What if they increase the bigger one to.4096 by 3072 and increase the mini to 2048 by 1536
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iPad mini iPad mini 2 will NOT have retina display, stop dreaming!
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What if they increase the bigger one to.4096 by 3072 and increase the mini to 2048 by 1536
Text won't/shouldn't ever be the problem because any font file created since about 1984 is made up of points, not pixels.
...but what are you asking?
I somewhat agree but not with your reasoning. The iPad 2 has a lower PPI than the Mini but still costs more.
The Mini won't have a retina simply because their goal is to make it as thin and light as possible. The argument of them not wanting to compete against their own larger models makes no sense.
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Stop trolling. IPS was not common until Apple started using them. The majority of laptops used TN. Retina isn't a marketing gimmick, it's an easy way to explain you can't see pixels on the device being used.
Driving up prices? The Retina iPads are the same price. The laptops cost more because IPS panels are more expensive to produce.
I don't know why trolls enjoy pretending to be ignorant. At least I hope you're pretending.
The Mini won't have a retina simply because their goal is to make it as thin and light as possible. The argument of them not wanting to compete against their own larger models makes no sense.
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Stop trolling. IPS was not common until Apple started using them. The majority of laptops used TN. Retina isn't a marketing gimmick, it's an easy way to explain you can't see pixels on the device being used.
Driving up prices? The Retina iPads are the same price. The laptops cost more because IPS panels are more expensive to produce.
I don't know why trolls enjoy pretending to be ignorant. At least I hope you're pretending.
Apparently you've resorted to name calling due to some issue on your part. Perhaps it's lack of knowledge on the subject.
Hint: Long before Apple ever thought about IPS, it was being used on ThinkPad Workstation Laptops... the kind I've been using concurrently alongside of the many PowerBook and MacBook Pro's I've enjoyed.
IPS has been used on Desktop workstation displays and other implementations as well.
Need proof? Google is your friend.
OP makes very valid points based on Apple's patterns and model scheme.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Mini 2 comes without Retina also.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Mini 2 comes without Retina also.
I never said it won't, I said its not a given. There is a reasonable chance it will.
Anyway I don't really give a toss if it will or will not
Long before Apple ever thought about IPS, it was being used on ThinkPad Workstation Laptops... the kind I've been using concurrently alongside of the many PowerBook and MacBook Pro's I've enjoyed.
IPS has been used on Desktop workstation displays and other implementations as well.
Need proof? Google is your friend.
It has been, however, about 5 years since you could get an IPS screen in the Thinkpad line - possible exception or two for the X series. Lenovo has had some of the worst screens on the market for years now - especially inexcusable given their prices and ambitions in the market.
It's a mild to moderate pain in the butt to add another resolution to the mix. It's a large problem with Android for developers to deal with. Apple loves consistency and many apps would never get updated to work properly with a 1440x900 resolution. Apple will never do it.
I have two words for this discussion, well two words contracted in to one framework name.
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Makes overall screen size a much smaller issue. Not irrelevant but tiny compared to want it was prior to iOS6.
To me the next step is to standardize on 326 dpi across the range. Then push the iPad screen up diagonal to fill more of the device face. Or maybe the other way around. Keeping the device size fixed.
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Makes overall screen size a much smaller issue. Not irrelevant but tiny compared to want it was prior to iOS6.
To me the next step is to standardize on 326 dpi across the range. Then push the iPad screen up diagonal to fill more of the device face. Or maybe the other way around. Keeping the device size fixed.
The regular iPad has other features that differentiate it from the Mini. And Apple specifically advertised the Mini as a premium product. It will definitely have a retina display IMO.
A few years ago, a 47" LED TV would costs thousands of dollars. Today you can buy one for $600; being ultra slim model too.
A few years ago, 960x640 on a 3.5" display was unheard of. A few years ago, 1280x768 on a 4.7" screen was unheard of. A few years ago, 1280x720 on a 5"+ screen was unheard of. A few years ago, streaming a 1080p video to your HDTV without wires but now using ATV can do it...
The only thing not possible is lower prices on any apple product!
A retina ipad mini will be coming soon, maybe not in the second revision; which I see them using upgraded processors...but revision 3 most plausible!
A few years ago, 960x640 on a 3.5" display was unheard of. A few years ago, 1280x768 on a 4.7" screen was unheard of. A few years ago, 1280x720 on a 5"+ screen was unheard of. A few years ago, streaming a 1080p video to your HDTV without wires but now using ATV can do it...
The only thing not possible is lower prices on any apple product!
A retina ipad mini will be coming soon, maybe not in the second revision; which I see them using upgraded processors...but revision 3 most plausible!
The 13 inch Macbook pro has higher PPI then the 15 inch model. I would defy say that they would put the retina in it.
The same postscript font outputs differently on a dot matrix printer, a laser printer, and running film on an imagesetter. Both a retina-ready web graphic and an HTML5 circle look different on an iPad Mini and iPad 4. The source file won't give you a higher resolution than the screen can render.
Yes, I agree. That's already going to help apps devs to better support rotation of iPhones and iPads, it also will help to better support the resolution differences on iPhones.
But it works better with the two necessary factors: pixel density has to be the same (or close enough) on the two devices AND the variation of resolution is moderate.
So, something like 264 ppi at 1600x1200 and 2048x1536, or 326 ppi at 2048x1536 and 2560x1920.
The absence of retina display in not a problem with the mini, that's as easy as the intercept theorem: if it works fine on the iPad 2, hold the mini 19% closer and it will work as good ... until smaller is too small, or closer is too close.
Apple will never make a smaller iPad....oops sorry wrong post.
The market is going to force them into a retina display mini iPad. The only reason they are getting a pass is because of the form factor, its Apple, and its a gen 1.
I think Nuckin already answer your question and you just gross over it. The big if in the qeustion of whether Ipad mini 2 will have retina is Sharp's ability to manufacture 7.9 inches IGZO glass at 2048x1536 resolution. It is true the Apple set up the problem because they want to protect the App developers. But there is a hardware solution and right now we don't know the schedule. So it is wrong to say that Ipad mini 2 will have retina. It is equally wrong to say that Ipad mini 2 definitely don't have retina. It is a race between Ipad mini launch schedule vs IGZO manufacture schedule and so far we don't know which one of the two is ahead.
Well at least you admit it
I was thinking about this post when mainstream reports about a Retina iPad mini started to surface. I think stating anything unequivocally is a sure-fire recipe for eating crow; and I state that unequivocally.
I was thinking about this post when mainstream reports about a Retina iPad mini started to surface. I think stating anything unequivocally is a sure-fire recipe for eating crow; and I state that unequivocally.
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