Oh my god please no!. 2048x1536 is plenty!
Get ready for blown up keyboard part 2.
Oh my god please no!. 2048x1536 is plenty!
Get ready for blown up keyboard part 2.
The original iPad was 132dpi, and the Retina iPad 264dpi. Extrapolating, a 3x "Retina HD" iPad would be 396dpi, which is nearly an exact match for the 401dpi used in the iPhone 6 Plus.
So it wouldn't surprise me if the iPad Air 2 were to get an ever-so-slightly smaller display (9.6") at exactly 401dpi, with a 3072x2304 "Retina HD" resolution. This would exactly mirror the situation with the iPhone 4/4s/5/5s/6 (326dpi) and Retina iPad Mini (326dpi) sharing the same resolution.
I'm concerned about heat/performance/throttling/battery issues.
Hope this isn't a repeat of the iPad 3.
And people are complaining about lag on the iPhone 6+...
I'm pretty darn happy with my iPad Air. They are going to have to do a lot more than better resolution to make me want to upgrade!
The original iPad was 132dpi, and the Retina iPad 264dpi. Extrapolating, a 3x "Retina HD" iPad would be 396dpi, which is nearly an exact match for the 401dpi used in the iPhone 6 Plus.
So it wouldn't surprise me if the iPad Air 2 were to get an ever-so-slightly smaller display (9.6") at exactly 401dpi, with a 3072x2304 "Retina HD" resolution. This would exactly mirror the situation with the iPhone 4/4s/5/5s/6 (326dpi) and Retina iPad Mini (326dpi) sharing the same resolution.
I'm in the same boat, I also thought that 401 PPI would be a very plausible PPI for a 3x iPad Air. And yes, I think that the iPad Air will have an A8X* iff it has a 3x display. I even wonder if the choice of display resolution for the 6 Plus had anything to do with the plans for a 3x Retina iPad Air, assuming the latter is real.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.
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 ?
The increased resolution on the iPhone 6 Plus is barely noticeable. The display itself is overall betterbut the increased resolution contributes little to this. I don't really see the point of running a mobile device at such a ridiculous resolution. The iPad is held much further away than the iPhone. I think Apple might keep the iPad Air running @3X and the Mini @2X. The Air is the only device that's on the low end of the scale for retina. It should be considered premium over the iPad Mini, just like the iPhone 6 Plus. I have a feeling the Air is also going to get 2GB of RAM and split screen multitasking, and the Mini won't.
This would be nice. I think the higher res on the phones is really overrated to a certain extent. Is it a little nicer? Sure. Is the 6 Plus mind-glowingly better than the 6? Absolutely not. But on the 9.7" iPads, it's a bit of a different story. I don't think it'll make a tremendous difference, but it'll be more noticeable and appreciated there then on the 6 Plus. On my Retina Mini, I'm pretty happy with a DPI in the 300s, so even if they just bumped it up to match the DPI of the Retina Mini/iPhone 6, I'd be happy.
Keep in mind 90% of the apps are not updated for the iPhone 6 resolutions, they look much bigger than they should be because they're scaled upward.
Each time I see an app update released to support iPhone 6, people give positive reviews that the app looks much better and they can tell the difference.
I'm concerned about heat/performance/throttling/battery issues.
Hope this isn't a repeat of the iPad 3.
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 ?
The increased resolution on the iPhone 6 Plus is barely noticeable. The display itself is overall betterbut the increased resolution contributes little to this. I don't really see the point of running a mobile device at such a ridiculous resolution. The iPad is held much further away than the iPhone. I think Apple might keep the iPad Air running @3X and the Mini @2X. The Air is the only device that's on the low end of the scale for retina. It should be considered premium over the iPad Mini, just like the iPhone 6 Plus. I have a feeling the Air is also going to get 2GB of RAM and split screen multitasking, and the Mini won't.
I'm pretty darn happy with my iPad Air. They are going to have to do a lot more than better resolution to make me want to upgrade!
The original iPad was 132dpi, and the Retina iPad 264dpi. Extrapolating, a 3x "Retina HD" iPad would be 396dpi, which is nearly an exact match for the 401dpi used in the iPhone 6 Plus.
So it wouldn't surprise me if the iPad Air 2 were to get an ever-so-slightly smaller display (9.6") at exactly 401dpi, with a 3072x2304 "Retina HD" resolution. This would exactly mirror the situation with the iPhone 4/4s/5/5s/6 (326dpi) and Retina iPad Mini (326dpi) sharing the same resolution.
Performance issues? Sitting here with an iPad 3 that performs as expected running 8.1. Heat in that model was largely due to the backlight.
Hey more performance is always welcomed and in fact is why I'm waiting for +2GB of RAM in an iPad. Considering A8 is apparently running cooler yet at a higher performance level I don't think we have an issue. In fact it looks like Apple could add several hundred NHz to the clock rate and still keep the thermals below previous hardware.