More Evidence for 2048x1536 iPad Retina Display

[SpinThis!]

And I doubt retina will make battery life decrease. If it does, it will be a minimal amount and, even then, the iPad still boasts plenty of battery life hours.

If it doesn't decrease, it'll be due to better battery technology and whatever secret power-saving sauce Apple cooks up. Throwing in a retina display into a current iPad 2 would probably drain quite fast.

For the iPad 3, the res can be 2048*1536 ? on a 9.7 inch panel, and even IPS, for only 499/16GB? Highly suspect. Not only because of the screen cost, but also the yield rate, all limited by the tech level at present.

Exactly. In the past for the Cinema Displays, Apple has only gotten the very best IPS panels (usually grade A, destined for for professional products). That's why they cost so much but they usually had less dead pixels, even color, etc. Even if they got lower consumer grade, just the panel itself would likely cost as much as an entire iPad itself now. More pixels = more transistors = higher cost = more room for error. There's no way around it.

 

[douglaswilliams]

Love this example. It shows well how rumors are produced. Well done, pal

Thanks! You got my point right on

 

[Thunderhawks]

Being that we've seen evidence only for images of that size, not of actual 9.7" 2048x1536 LCD's being manufactured, bought, certified, or whatever, this has a much broader implication.

Nothing ties this to the iPad.

All this means is that we could see a device that runs iOS with a screen res of 2048x1536.

It's pretty obvious that a merger between iOS and OS X is inevitable. Perhaps the first step is a 13" tablet with a Core i3, 4GB of Ram, 256GB SSD, and iOS/OSX dual boot? Don't tell me they can't do it, the Air is proof they can make the guts work, in the same basic form factor as the iPad 1.

Why would you want something like this? Besides being able to dock it for laptop-like use, you could have one device that had full OSX with 3-4 hours of battery life, or iOS with 6-8 hours of battery life, both with access to the same iTunes library, documents, etc.

Already the iPad has some issues being a Dock-connector-fed device (charging issues for one, lack of USB host capability for another), and with iOS 5 liberating the iDevices from needing any other computer, a mag-safe charged, larger, more independent tablet with Lion and iOS would serve a dual purpose for a lot of people. The iPad could never replace my Macbook or iMac but a tablet like this could definitely replace my Macbook.

This also ties in nicely with the new Time Capsule/Airport Extreme rumors that have us backing up our iPads. . . . personally I don't ever need to backup my iPad. It's a secondary device, and in its current incarnation it always will be for me. But if this was someone's only computer?

Now, the only thing I could see shooting this down? They'd probably have to make it 16:10 or wider if it was going to be a "real computer" these days.

16:10, is that the component cost isuppli would estimate?

I am actually ready for an imac tablet. 27 inch at a 45 degree angle or so.

Keyboard yes, and looking down at it would be great.

 

[pmz]

That resolution is higher than my laptop. It better have some decent hardware with a display like that

And what is the A5? Not "decent" enough for you?

 

[pmz]

Could just be for the 3 finger magnification tap ..

Or Air-Play ...

Lets not get all excited, I'm sure its nothing.

That resolution isn't made for a 10 hour battery and thats a key feature.

If true I'll be shocked

Because you have any clue what Apple is capable of? Apple hasn't released this product yet, in case you haven't noticed. And they won't release it until March 2012, processor A6 dual core 2 Ghz 1 GB of Ram and 2048 x 1536 display.

I will buy one. End.

 

[douglaswilliams]

2048 x 1536 = 3,145,728

PI ~= 3.141592 --> 3,141,592

3,145,728 - 3,141,592 = 4136

www.4136.com is a website owned by some company in Shanghai, China.

Therefore, I predict the display for the iPad 3, or 4, will be manufactured somewhere in Asia, most likely China.

On another note, it might be called the iPie and be round instead of rectangle!

Rumors, rumors...

 

[msb3079]

The ipad cannot even output 720p video of course retina has to happen, going 3 versions of the ipad without any improvements to the display? i think not.

Umm yes it can.

 

[0997853]

The same thing MacRmors posted about iPad 2... Pff...

 

[GSPice]

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So the iPad 3 will come out around iOS 5 with Retina display Twitter functionality and normal everything else? How does THAT make any sense?

It doesn't! I guess that means there will be no Retina iPad 3, or that ONLY Twitter will be hi-res and all other apps will look like

Although honestly retina display is really not that big of a selling feature for me personally.

