📱The Gateway Arch is about 1,309 iPhone 13s tall.

A “6.1-inch iPhone” is not 6.1 inches tall. The 6.1-inch figure is the display, measured diagonally; the phone body itself is 5.78 in (146.7 mm) tall.

The National Park Service gives the Arch a maximum height of 630 ft, or 192,024 mm. Apple lists the iPhone 13 at 146.7 mm tall. Divide one by the other and you get about 1,309.

Gateway Arch height

630 ft = 192,024 mmSource value

Maximum height; 630 × 12 × 25.4

iPhone 13 body height

146.7 mmSource value

Physical height, not the 6.1-inch display diagonal

Phone heights

192,024 ÷ 146.7 ≈ 1,309.0Calculated

Published

≈1,309 iPhone 13sResult

Derived comparison · manufacturer-defined reference. The 630 ft height is from the National Park Service and the 146.7 mm body height is Apple's specification. The division is Scaleidoscope's.

Manufacturer-specified device height, end to end.

• US National Park Service

  Gateway Arch National Park — arch facts and construction history(opens external site)

• National Park Service

  Gateway Arch Fact Sheet(opens external site) — General Facts

  Maximum height = 630 ft

• Apple

  iPhone 13 - Technical Specifications(opens external site) — Size and Weight

  Height = 5.78 in (146.7 mm)

• Apple

  iPhone 13 - Technical Specifications(opens external site) — Size and Weight; Display

  Body height 5.78 in (146.7 mm) and 6.1-inch (diagonal) display

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