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4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Screen Put Under Microscope as New 1472 x 828 Resolution Emerges

As a customer I don't give a crap. It's already really high resolution. As someone who was recently pushed into the role of developer (I'm more of a designer), all these random resolutions are pissing me off. I'm still learning and can barely support this app as it is. Now there's going to be a whole pile of new resolutions. Fun. So instead of implementing these cool new features, I'm going to have to just get it up and running on new devices.
 
davidChief said:
The photo shown in the first post is apparently the 4.7 inch display. Therefore the resolution is likely to be in the ball park of 752 x 1336 as you've suggested (376 points across ways), with the same 326 ppi as the iPhone 5, still running in @2x mode.

The size of the icons is a different matter entirely. Apple could size them however they liked on the larger phones!

The size of most user interface components would almost certainly be the same as current devices if the display had the same 326 ppi resolution of current devices.
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You are right, I thought the DPI was higher because the article incorrectly stated a density of 10.5 pixels per mm for the 5.

That is truly disappointing, 326 ppi is really subpar.
 
davidChief said:
Furthermore, iOS can easily support 3X or 4X scaling. So the fact that they've only done 1X and 2X devices so far doesn't preclude them shipping 3X or 4X display resolutions.
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3X and 4X would be a big PITA for developers, though. Nobody wants to have to create yet another higher resolution version of all your graphic assets.

In fact, I'm pretty sure we'll see 1472x828 on *both* the 4.7 and 5.5 models, in much the same way as the iPad mini and Air both have the same res at different ppi.

It's just much easier from the developer perspective.
 
Only being 828 pixels across on the 4.7" model is a bit of a pity.

Not that I'm wanting infinite resolution, but the main thing I use my phone for is reading websites. I also like being able to read websites in portrait mode because I can end up seeing much more of the length of the page without scrolling down. One of the nice things about something that is 960px+ is that it's very close to the minimum width that websites are designed for, so if there are pages you are reading in their non-mobile version you can still make out all the details. Once you go smaller than that there's no guarantee it won't just be a blur. I don't mind moving the phone closer to my face, just don't want to do the whole zoom in/zoom out dance.

Basically so long as the portrait resolution has the same width as what developers design as the minimum for desktop friendly websites, I'm happy. If the phone has a lower res than that and it forces me to zoom I will still want more pixels.
 
firewood said:
You must be a bird. Humans don't have that density of cone cells in the back of their eyeballs.
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No, it’s just his habit — the only purpose for arguing is to “Win”, not to grasp the real meaning. Sure, if you put the screen to be within 2 inch from your eyes, you will see the dots.
 
Anti-Lucifer said:
For those who say they can't tell the difference, when going back to an iPhone, the screen is just blurry. This is coming from 400-500+ppi devices. Same goes for the iPad when you've been used to 2560x1600 resolution on an 8.4" super AMOLED screen, you can't go back to anything else apple has.
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Man, if the iPhone's 320ppi and the iPad's 264ppi Retina displays are "blurry" to you than you must not be able to look at any other screen on earth without cringing. I'm holding the iPhone up to my eyeball and I cannot make out a single pixel. I might be able to if I really try on my iPad. Either way, both displays look incredible.

Me thinks some people here let spec numbers warp their thinking. Like someone who buys a quad-core i7 Mac to surf the web and swears its so much faster at doing so than an i5. Ahhh, probably not.
 
Anti-Lucifer said:
Having a removable battery and being IP67 rated is doable. Look at the S5 - sure android isn't apple's cup of tea but hey, the device is as thin(ner) than any device is currently is but yet the battery is still great.

I don't know why apple is so obsessed with thin phones because you really give up on battery life no matter how much tweaking you do in software, it's pure mathematics when it comes to battery capacity. You can't fudge it. and the fact these devices don't have removable batteries, it's basically a one/two year deal because they are basically throw away phones.

You can get another batter for $15 and never need to throw that phone away because your battery is losing capacity. It doesn't matter anyway, the point is moot. Everyone just buys a new iPhone yearly anyway!
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With the modern battery technology, most of the batteries can easily last 3-4 years while still hold around 75% of their original capacity.
 