 

[iMaci7]

This would be an incredible display at this res...Remember 1080p/blu ray has 2.1 Million pixels, this would have 3.1 Million! 50% More! Thats 70,000 pixels per square inch! or 264ppi!

Im thinking the iPad 3 will get me to stand in line. Very exited.

 

[Drag'nGT]

The screen res on the latest products have been a great selling point for me. The iPad 2 wanted to go home with me but I couldn't do it since I had my hopes set on the retina display. Hopefully the 3rd gen gets this ability.

 

[rovex]

This would be an incredible display at this res...Remember 1080p/blu ray has 2.1 Million pixels, this would have 3.1 Million! 50% More! Thats 70,000 pixels per square inch! or 264ppi!

Im thinking the iPad 3 will get me to stand in line. Very exited.

Damn, doesn't have the same PPI as the iphone.

It would look great regardless but it'd be fantastic having the same as the iphone.

 

[mdelvecchio]

That resolution is higher than my laptop. It better have some decent hardware with a display like that

no, dude, theyre gonna release a poorly performing device.

 

[Trian]

Are we helping Apple this way?

I guess this is one cat Apple did NOT want out of the bag this soon.

Now all the copycats will rush out to produce their hi-res pads in no time and "beat" Apple to it (in marketing there's no point saying "but the rumours about a hi-res iPad 3 came first"). Be certain of this.

(The image of a certain bespeckled Asian fellow introducing his ipad-replica a lil while ago with all kinds of arm swirling springs to mind)

 

[Piggie]

Exactly. In the past for the Cinema Displays, Apple has only gotten the very best IPS panels (usually grade A, destined for for professional products). That's why they cost so much but they usually had less dead pixels, even color, etc. Even if they got lower consumer grade, just the panel itself would likely cost as much as an entire iPad itself now. More pixels = more transistors = higher cost = more room for error. There's no way around it.

I'm pretty sure this is just not true.
I recall a couple of years ago reading a review of one up against a dell of the same spec. They both used technically the same panel but the Apple used led backlighting instead of cold cathode and performed much worse than the dell for the could gamut. Also much less connectivity.
The price wad about the same I believe.

I like Apple but sod people do talk some balls, just because it's Apple does mean it's automatically the best.

 

[Dark-Sider]

Has anyone thought about an iPad 2 HD
It comes with the same hardware as the iPad 2 but has the new retina "HD" display.

Just think about it as an option like the 3g for the iPad 2 or the better displays larger harddrives/ssds for the macbooks.


The "original" iPad 2 will still be in stores accompanied by the iPad 2 HD until they release the iPad 3 in Q3/2012.

 

[MythicFrost]

Unless Apple somehow includes a hex or octo-core GPU, there's no way an iPad with a 2048*1536 display would have the same or better graphics performance as the iPad 2. iPad 2 has 786,432 pixels, a retina display iPad would have 3,145,728 pixels.

The graphics hardware would need to be 4 times as powerful as it is now for the same performance. Even traditional desktop/laptop GPUs from Nvidia and ATI are a little stretched at that kind of resolution, so I wouldn't think we'll be seeing a retina iPad for a few years yet. Even if Apple did manage to cram another 6 GPU cores into the iPad, it'd play havoc with the battery life.

I used to think that too, however, the iPhone 4 uses the same graphics as the 3GS and actually gets a fair bit less performance than the 3GS does. So, technically, the GPU doesn't have to improve for them to put the retina display it.

 

[Ijustfarted]

do you guys think it will be another march release?

I want to know when I should sell my ipad 2

 

[Mr. Gates]

Because you have any clue what Apple is capable of? Apple hasn't released this product yet, in case you haven't noticed. And they won't release it until March 2012, processor A6 dual core 2 Ghz 1 GB of Ram and 2048 x 1536 display.

I will buy one. End.

Bit snippy, aren't you !

Typical Defensive Apple Fan Attitude

Anyway, I was just pointing out some other possibilities.

I hope I am wrong and you are correct with your prediction.

As we both obviously know : It hasn't been released yet so don't get your panties in a bunch.

We can all hope for the sky as we always do before a release, but the key note (As it always does) will ground us back on earth.


Anyway, loose the attitude.

 

[superericla]

Reminds me of this.

 

[mac9000]

Wow, that res would be higher than my iMac 24"!
Somehow I feel like Apple is focusing on the iPad 9001% more than the Mac.

do you guys think it will be another march release?

I want to know when I should sell my ipad 2

I'd buy it (for a discount)

What if there was a 30" retina cinema display?
It should be retina for what Apple charges.