iOS 7 Leverages Retina iPhone App Assets to Improve '2x' Mode on Non-Retina iPads

[PajamaPants]

I think that this feature should have been there since the begining, it just seems easy to implement but has a large effect in the experience quality of an app. Developers should ALWAYS create a iPad version, despite being better like this it is still far away from the expected, but most of apps right now already do it so...
Anyway, good work.

 

[Menneisyys2]

I think that this feature should have been there since the begining, it just seems easy to implement but has a large effect in the experience quality of an app. Developers should ALWAYS create a iPad version, despite being better like this it is still far away from the expected, but most of apps right now already do it so...
Anyway, good work.

Half (anti-aliasing) of this feature has been present since the first firmware version of iPad 1. It's just that Apple wanted to boost iPad 3 sales that they removed it in iOS5 entirely to make the iPad 3, which offered this out of the box, more enticing for existing iPad 1/2 users.

BTW, back in the iOS5 times, Apple "explained" antialiasing was just a "bug", and this is why they removed it. What a blatant lie...

 

[PajamaPants]

And that explains why I didn't know about it... iPad 2 user...
Well, now it is fixed.

 

[Dan--]

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[...]with Apple now building that support directly into iOS 7, all users will be able to take advantage of the higher-quality experience.

It's about time! And this really only helps old iPads, which is good to hear because it means that Apple still cares about them.

Erm, not all users. Original iPads will not be able to get this.

 

[Sedrick]

'bout time. I've been using RetinaPad for years. Pretty much only needed for abandon-ware now.

 

[Menneisyys2]

Erm, not all users. Original iPads will not be able to get this.

Fortunately, they can be JB'n for RetinaPad.

Shame on Apple for removing anti-aliasing in iOS5 to make the iPad 3 an even better seller.

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And that explains why I didn't know about it... iPad 2 user...
Well, now it is fixed.

You mean Apple's removal of anti-aliasing (one of the two things added back now) in iOS5? The iPad 2 initially came with 4.3 - that is, anti-aliasing was available for around 7-8 months in the then-current iOS version. It was only in the Autumn 2011 that it was disabled by Apple when iOS5 finally arrived.

And they stated anti-aliasing was just a bug and this is why it has been removed from iOS5... they should grow a backbone and directly tell their customers they're removing features from older models because they want to make new hardware sell better. It's definitely better than their stupid lies.

 

[iDuel]

As a dev, now I don't need to build a full iPad app. This move is bad for Apple longer term.

As a consumer, I won't buy your app. It will actually backfire onto you not Apple in the long term.