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iOS 8.1 Code Hints at Retina HD Display for New iPads
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That's what I was thinking too when they announced the iPhone 6 Plus would have a 401 dpi screen, that it's a convenient number for a 3x iPad Air.
If the iPad Air does go 3x, it seems likely there will be a A8X to drive it, which can be shared with the iPad Pro. The iPad Mini could then share the A8 with the iPhones if it doesn't go 3x.
Well, Apple would only do this if iOS 8.1 is going to be running on larger displays. Otherwise, there's no need for higher pixel density.
I'm sure Superman is already happy with the current iPad Air's Retina Display.
We are going a little crazy with Retina displays now aren't we.
It's the 12.9" iPad, really.
Could be neat if they add functionality.
It would make sense to go 3x on the bigger iPad as it's -only- ~260 PPI. Please no on the mini though, that's just needlessly high and the more expensive device should be higher res.
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Why does the plus and iPad need the same PPI though? Just curious.
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Can someone calculate the PPI at 12.9 with 3x res?
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Why does the plus and iPad need the same PPI though? Just curious.
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We are going a little crazy with Retina displays now aren't we.
It's the 12.9" iPad, really.
Can someone calculate the PPI at 12.9 with 3x res?
The titles of the 3x icons say "ipad" in them, so I assume no.
Can't wait to upgrade from my iPad 2.
One less manufacturing process. Economy of scale. Easier/cheaper to have multiple devices sharing the same display process.
12.9 at 3x res would be about 298dpi, which doesn't seem to match any existing device. But the "2.6x" iPhone 6 Plus trick is really inelegant and computationally wasteful, so I hope they don't do that with the "iPad Plus"! I half expect next year's "iPhone 6s Plus" or "iPhone 7" to have a native 1242x2208 display (414dx736 @3x) to get away from this awkward scaling.
I dont have a iphone 6 yet but do people see a noticeable difference between "retina" and "retina hd" ? I thought anything higher than retina was indiscernible to the human eye ?
If Apple releases a iPad Pro it will be the best release product without leaks they have announced in a long time. Minus a few shells here and there....there really hasn't been much. I'll be impressed and shocked.
Thanks. Yeah that's probably it then. Still leaves the 9.7 a bit less PPI which is odd though.
The only thing I can see having a Retina HD display is a 12.9" iPad. The 9.7 and the 7.9 iPads are fine with their current resolution in my opinion.
I'd like to see a Retina Macbook Air and an updated Mac Mini though.
I'd like to see a Retina Macbook Air and an updated Mac Mini though.
Oh, so this is why the iOS updates are so huge! Because they have high-resolution graphics for everything taking up space, even if we don't have the new iPad. Genius
and language packs etc.
I rather agree with the implication that perhaps they shouldn't be in there unless they are truly needed and wanted. like the stocks and weather apps. There are far better ones for free on the store and they can create their own NC widgets. Why is there a notes app and a voice memo app. kill them or if you keep them, combine them. why do we have to download an app to get a keyboard. we don't for ringtones so why not work that mechanic for those 3rd party keyboards, language packs, pages themes etc
To keep standard UI elements the same size as other iPhones at 3x natively, the iPhone 6 plus needed 489 PPI.
Since Apple used a less dense 401 PPI screen, pixel perfect 3x would have made UI elements uselessly large for a phone device and wouldn't have offer a lot of differentiation from the zoomed mode or scaled legacy applications.
So the downscaling trick on the 6+ is used to bring down the size of the UI elements back to usual iPhone sizes without devs needing to resize every discrete UI objects like buttons to compensate for the lower density vs. the 489 PPI needed for perfect 3x.
On the iPad, we're already used to larger buttons and UI (and I think that there are usability advantages to make the UI larger on a 9.7" screen because it's used differently). The same button appear larger on the 9.7" iPad than on the iPhone and iPad mini because of the lower PPI.
To keep standard UI elements the same size on the iPad Air 2 while transitioning to 3x, only 396 PPI is needed, not 489 PPI like on the iPhones. 401 PPI is close enough and would only make things a hair smaller than 396. This means that no downscaling trick would be needed on the 9.7" iPad Air 2 to achieve 3x at 396/401 PPI.
Furthermore, the same virtual points resolution could be used (1024 x 768), so developers wouldn't have to deal with layout changes (unless split screen multi-tasking is introduced), they would just update the bitmap assets, something they'll do anyway for the 6 plus.