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Did you decide against mini because of no retina?
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Yeah I see where you're going but I"ll take their word for it, i know Josh uses Anrdoid stuff regularly.
You don't need a retina display, on a small screen it serves no purpose and is just a power-hog.
It has the same resolution as the normal iPad, yet a small screen. It compresses the pixels giving near identical results as a retina display. Retina display is still better, obviously, but the differences in image quality are so minor that they are irrelevant.
It has the same resolution as the normal iPad, yet a small screen. It compresses the pixels giving near identical results as a retina display. Retina display is still better, obviously, but the differences in image quality are so minor that they are irrelevant.
And I knew the first reply to my post would be someone putting words into my mouth.
I didn't say they would be identical.
Also, they're*
um, iphone 4, 4S, & 5
errr, ipod touch
are you trolling?
the smaller the device gets, the more retina is needed
i have an ipad 3 and was pretty annoyed (rightly or wrongly) when the new one was announced, but i would happily have purchased the ipad mini to replace it if it had a retina display.
i used to be very anti the ~7" tablets because i didn't see the use for them, but actually i think it would be perfect for reading stuff in bed.
the trouble is i have a retina iphone and the 15" rMBP and i think the display would really annoy me. i also disagree with the retina display not mattering on a small screen - look at the iphone! the difference is huge. i will wait full judgement until i have used it properly, but it seems like such an oversight.
in my experience apple has a habit of releasing new products into the market, but leaving out screamingly obvious things, which it can then put in the new models to generate more sales. i love apple but this is getting tiring.
i used to be very anti the ~7" tablets because i didn't see the use for them, but actually i think it would be perfect for reading stuff in bed.
the trouble is i have a retina iphone and the 15" rMBP and i think the display would really annoy me. i also disagree with the retina display not mattering on a small screen - look at the iphone! the difference is huge. i will wait full judgement until i have used it properly, but it seems like such an oversight.
in my experience apple has a habit of releasing new products into the market, but leaving out screamingly obvious things, which it can then put in the new models to generate more sales. i love apple but this is getting tiring.
I seriously can't believe people now say retina doesn't matter. Would you go back to a 3GS screen, which John Gruber (hardly anti-Apple!) compared the text rendering to???
To answer the OP, yes.
To answer the OP, yes.
same here, retina everything. the ipad2 honestly gave a headache bc of the screen resolution.
Perhaps it's your eyes. l have no problem with any resolution. When one has various platforms, the retina only represents a small share of displays.
maybe but a lot of people find it's more 'relaxing' on your eyes while reading on the retina display.