KPOM said:
How much of that is AMOLED vs. LCD, though? PPI may not make an appreciable difference. AMOLED tends to be oversaturated, and Apple is unlikely to use it in an iPhone or iPad anytime soon.
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The G3 is IPS LCD. Same tech as the iPhone.
 
Piggie said:
You must look funny holding your mobile phone as far away from your face as you do your computer monitor. :D
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You don't think iPhone is ALOT sharper on normal viewing distance than lets say a Macbook Air? As I wrote even my rMBP is less sharp than my iPhone on normal viewing distance.
 
PatriotInvasion said:
Man, if the iPhone's 320ppi and the iPad's 264ppi Retina displays are "blurry" to you than you must not be able to look at any other screen on earth without cringing.
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Nor read typical laser printed documents or paperback books, or look at color photos in expensive glossy magazines (without a magnifying glass or strong reading glasses or, worse for him/her, eyestrain).
 
All all this fine detail "Sherlock homes style" really a waste of time..?

Why bother looking for clues, if the average user can't tell the difference anyway, since the eye can't render pixels that high.

It's sharp...ya, but there must be a limit to what the human eye can recognize right, while at the same time not giving you eye-strain, headaches etc...

I'm all best, that's out there, but how far can we go before we get to a point, its no longer relevant to anyone ? and how much of it is just pure marketing hype by Apple to say "wow, a high resolution phone... everyone will jump on-board with this"
 
KPOM said:
There is really no reason for the mind-boggling PPIs on some of the newer phones (450+ or even 500+). All that does is drain the battery faster and you can't really detect a difference. The real story here seems to be that the 5.5" does not seem to have the same resolution as the 4.7". I guess we may yet see a resolution-independent iOS in the future.
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Interesting point- I hope (if there is a 5.5" iPhone) it get's a higher resolution though. Presumably the x3 resolution rumoured prior to this.
 
I don't believe a 3X screen, it's just... it doesn't make sense, it's not even.

I think it's great that they continue using the same DPI.
 
ahlsn said:
You don't think iPhone is ALOT sharper on normal viewing distance than lets say a Macbook Air? As I wrote even my rMBP is less sharp than my iPhone on normal viewing distance.
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What?

YOu must be crazy.

I can't tell pixels either on my rMBP or on my iPhone 5S...
 
macfacts said:
Samsung makes low end devices. What is Apple's excuse?
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Galaxy alpha is certainly not a low end device

A 20nm top notch performer Exynos 5433 is not a low end SoC, its quite high end

aluminum metal phone is not low end, and the latest OLED screen is put into the Alpha although 720p, has almost just as good screen quality as the S5/note 3 barring PPI (color, brightness etc)

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If the PPI goes up to about 350-360 ppi. That would be pretty dam sharp, a nice modest bump up from th 326 ppi in current iPhones, itd be enough and itd look very close to a 1080p display. Apple has top notch screen quality barring PPI right now and iPhone 6 is going to get quite a big LCD tech display upgrade

A 350-360 ppi display on the iPhone 6 with better power efficiency, better color reproduction and brightness and less reflectance covered with the synthetic sapphire , the display is going to look phenominal , G3 display looks pretty dam washed out. GS5/GS4 displays arent as sharp as their PPI says due to pentile but they are still dam sharp. Id say i6 display easily goes toe to toe with current LCD 1080p displays like on the M8 , with the i6 actually beating all smartphones in color and etc.
 
macduke said:
As a customer I don't give a crap. It's already really high resolution. As someone who was recently pushed into the role of developer (I'm more of a designer), all these random resolutions are pissing me off. I'm still learning and can barely support this app as it is. Now there's going to be a whole pile of new resolutions. Fun. So instead of implementing these cool new features, I'm going to have to just get it up and running on new devices.
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While it may be frustrating as a developer, for a consumer a higher resolution is welcome. The iPhone's ppi is pretty poor compared to any other flagship phones out there, as small text is noticeably jaggy e.g. by comparison to even the previous gen HTC ONE.
 
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