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iPad mini iPad mini screen... btw, no lineups
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You, sir, are amazing.
You eyes are unbelievably good and can tell it's 1/4 of the iPad 3/4 resolution. Bravo to you.
I hope you are not using the iPad mini as close to your eye akin to the lense of a microscope to a microscope slide, then of course it will be pixelated. Heck if I take a magnifying glass on my iPad 3 I may be able to see the pixel too!
EDIT: on a second thought, maybe not having 20/20 vision will save me tons of money for not NEEDING retina
I've had the iPad 3 since release day and sold it last week. The difference is noticeable but the size and portability if the iPad mini definitely makes up for it. For someone who has never had a retina iPads they'll be fine.
The resolution is half. The pixel count is 1/4.
You'd also think that people with one or two retina-class devices simply can't function on anything else, despite using a non-retina display at work all day, posting on forums from non-retina computers at home, and encountering hundreds of LCDs throughout the day that they apparently can't decipher at all based on the level of melodrama.
No better than the people who complain that now that they have LTE phones, they simply can't use the old HSPA 4G anymore...when it's still faster than the hundreds of millions of 2G and 3G phones still in use and the billions of phones that don't have data access at all.
Retina resolution is better. It's not everything in a display, and it's certainly not close to everything in an entire device.
I played with the iPad mini at my best buy. Which I had to drive a little because no power and what not. I loved it. I had an iPad 3, retina MacBook and iPhone 5. I got over it because the form factor is so stunning. It's so incredibly light weight as well.
Exactly, the 11.6" MBA has a lower pixel density and people aren't complaining non stop about it ?
Yep, I just went to the store and had a look, I thought the exact same thing. Even when reading stuff on iBooks, the resolution didn't bother me in the slightest. I was surprised, honestly. Getting the LTE version as soon as it's in stores
Went in to Applestore... NO LINE!
Checked out the screen first hand... impressed. WAY BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
It's not retina, but the pixels are so small when you hold close, normal reading distance it's almost retina. Leaving the iPad on the display it looks retina.
Doesn't bother me one bit... so I picked one up
Cheers.
Good to know, thanks.
What location were you at with no lines?
I agree, and i have to admit that all this has begun to grind my gears. All of a sudden we need retina burning, high definition, leap off the page displays or these products are "absolutely unusable". It was not too long ago that I remember some questioned the need for a retina display in an iPad all together, now we can't live without it? I have been an Apple fan for many years and yes, with every new generation there are those who find faults in the device but come on people, the complaints about the mini display are just overboard. This kind of attitude is embarrasing to the larger Apple community. Be happy with what you have, for those of you not satisfied we all know a retina display will arrive at some point in the future. For now, enjoy...
Just my 2 cents
I arrived at 8. Only 12 or so people in line. Got a ticket and went inside. I wanted to see one before plunking down the dough. It's a noticeable step down from my iPad 3, but entirely usable (and pleasantly so).
Debating on my need to keep mini and iPad 3. I'll either keep mini and sell iPad 3 or return the mini. But I'm in love with the form factor.
Debating on my need to keep mini and iPad 3. I'll either keep mini and sell iPad 3 or return the mini. But I'm in love with the form factor.
Thank you.
The text is just sharper on the retina display; go to any website that has a lot of small text, or open an book, or a magazine in Zinio and you will clearly notice the difference: on the "4" it's like you're looking at printed text, on the mini you see the pixelshape.
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Fine, it still makes the Mini display a lot less sharp
This post has me wishing that the screen on my iPad 2 was less sharp than it actually is.
I think the MBA / MBPr is a great example of the divergent design philosophy that also separates the iPad mini and the iPad retina. With the MBA/iPad mini Apple maximised portability at the expense of CPU power and display resolution. With the MBPr/iPad retina Apple was willing to make compromises in the designs portability in order to give us retina displays and greater processing power. Apple may have missed a marketing opportunity in calling the 7" iPad the mini instead of the iPad Air as some of the rumors had speculated, iPad Air would have created an association with the MBA that would have better described the 7" iPads design goals.