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How Much Would You Pay for an iPad with a Retina Display?

How much would you pay for the top of the line iPad with retina display

  • I would not pay any extra for it ($829)

    Votes: 192 67.8%

  • $900-$1100

    Votes: 47 16.6%

  • $1101-$1200

    Votes: 9 3.2%

  • $1201+

    Votes: 16 5.7%

  • I would not buy it

    Votes: 19 6.7%
  • Total voters
    283
pondie84 said:
Each to their own but I prefer the extra usability of size over better resolution. I barely touch my phone anymore.
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Agree. The iPad's size relative to the human hand (and body) makes it easy to manipulate content in non-desk-and-chair scenarios (eg, lying down, slouching on the sofa, wedged into a cheap airplane seat, etc). Scrolls and zooms are particularly fluid and effortless.
 
I wouldn't pay over the odds (e.g. over £100 extra), but I'd expect it to be standard, I wouldn't like to have a friend with a Standard iPad display and me with a Retina Display iPad. You need to set the standard, while it won't be cheap, the iPad is probably on the borderline for people to buy at the moment. Anymore and nobody expect Apple 'Fanboys' will buy it, there's no concrete need for it, and if the price is raised then alot of people will hold out for something else.
 
Wouldn't buy it.

I can't see a difference on the iphone 4 display next to my 3gs, so not worth it at all.
 
The next gen iPad should have this for the same price we paid for the first iPad. Not saying it will, but it should.
 
jeffy777 said:
The next gen iPad should have this for the same price we paid for the first iPad. Not saying it will, but it should.
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No it shouldn't. Read some comparison I've put earlier in this thread. This would have more pixels than the 30" cinema display that Apple sells for $1799. The iPad is fully functional device.
 
I highly dought the iPad will get a retina display in it's next iteration, because if it did, it would have the largest number of pixels in any apple product. Including the 30" cinema display and the MacBook pro 17". The cost would probably be astronomical.
Please, give it a rest, this is never going to happen.
 
appleguy123 said:
No it shouldn't. Read some comparison I've put earlier in this thread. This would have more pixels than the 30" cinema display that Apple sells for $1799. The iPad is fully functional device.
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I'm just saying the iPad should have a higher res screen in it's next gen. It doesn't have to be a "retina display" (that's kind of a gimmicky term anyway), but it should be higher res for the same price, just like the iPhone 4 was higher res for the same price of previous iPhones. Yes, the current iPad screen is OK, but in iBooks, the text could definitely be sharper.
 
appleguy123 said:
What is your eyesight? You're the only one I've ever heard say that.
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I've said it many times also. While I won't say there is no difference, there is definitely an increased sharpness, it just isn't that big of a deal at all. Certainly nowhere near the benefit the higher resolution and physically larger screen of the ipad has.
 
spinedoc77 said:
People keep asking me if I actually have tried the ip4 when I say the retina display is overhyped and well marketed. I don't own one, but I sat in an Apple store with my 3gs next to an ip4 and browsed the internet and ran as many apps as I could.

I gotta tell you, I didn't see a marked difference. Yes it was definitely sharper, and yes when I looked back to the 3gs it looked slightly fuzzy/blurry for a couple of seconds until my eyes adjusted, but I'm just not seeing the 2nd coming of Jesus here at all. Compound that with my ipad, which doesn't look blurry/fuzzy in the least, partly because of its higher resolution than the ip4, it's just a non issue for me.

The bottom line is that you are still looking at a tiny lower resolution screen, no matter how sharp stuff is I'm not going to spend all day browsing full internet sites squinting my eyes and constantly panning and zooming. Would I like the retina display on my ipad? Sure. But only if it was "free", as I don't see it would make very much a difference on using it. :confused:
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LOL... You may want to go see your Opthamologist! :p:p:p
 
spinedoc77 said:
$0 extra, or I'd pay the same money I paid for the ipad 1.0. Retina display is so hyped up it's not even funny.
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Lack of pixelation is a real thing, and it matters to a lot of people. The *name* may be hyped, but awesome resolution is...well...just that! :)
 
jamesryanbell said:
Lack of pixelation is a real thing, and it matters to a lot of people. The *name* may be hyped, but awesome resolution is...well...just that! :)
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Yes I agree it is a better display, I don't buy someone who says there is NO difference, there definitely is. It's just totally overhyped as being useful IMO (in my opinion) and what I would use that small smartphone screen as, but this is par for the course for Apple customers.

Now the topic being specifically in reference to the ipad, I see MUCH less of a difference between an ip4 and an ipad. The ipads greater resolution looks super nice to me and I cannot see any pixels unless I put my nose against it, and even then I'm really grasping at straws, and I cannot see any blurriness at all. As I've said before, sure I'll take the retina display on my ipad, but I wouldn't pay extra for it.
 
iCheddar said:
I can't remember exactly which language Engadget used, but when they reviewed the Joojoo tablet they talked about the difference in aspect ratio between the Joojoo and iPad.

Basically they said that while the Joojoo's 16:9 (close enough to 16:10) display looked decent, it didn't work well in one's hands. Landscape it was too wide, and in portrait it was too thin.

I care to agree with them. Since iPad has a 4:3 aspect ratio, it's just long enough in portrait, and not too wide in landscape. Sure 16:9 video doesn't look as great as it could be, but I use my iPad more for browsing and such anyway.
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I was skeptical of the 4:3 screen, and originally thought it should have been 16:9... until I got my iPad and quickly realized 4:3 is perfect for a tablet. 16:9 would be way to awkward to hold compared to 4:3.
 
I wouldn't pay extra

and I hope it would be included on the WiFi version of the iPad too. The Wifi version the one I'm sort of considering.

Waiting on 1) better sync between Mac and iPad and 2) a few more Word Processing choices as far as apps.
 
I don't even think I would want one. It would make looking at my Apple Display even more painful.
 
With 256 mb ram the current iPad is already struggling as it is. When multitasking comes that'll put another strain on memory.

Doubling or quadrupling the amount of pixels to hold in memory would kill even a 512 mb ram iPad ...
 
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