iPhone Wallpapers: Dimensions, Examples, and the Famous Clown Fish Wallpaper
Design, iPhone Wallpapers March 7th, 2007
Since we already know the resolution of the iPhone’s screen, we can start making wallpapers for it! The iPhone’s background will be able to be customized by the user, just like your OS X wallpaper. You’ll want to make it your own! Steve Jobs has his favourite wallpaper chosen already, and we can see it on the official iPhone site.
The iPhone’s screen will be measured at 3.5 inches diagonally, with a resolution of 320 pixels x 480 pixels at 180 pixels per inch (ppi). It is significant to note that computer monitor LCDs have a standard of 72 pixels per inch. The iPhone’s screen will be extremely crisp and clear in comparison, which is a good thing for a small screen which will have lots of text on it.
Here’s the famous clown fish wallpaper that will probably be packaged with every iPhone sold:

I will also add this wallpaper to the Wallpapers page, where you’ll be able to see iPhone wallpapers at the native iPhone size and resolution, as well as PC / Mac desktop wallpapers of the iPhone for use on larger screens.
March 20th, 2007 at 10:44 am
[…] Let’s face it - one of the main reasons you’ll want to buy an iPhone is to wow other people with it. Naturally you’ll want to customize and personalize your iPhone’s default background (which we can assume will be the clown fish wallpaper.) Here’s a few I made. […]