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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.

that's pretty much the whole point of the retina display, yes.

the small screen requires a very high pixel density to make things readable without having to zoom in onto specific columns.
 
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