since then, of course, displays have got bigger and more colourful. They are packed with touch-sensitive tech, including in-display fingerprint readers. Soon they will even "bend to our will", as new foldable smartphones are released.We are bombarded with displays beaming adverts, entertainment and information. If you were to teleport someone from the 1960s to today’s world they would be struck by the sheer mass of flickering displays that our society relies on to function.Laptop screens, too, are evolving. Gaming computer maker Asus revealed its first true dual-display laptop, the ZenBook Pro Duo, at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, this year. The main display is a 15.6-inch OLED that has 4K output and is a touchscreen.Nowadays that is quite standard for a laptop, but there’s an additional fully functional 14-inch ultra-h...
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