Hope it's paired properly or I'm returning it.
Now THAT was funny!
By the way my iPad Mini just arrived. Screen looks fine to me. Opened some pictures from my Photo Stream and zoomed in to the max. Did not notice it looking pixeled.
Hope it's paired properly or I'm returning it.
Depends how long your arms are and how far you want them stretched out. I keep the device ~8 in from my nose. Pixels are noticeable. You don't have to go looking for them.
By Apple's definition of "retina," they technically are. I can't see individual pixels on any of the above mentioned items from where I sit.
Says the guy who can't form a proper sentence.
Now THAT was funny!
By the way my iPad Mini just arrived. Screen looks fine to me. Opened some pictures from my Photo Stream and zoomed in to the max. Did not notice it looking pixeled.
I agree with the OP. the difference is huge when you view any kind of text heavy website. I wish they would have given us a retina option and charged more like the MacBooks
So if people can't see individual pixels on mini, by your definition it must be retina for them?
"At 326 pixels per inch, it has a pixel density so high your eye cant distinguish individual pixels."
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/
According to Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate Technologies, the resolution of the actual human retina is higher than claimed by Apple, working out to 477 pixels per inch at 12 inches (305 mm) from the eye.[5] Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy wrote a response saying that "if you have [better than 20/20] eyesight, then at one foot away the iPhone 4's pixels are resolved. The picture will look pixellated. If you have average eyesight [20/20 vision], the picture will look just fine," and concluded, "So in my opinion, what Jobs said was fine. Soneira, while technically correct, was being picky."[6] Retinal neuroscientist Bryan Jones, using a similar but more detailed analysis, came to a similar conclusion on his blog, stating "...Id find Apples claims stand up to what the human eye can perceive."[7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_Display
Can anyone who has a iPad Mini and a Nexus 7 reply to this?
Does the iPad Mini screen look better or worse than the Nexus 7?
I have a Nexus 7 and the screen doesn't bother me.
Thanks
Well you did get charged more than the average 7" tablet, you just didn't get your moneys worth lol
I agree with the OP. the difference is huge when you view any kind of text heavy website. I wish they would have given us a retina option and charged more like the MacBooks
Well you did get charged more than the average 7" tablet, you just didn't get your moneys worth lol
Pathetic how everyone that doesnt praise the holy reliogion of Apple gets labeled as a troll.Clearly a troll, and a pathetic one at that.
In my opinion and I have both, at least until Apple collect my Mini iPad, the Nexus 7 screen is far superior. The iPad Mini just doesn't come close.
well Nexus 7 is definitely significantly higher PPI. 216 v. 164. People are like "OMG iPad mini has higher PPI than iPad 2 (130 ish ppi) so it'll be way better" and then "there isn't a noticeable difference between Nexus and iPad mini screens!" these statements are pretty inconsistent. but it is funny that retina was so important when Apple introduced it and when they introduce a new model with a low-res screen there are so many people being like OMG STOP WHINING, YOU CAN BARELY TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
Mine hasn't been delivered yet but I'm worried about this very thing. I really want to love the Mini and I have a dedicated e-reader for reading novels anyways, but I think sharp font is really important for reading PDFs and such; PDFs can easily become unreadable at low res. Still, it's a great size/weight and a great device for a lot of things--portable video, browsing, etc. We'll see though.
well Nexus 7 is definitely significantly higher PPI. 216 v. 164. People are like "OMG iPad mini has higher PPI than iPad 2 (130 ish ppi) so it'll be way better" and then "there isn't a noticeable difference between Nexus and iPad mini screens!" these statements are pretty inconsistent. but it is funny that retina was so important when Apple introduced it and when they introduce a new model with a low-res screen there are so many people being like OMG STOP WHINING, YOU CAN BARELY TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
THE REASON IT ISN'T RETINA:
Apple had 2 options with the mini. iPad 1/2 resolution or iPad 3 resolution. If they made the mini with a retina display (326 ppi like iphone, 2048x1536 iPad 3 resolution) then why would anyone spend the extra money to get the larger iPad? There would be no reason at that point. The power and beauty would be a niche market due to its.. how do MR readers describe it... clunkiness? If you guys wanted a smaller iPad with A6X and retina, it would be 499. End of story.
Yes, it may be retina in the future, but it's not like Apple held out the feature on purpose to be an evil conspirator. 163 ppi on an iPad looks great. Definitely clearer and sharper that the 132 like on the iPad 1/2.
I wouldn't go as far to say unusable (lol) but he has a point. The device is amazingly beautiful to look at (hardware wise) and feels great in the hands.
Apples move to make the mini a "downgrade" in terms of internals is a miss for me. Key term: For me.
I don't look at the mini as a lower priced iPad because I'm not willing to spend more on an iPad, I see it as a preference in size for the iPad. I prefer the size. So why make my preference only satisfactory? Just like macbooks, macbook pros, and iMacs - a smaller size doesn't necessarily mean less stellar.
You don't buy a 21 inch iMac and expect the screen to be not as clear as the 27 inch. You don't expect to be fuzzier and clarity to be less.
You also don't introduce amazing quality displays (retina) to a product line and have a newer version of that product not have the same quality, especially when the screen is so important.
macbook pros and iPads have retina and non retina versions at different price points, why not the iPad Mini?
"They'll have it later"
That made sense when we were comparing apples and oranges.
Apple has two markets. People that want the very best product, and people who only care about how it works. The first cares about tech specs and pixel density, while the latter (which is most people) just want it to work with that classic apple magic. Those are 2 different groups of people you're quoting. Retina is magical, and the people that say that are holding out for a mini WITH retina. The latter appreciates the lower price point coupled with the iPad experience. Yes, the screen has slightly larger pixels than the Nexus 7, but those people don't care.
tl;dr: You have committed the fallacy of equivocation.