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What really matter is the PPI (pixels per inch) since that compares the resolution to the screen size. When looking at the PPI the iPhone screen is much better then the S3. Just looking at resolution is misleading.
I dont totally agree
Just do I don't get flamed in not a droid fan. I can't stand the droid is and GUI. I've had iPhones since the 1. iPads since the 1.. And Apple TVs. I've also had Mac computers but I prefer my OS as Windows. ONLY because there's more games. I love OS X. The day I can get any game for windows available on osx is the day I delete the Win 8.1 hard drive (my pc dual boots osx and 8.1)
Anyway. Yes the ppi of the later iPhones make for a sharp crisp picture
But if u have a 720p video and a 1080p, it's a waste of space putting the 1080p on the phone. It will just scaled down to 640p. So I say stick to 720 only unless 1080 is the only option you have.
The larger the screen, the higher res you need to avoid seeing pixels and mpg compression.
But I have a friend with 5" droid phone that's 1080p that's 440ppi. And I notice a HUGE difference. It can play 1080p natively and the screen crispness is FAR better than my 5s
My eyes can see the diff bet 3xxppi of the iPhone 5s and 440pi of the droid. Apple likes go say "you won't notice any better" yet people do. Us Apple people can b just as guild as being fanboys just like droid or windows etc people. I take ANYTHING companies say with a grain of salt.
I can say right now if they upped the screen Rez on the 5s to TRUE 1920x1080 crammed into a 4" screen, you would see a HECK of a better video quality, and better a around detail
So I don't by it.
Tbh I believe it's a COST reason. Apple could easily put a real 1080p screen into its phones but they would all cost 200$ more. It's a marketing decision and a profit decision balanced with screen quality. They picked a cost efficient screen size with a quality people like BUT then say "you wouldn't notice anything better anyway" CRAP! That statement I'd not true
They should just vs honest. Say we could do true 1080 or 720, but the cost will be passed to you
That droid phone I saw had an amazing screen but that was Bout it. Crap gpu and CPU power. So they cut other corners to make a phone for making calls and watching video but lacking in every other way.
My friends phone is a HTC 5" with a true 1920x1080 pixel Rez at 440 ppi.
Now let's look at an iPad 3,4, or 5
2048x1536. That's beyond 1080p on a 4:3 screen. That's actually 2560x1600 in 16:10. And that's beyond 1920x1080 for 16x9 (in 16:10 it'd be 1920x1200).
It's ppi is only 264. But movies look a LOT better only iPad vs my iPhone.
Where Apple lacks on it's devices is MEMORY. I mean RAM. Apple has never put in enough.
iOS 7 on a 5/5s. The max an app can use is 512Mb. Same on a 4s. On a 4, you have only 150-200MB for use
One thing droids do is ALL use a page file. Not too big to slow things down but so your apps don't get shut. On my ipad5 or 5s. After 2 Apps, the is starts killing my apps. If Apple enabled the iOS swap file service. Background apps would be swapped out vs terminated. And the argument it would kill the life of the ssd was lost ages ago. It does reduce the life, but the phones life will still end first.
If Apple wants it's devices to REALLY be the best, it needs to do a few tweaks:
1) 128-256MB swap file for phones and 256-512 for tablets
2) increase RAM. 1.5GB for phones, 2 for tablets.
The above would let ios take 512MB and leave 1GB for apps. Then give a use an additional 128-512 swap space so apps get suspended vs terminated (to a point)
I no longer jailbreak. But I did JB my iPhone 5s on iOS 7.0. And added a 512MB swap file. MUCH better performance. Games and apps were much smoother b/c the OS didn't have to think what process to kill. Games didn't get the low memory warning from iOS and jitter while they few up ram. Droids have done this for years
Screen Rez
If Apple wants go stay competitive, they need 440ppi screens on their phones (tablets are already as high as needed). No need to up their tablets as they are ready beyond the highest HD resolution. I'm not bothering with 4K.
