Navionics regular VS HD

[Hoghead]

I want to use Navionics on an Andriod Galaxy 4 tab running 5.0 as a backup to my Raymarine plotter.

What is the difference between Navionics regular and HD. Navionics only state that HD is not recommended on a phone?

I am in SE Asia if that matters to the charts.

[Hoghead]

Anyone?

[Pyxis156]

I have both, non-HD on my phone and HD on my tablet. I believe the HD is more detailed and also gives you the Sonar Chart option. If you display the HD on a phone's small screen, in order to distinguish all the detail you would have to zoom in so far as to make the area of coverage not very useful. If you zoom out, you end up with so much clutter on the screen it is practically useless... Or it scales the detail down to make it useable on a phone display, in which case you essentially have the non-HD version.

[Hoghead]

Originally Posted by Pyxis156

I have both, non-HD on my phone and HD on my tablet. I believe the HD is more detailed and also gives you the Sonar Chart option. If you display the HD on a phone's small screen, in order to distinguish all the detail you would have to zoom in so far as to make the area of coverage not very useful. If you zoom out, you end up with so much clutter on the screen it is practically useless... Or it scales the detail down to make it useable on a phone display, in which case you essentially have the non-HD version.

I plan to use this on a 10" Samsung Tablet.
I guess it comes down to is the resolution the same?

Not sure how much value I would place on the sonar charts, or how accurate they are in the S Pacific and SE Asia??

[Pyxis156]

Can't say on the availability of sonar charts in your area of interest, sorry.

I can try to get screenshots of the same area on both devices if it will help...

[Ostinato]

I am using the Navionics European HD charts with a Sony Xperia Z android phone and have no problems.

[Wanderlust]

When I got Navionics for Android a couple of years ago, the system would not let me install the standard version. It said only the HD version was compatible with my Lenovo tablet. Seemed like a pricing gouge to me.

[StuM]

I run HD on both a 10 in tablet and a Samsung Galaxy S5. It works fine on the phone. Here's a screencap.

[Hoghead]

Is the HD really Higher Definition, or just regular + sonar charts?