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iPhone 5S Display Rumored to Carry Twice as Many Pixels as iPhone 5
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This is just wrong.
FullHD does NOT look better than HD in 4" screens, which is scientifically proved.
By the way even movie production does not use fullhd in every shot. Many FX shots are created in HD and are just blown up for the bigscreen.
And no one sees the difference
I wonder how Apple would explain that, after saying that your eyes can't resolve more pixels than retina.
But: What do you need twice the pixels for?
But: What do you need twice the pixels for?
More ppi would be good, just stating that I'd rather have a larger screen than more ppi, but either way is better than nothing at all I suppose.
A thinner desktop is thinner. It requires less space in your bag. It makes an actual difference.
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You are kidding right? He was announcing iPhone 4 at that point. Obviously anything he said was about the phone and not his fridge at home.
A better alternative
This makes no sense.
Doubling the resolution on the other hand (not the pixel count) would make far more sense IMO which would also indicate a screen size increase.
1280 x 2272 (double resolution of iPhone 5) with a 5" screen = 521dpi
Not unreasonable with the latest display tech.
Then Apple simply adds 4x support in the same way they added 2x support. All current apps work with no alterations.
This makes no sense.
Doubling the resolution on the other hand (not the pixel count) would make far more sense IMO which would also indicate a screen size increase.
1280 x 2272 (double resolution of iPhone 5) with a 5" screen = 521dpi
Not unreasonable with the latest display tech.
Then Apple simply adds 4x support in the same way they added 2x support. All current apps work with no alterations.
Wouldn't doubling the resolution just chew through battery like crazy since it would require more gpu power to keep that screen going? I feel like Apple should focus more on the quality of their andonising or even increase battery life. That'll be a more worthwhile upgrade.
Doesn't everyone carry around their iMac everywhere? I'm not crazy.
Doesn't everyone carry around their iMac everywhere? I'm not crazy.
Maybe someday this will happen but not yet. I don't think battery technology is nearly good enough for this big a jump without killing what is already barely good enough battery life for some iPhone users.
The real question of making sense is if the price of HD displays has lowered enough. Industry standard for HD is 1920x1080. Pne everybody hits that, the race stops for a while. With all the manufactures gearing them up at 5" phones it makes no sense for Apple to pay to make the older "Retina" screens for more money.
Thats never going to happen when you have different DPI's.
Everything in an app with the exception of non image text and webview CSS content is just images. If you make an image and you scale it, it looks crappy no matter what you do unless its a vector which doesn't work in every case.
Apple's way of @2x is the easiest way to do it. And they can always add in @3x or @4x depending on what they decide a devices resolution is.
Since with iOS7 the original 320x480 resolution will no longer be supported Apple can make the base resolution anything they want.
It's just a rumour, one which is most likely false. This goes against the entire philosophy of Apple. They never get into the spec race with competitors just for the sake of being the best on paper.
I agree, this is a race to nowhere... More Pixels More Pixels More Pixels ???
Grabbing at straws, eager to differentiate, yet going about it as though they're lost.
Sad Apple
You are not alone. 4S user who is reluctant to upgrade here. I like the pocketability of my phone.
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My thoughts exactly... It truly is a total waste... like what is the point right?
Instead of improving on speed, we should hear about screen improvements? Maybe it's just me, but my eyes wouldn't see the difference anyway and I honestly wouldn't care it's a phone for the love of all that's good and decent online.
Personally what I want in an iPhone 5(S) or 6 would be:
NO HOME BUTTON ANYMORE! Some sensor thing, I'm sick and tired of stuck buttons and the cost to have them fixed. It's my third iPhone that is this risk factor. Lost two due to this issue, had to have them fixed and it wasn't cheap.
Faster is always welcome, though I'm happy with the speed of my iPhone 5.
Better camera though honestly the one in the iPhone 5 is simply amazing.
*BIGGER storage same price, focus on 32GB, 64GB and 128GB (For those who use it for video etc), same goes for iPads.
Wireless Charging, please! It's 2013, my tooth brush, phone and camera charges wirelessly! Come on Apple YEW KEN DEW IT! I BERIEVE IN YEWWW!!! (Voiced as Buk Lau)
BETTER GLASS, Scratch Free etc...
*Even Lighter
Thumb print
Built in Tricorder
Infra Red, Night vision, laser vision and quantum time fracture vision... oh and see through clothes vision
Nuclear powered batteries... should be real good next to the "jewels". ;p
Option to transform into the Monolith from 2001 and start a new civilisation on a random planet of YOUR choice!
5G with the option of 6G WiFi extreme ultra fire power!
Ability to call people from different time periods..
Deanna Troi's phone number
Ok, I really just want a few... but hey you can dream!
But yeah you're right...
Pulling the drives wasn't pointless. It was a concerted effort to get folks to stop using them. And for most that wasn't really an issue since they weren't anyway.
For this to make sense it needs another reason other than 'to best HTC etc in soecs' like outdoor use, the companies making in cell don't make less, etc
i could see perhaps, assuming they have dealt with any battery drain issues, them making a screen for some new higher quality video, maybe even 3d with maybe even a mode to scale down for games that are old school retina. It would be nice for the developers not to have to support higher if its not really needed.
