I have been used to my iPhone 4 having a Retina display. If I buy an iPad will I be able to tell that it is not a Retina display?
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Can you tell there is no Retina display on the iPad 2?
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You can tell, sure.
I, for one, am not really bothered. Not that I wouldn't be happy if it had a retina-type screen, but I think people get too hung up on things like this when in the end, it really won't matter much.
I, for one, am not really bothered. Not that I wouldn't be happy if it had a retina-type screen, but I think people get too hung up on things like this when in the end, it really won't matter much.
The worst thing you can do after having an IP4 - is look at any other LCD up close.
Every display I see closer than 18" away looks like a frickin' Lite-Brite now.
Every display I see closer than 18" away looks like a frickin' Lite-Brite now.
You can tell the difference, but I think the IPS screen looks great. I switch back and forth with no problems.
How does it look different than 1st gen? There weren't any changes except the backlight may cause it to be brighter..?
The screen is thinner and closer to the front glass of the device. This means it has a better viewing angle and improved contrast. Plus the display is newer so there is definitely some tweaks done to it. You can tell the difference right away when viewing them side by side in real life.
I can't but I have bad eyesight LOL I guess in some instances the phone has better quality but mostly the screen is amazing
Thats why i have the High-Res screen on my MacBook and thats also why I have the iPhone 4 (300 dpi).
This is why I steadfastly maintain the iPad 3 will have a retina display: It practically has to. People want it, and a large percentage of them are fully expecting it.
I just can't see them getting away with it again, unless there's other technology in the 3 that's truly paradigm-shattering. Even if Apple has to raise the price to pull it off, there will be a retina display in it.
I just can't see them getting away with it again, unless there's other technology in the 3 that's truly paradigm-shattering. Even if Apple has to raise the price to pull it off, there will be a retina display in it.
Does it really need it? I don't have an iPhone 4 but am sure they include it just b/c the screen is so small that it requires it.
Wht's the highest rez tablet out there?
I believe sony is coming out with a Tablet that has like 400dpi with a resolution of est. 4000x2000
And just ~10-12 years ago people wanted 50 inch 640x480 400 pound tvs.
Yes you can tell its not retina as everyone said, but at the same time I hold it up in front of my 22" HP monitor that cost 325 dollars a few years ago and the iPad's screen quality destroys it, not just in DPI but in contrast/viewing angles/color. Great looking screen. Granted its screen may lose some quality in 3 years heh.
Yes you can tell its not retina as everyone said, but at the same time I hold it up in front of my 22" HP monitor that cost 325 dollars a few years ago and the iPad's screen quality destroys it, not just in DPI but in contrast/viewing angles/color. Great looking screen. Granted its screen may lose some quality in 3 years heh.
I guess since I've never seen the retina I don't know how awesome it is. I always thought the expense of putting it on the phone would just make smaller font more readable.
It doesn't need it, but it would be so, so sweet if it had it.
I think the Xoom has a slightly higher resolution, but due to other characteristics it doesn't look quite as good as the iPad 2's. (Just what I've heard and read; I've yet to see a Xoom in the wild.)
It's a year from now that Ppple has to worry about. Some Android tablet maker will definitely have something with a higher-res screen; it's an easy way to score PR points against the iPad, especially if the rest of the tablet is just sort of meh.
I gave my 3GS to my mother when I got the 4. The other day she asked me to help her get past an Angry Birds level, and when I took the 3GS in my hands, I was absolutely shocked at how fuzzy the screen was in comparison. I could barely even make out what the animations were supposed to be. Yet I used those screens on iPhones for 3 years with no problem.
The retina display is that superior.
the high res screen on your macbook still has less dpi than the iPad (unless it's the 17" which has exactly the same 132dpi)
the high res 15" and 13" both have 128dpi