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Confirmed: iPad 3 Has a 2048x1536 Retina Display
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Yes and no, it brings them to their knees when running graphically intensive programs like Crysis, Metro 2033, Battlefield 3... etc.
Most iPad games arent pushing the envelope. Even titles like Real Racing 2 and Infinity Blade, which do a damn good job, are still very boxed and linear.
For instance, my 13" MBA could CRUSH WarCraft III/Half Life 1/Tie Fighter(lol) at 1600p...whereas it struggles just to keep min FPS on SC2, at native res with low-med settings.
Now we just need a retina display 27" iMac.
And why are people getting 2 iPads? What's the point of that?
Just plug your iMac into your 65 inch TV for a second display. Unfortunately, it would not be any where near retina. A nice 65 inch 4K TV would make a great second display.
RE: why have more than one iPad? I could use six or seven. Picture your friends getting together for multiplayer augmented reality games or just multiplayer network games.
The distance the device is used from your eyes is also taken into account, so based on the fact that you are likely to have an iPad at arms length rather than as close as an iPhone, you don't need 300 pixels for it to be "retina"
and the rest of us will enjoy using our iPad 3's with stock iOS until the jailbreak is released...
Seems like you're the one who is going to miss out on month(s) of use waiting for a jailbreak that will still work if you bought the iPad on day one. Who's the sucker now?
Retina doesn't mean 300+ pixels, it is just a marketing phrase signifying that the device's pixels should be indistinguishable to the human eye at normal usage distances.
I said I could use them. I did not say I could justify spending the money.
I think that only a $100 premium is drastically underestimating the premium. These will be expensive. That is not to say, they will not be well worth it.
Macrumor - can you guys zoom in a little more on those pixels?
To whomever looked at the screen - could you get a closer picture of the retina display - just put it on a flatbed scanner at 1200 dpi. The reason I ask is that, while the conventional screen clearly shows the standard trinitron pattern of red, green, blue horizontal lines, the retina display has no obvious pattern to the colors. It could just be an artifact of the low resolution image, but maybe there's something unusual going on with the RGB components... It'd be fun to verify.
Thanks,
- Jeff
To whomever looked at the screen - could you get a closer picture of the retina display - just put it on a flatbed scanner at 1200 dpi. The reason I ask is that, while the conventional screen clearly shows the standard trinitron pattern of red, green, blue horizontal lines, the retina display has no obvious pattern to the colors. It could just be an artifact of the low resolution image, but maybe there's something unusual going on with the RGB components... It'd be fun to verify.
Thanks,
- Jeff
Maybe I need read the post again. On what planet is this a confirmation?
Phrases like "the purported iPad 3 display" make this supposition, even if it is very likely true, not fact
Phrases like "the purported iPad 3 display" make this supposition, even if it is very likely true, not fact
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So technically with a resolution that high we should be able to see bacteria crawling around on the screen, right
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So technically with a resolution that high we should be able to see bacteria crawling around on the screen, right
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So you need an iPad for each of your friends to use when they come to your house?
I beg to differ. Even at the same or similar resolutions there appear to be advantages and disadvantages to both. Look at display comparisons between the iPhone 4's screen and a competing Super AMOLED. And there is no way text is going to look better on a 125 ppi Super AMOLED vs a 250 ppi high quality IPS.
My photo library is about to explode. I was planning on one, anyway, this definitely raises my excitement for it. While I'm not sure games will take advantage of it, based on what they can push in power, I'm already salivating for the stills, possible e-books, and productivity out of the thing.
Well, parts have been known to leak out in the past.
Besides, there's no way there's a 9.7" panel, claiming to be from an iPad 3, that actually has the rumoured and impossibly high 2048x1536 resolution, for a reasonable component price, and Apple's not involved with it.
No way. The fact that this panel has the resolution it says it does is proof. This is a so-bleeding-you-should-call-a-doctor-edge component. It's from the iPad 3 no question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohMgjabfiUM&feature=related
According to Mr. Jobs himself, the definition of a "retina display" is 300 ppi or more. At 2048x1536, the iPad 3 holds only about 260 ppi, so it's technically NOT a "retina display" by Apple's own definition.
Just sayin'
Edit: Okay, I was too lazy to read through previous posts before but it seems others have also stated this. Haha
According to Mr. Jobs himself, the definition of a "retina display" is 300 ppi or more. At 2048x1536, the iPad 3 holds only about 260 ppi, so it's technically NOT a "retina display" by Apple's own definition.
Just sayin'
Edit: Okay, I was too lazy to read through previous posts before but it seems others have also stated this. Haha