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iapplelove

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Nov 22, 2011
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ipad 2 on the top obviously vs my ipad3. photo taken with iphone4

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it may take a little more than a few minutes to realize the benefits of the retina,however after a few days of web browsing with this clarity its tough to go back to anything else.
 

Redjericho

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Sep 16, 2011
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My eyes suck and i'm looking at these pictures on an iPad first gen and I can see the clear difference.
 

iEvolution

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Jul 11, 2008
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Honestly it looks like some sort of browsing compression on the top with the images vs no compression on the bottom.

Is the iPad 1/2 screens really that crappy? My mom didn't have a problem reading my Motorola Xoom screen and its pretty clear so I figured the iPad 2 would be good enough for her but if its that crappy, geez.
 

pure3d2

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Mar 7, 2012
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The lower res screens are fine as long as you haven't seen the high res screen of the iPad 3rd gen.

Once you see it, you can't "un-see" it.
 

iEvolution

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Jul 11, 2008
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Damn just realized my Xoom (1280x800, 150 ppi)has a higher resolution than the iPad 2 (1024x768, 132ppi) does, oh well if it really is a problem with her I can always take the 32GB iPad 2 back and pay $50 for a 16GB iPod 3.
 
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