# Image Resizing - Desktop vs Mobile Differences

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-resizing-desktop-vs-mobile-differences/269921
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [June 28, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-resizing-desktop-vs-mobile-differences/269921 "2023-06-28T16:44:17Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-resizing-desktop-vs-mobile-differences/269921/2 "2023-06-28T16:48:16Z")

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i think this is discussed here

> [@Srcset attribute may load larger images on mobile than desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/srcset-attribute-may-load-larger-images-on-mobile-than-desktop/264039/11):
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> I may be wrong, but I think it makes sense. If you look at the HTML srcset, the following images are served based on the device pixel ratio (x1, x1,5, x2). https://...2f50d4ad9f5f865b783b02d392de75bdceec01da\_2\_690x460.jpeg, https://...2f50d4ad9f5f865b783b02d392de75bdceec01da\_2\_1035x690.jpeg 1.5x, https://...2f50d4ad9f5f865b783b02d392de75bdceec01da\_2\_1380x920.jpeg 2x Usually, mobile has an x2 ratio (or more) because they have a higher pixel density. So you would want to serve images with hig…

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