I'm testing this using the Fight Night Boxing iPhone game, from EA, which is retina on my iPhone 5s, but distinctly low-res on my iPad Air.
The same game was hi-res on my older iPad Mini(which I sold).
The game looks "high-res" on the non retina iPad Mini because the resolution is similar with the one on the iPhone, but an iPad Air is 2048 x 1536, which is pretty far away from 1136 x 640. Thats why it looks pixelated or low-res.