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Does apple need to increase the ppi Retina Display?
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You can CLEARLY see pixels at the signal strength circles ?????????
OMG, superman is a Macrumors forum user
What about OCD in this forum ...
Pssst!!!!! Don't tell anyone.
Of course I mean not individual pixels but the complete sharpness is just missing. The circles are not circles to me. But the stopwatch numbers are a better example. Look at them 0'00'00. These zeros are not that sharp.
All this is also because of iOS 7's new font but it's there.
You are a prime example of how people become victims of Apple's amazing marketing machine. The whole "definition" of retina is a made up marketing campaign. By Apple's definition, they will NEVER release a screen with higher than retina PPI. But we all know that Apple will eventually release a higher density screen which will then, according to their retina definition, make no sense. And trust me, if Apple were to double the pixel density on the iPhone you WOULD notice.
YES
Apple is behind in lots of specs now. They have bad screen resolutions, no customizable features, they block certain programs from running on the ios software, and they kinda put stupid things as a priority, not things customers want. Like how they want to make their devices slimmer, but say you have the iPod touch 5g. The camera sticks out and makes it unstable on flat surfaces because they want it slim, but if they just make it slightly thicker (as thick as the camera part) it would be stable but they would also have more internal room for a larger batter adding at least another 45 minutes of battery life.
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Also look at the screens on the galaxy or HTC one... 441ppi
Apple is behind in lots of specs now. They have bad screen resolutions, no customizable features, they block certain programs from running on the ios software, and they kinda put stupid things as a priority, not things customers want. Like how they want to make their devices slimmer, but say you have the iPod touch 5g. The camera sticks out and makes it unstable on flat surfaces because they want it slim, but if they just make it slightly thicker (as thick as the camera part) it would be stable but they would also have more internal room for a larger batter adding at least another 45 minutes of battery life.
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Also look at the screens on the galaxy or HTC one... 441ppi
Ok so you say that adding 1.5 is nothing and say the 4s is fat. The 4s and 5s have 1.9 mm between them. But if 1.5 is nothing and and you only want to take away .5mm from the 4s doesnt that still make it fat?
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Back to the forum do you think apple needs to increase the ppi of retina display?
I don't see why it needs to be improved past the point where the human eye can't perceive the difference. Since my eyes are no longer what they once were I'm happy with the current displays. I'll never be able to see the difference if they increase the ppi in the future.
I really, really don't think we need higher DPI. I can't make out ANY pixels unless the screen is a couple of inches from my face, like others have said.
A larger screen would automatically need a higher resolution ... and since they would be engineering that then they would like to go even higher not just to the same PPI
However, the reason Apple Screen looks more pleasant than higher PPI Android devices sometimes is because of the typefaces and Anti-Aliasing done systemwide ... Anti-aliasing (smooth vs jagged edges) was removed from Android starting ICS ... even on lower ppi I still prefer the way iOS renders fonts ... Android with higher PPI ends up with really sharp edged (not jagged) fonts which just stick out too much IMO.
Apple Needs to go higher : NO
Apple wants to go higher : MAYBE
Apple Should go higher : I HOPE
Apple Will go higher : Oh god please Yes
I love when people on the internet decide what other people are, despite not knowing them. As I already said, basing it on my personal experience more than anything but you just go ahead and ignore that.
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I'd guess that's more to do with how that image is rendered rather than an inability to display it, otherwise surely all diagonal straight lines would look like that?
I could be wrong.
My signal circles are crystal clear. perfectly round, and clear as a bell.
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What happened to ur circle argument? they look great in this pic. And the stepped edge of this graphic is not because of pixel size. Cmon.
I'm not sure they *need* to do anything. An increase in screen size would likely be accompanied by an increase in pixel count anyway. I'll be honest though, the 5S screen is behind the competition's and continues to fall back further. Brother just got the Nexus 5, and it's screen is considerably better than my 5S. Watching TV shows on the train is not the same experience; mine feels gimped. Some of these Android phones are just more crisp, have better viewing angles, and seem to look more "fluid" than mine. It's hard to explain, and the difference isn't "blow you away" big, but I do notice it.
Why would it automatically need a higher resolution? The iPad Air and retina Mini have the same screen resolution and come in different sizes. The retina mini actually has a higher PPI than the air.
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His circle argument was specifically about the empty circles, not the filled ones. Admittedly, the empty circles do have a little jaggedness, but that is for the same reason that the edges on the graphic he posted have jagged edges.