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Next iPhone: Double Resolution Display, Front Camera, Multi-Tasking?
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Problem in the US is that the only other GSM cell provider is T-mobile and their coverage is even more sparse.
Too many new Apple devices and too little money.
Couldn't agree more.
There's a Pot/Kettle--Summer's Eve/Massengill joke in there somewhere... I just can't quite make it happen.
Basically though: YOU'RE the douchebag.
I often look onto the Display on my iPod Touch and think: It can really use 4 times the pixel density.
In all seriousness not everything that is technically doable makes sense. You can hardly see pixels as it is and Text is already pretty small, there is no need to make it even smaller.
They should rather concentrate on making the iPhone a little lighter and a little thinner. This along with some new Features like frontfacing camera & multitasking would be enough for me.
In all seriousness not everything that is technically doable makes sense. You can hardly see pixels as it is and Text is already pretty small, there is no need to make it even smaller.
They should rather concentrate on making the iPhone a little lighter and a little thinner. This along with some new Features like frontfacing camera & multitasking would be enough for me.
who does that?! ;-)
Really if you have the iPhone and Nexus both on full brightness, outside is fine. If you have them both on low brightness, outside is awful.
They sure tried real hard to explain specs in creating their explanation about The Megahertz Myth. They were right, but a lot of people thought they were just trying to juggle specs and facts to stay relevant. Apple cares about specs and sling numbers around quite a bit. You haven't noticed this?
Perhaps. I never said one negative thing about Google or their phone. I've never even SEEN a Nexus One. I simply said I saw an interesting article and linked to it. I'm glad you love the HTC screen.
yea, if you read the entire article, ars ends with this:
'The Nexus One screen remains better than the iPhone screen for text reproduction because the overall resolution is much higher, even taking into account the factors I describe. So if the iPhone is your measuring stick, the N1 screen really rocks. Overall, the N1 display is beautiful and vivid with dark blacks and incredible photo reproduction.'
Tired...
I'm tired. For me, it started with the MacBook rumours. I just wanted (and needed) a few Apple portables that were better than my current white MacBook. God, the rumours about the 'brick', the disappointments and the inevitable defects... Then waiting for Firewire and Apple putting a decent screen on the 13" unibodies...
Then it was the iPad... getting really intense about HALF A YEAR AGO... We still don't have an Apple tablet in our hands.
Now, it's the new iPhone... I am tired of anticipation, artificial hype and the inevitable disappointment. Phew! I haven't got energ...
I'm tired. For me, it started with the MacBook rumours. I just wanted (and needed) a few Apple portables that were better than my current white MacBook. God, the rumours about the 'brick', the disappointments and the inevitable defects... Then waiting for Firewire and Apple putting a decent screen on the 13" unibodies...
Then it was the iPad... getting really intense about HALF A YEAR AGO... We still don't have an Apple tablet in our hands.
Now, it's the new iPhone... I am tired of anticipation, artificial hype and the inevitable disappointment. Phew! I haven't got energ...
Is it just me or does the new iPhones supposedly "double resolution" 960x640 display seem dangerously close to the iPad's 1024x768?
I often look onto the Display on my iPod Touch and think: It can really use 4 times the pixel density.
In all seriousness not everything that is technically doable makes sense. You can hardly see pixels as it is and Text is already pretty small, there is no need to make it even smaller.
They should rather concentrate on making the iPhone a little lighter and a little thinner. This along with some new Features like frontfacing camera & multitasking would be enough for me.
I dont think it necessarily needs 4 times the pixel density, but some sort of increase would be nice.
The display is nice as it is, but it could improve. You'd be surprised. I've used the HTC Hero with 480x320 on a 3.2" screen and text is definitely more crisp and readable at smaller font sizes than with the iPhone. I've used some HTC touch/pro WM phones that had 640x480 on a 2.8" screen and text looked insanely crisp and clear. very thin fonts looked just beautiful. i'd love to see the iPhone with screen bit bigger than 3.5 and bit higher resolution.
Holy crap...
Arn you have been a busy little bee this morning in this thread!!!
"Can I get a whoot whoot" reply from you Arn?
But back on the real topic... Here I stand still using my Gen 1 iPhone baby and all I wish for are the following, some being hardware some being software:
- Front facing camera with iChat AV (even if it is crippled by only being able to use it on a WiFi network and not on 3G)
- N-wireless chipset
- Return of the Aluminum case from Gen 1
- Ability to print to a WiFi connected printer.
- Rotation lock, like iPad but not in place of the silence switch.
Arn you have been a busy little bee this morning in this thread!!!
"Can I get a whoot whoot" reply from you Arn?
But back on the real topic... Here I stand still using my Gen 1 iPhone baby and all I wish for are the following, some being hardware some being software:
- Front facing camera with iChat AV (even if it is crippled by only being able to use it on a WiFi network and not on 3G)
- N-wireless chipset
- Return of the Aluminum case from Gen 1
- Ability to print to a WiFi connected printer.
- Rotation lock, like iPad but not in place of the silence switch.
WHAT IS YOUR POINT!! Again, I will repeat: "I never said one negative thing about Google or their phone. I've never even SEEN a Nexus One. I simply said I saw an interesting article and linked to it. I'm glad you love the HTC screen."
Again, I'm glad you love the HTC screen. It was an interesting article. I linked to it. That's all.
Begone with ye.
whats a nokia?
dont know if this is true, but if phone exists with such specs AND is highly usable, I think the nokia PR dept and ad agencies deserve a decent flogging and/or lengthy imprisonment in the cellar of steve jobs' soon to be ripped asunder cali pad
dont know if this is true, but if phone exists with such specs AND is highly usable, I think the nokia PR dept and ad agencies deserve a decent flogging and/or lengthy imprisonment in the cellar of steve jobs' soon to be ripped asunder cali pad
It doesn't matter if its the only reasonable choice - they can't do it. Although some prototype screens do have that resolution at this size, they are at least a year away from manufacture. Apple can only use the parts available, and everyone seems to be blisfully ignoring the fact that 960 x 480 pixel displays aren't going to be available in the quantities needed for apple.
Its far more likely apple will stick with the 480 x 320 display, and a 5th gen version might get 960 x 480 OR there will be a more industry standard amount like 800 x 540 with some kind of hardware based app scaling mechanism.
And as a side note, there really is no reason to push resolutions beyond 800 x 540 on such a small device. At those resolutions, you're already exceeding what the eye can detect. The only benefit to apple would be the ability to do a 1:4 pixel scaling for old apps.
cannibalize ipad sales?
Wouldn't having such a high res screen cannibalize a significant portion of iPad sales? and having the same speed CPU as the iPad as well?
I am confused as to why apple would do that unless they think that people aren't buying the iPad for those reasons.
Forward facing camera on the iPhone is such a dumb idea. Even dumber than forward facing camera on an iPad would be ( which, if you could get the tracking right ) would not have been a bad idea, just unnecessary. On the iPhone, it would be so lame.
Wouldn't having such a high res screen cannibalize a significant portion of iPad sales? and having the same speed CPU as the iPad as well?
I am confused as to why apple would do that unless they think that people aren't buying the iPad for those reasons.
Forward facing camera on the iPhone is such a dumb idea. Even dumber than forward facing camera on an iPad would be ( which, if you could get the tracking right ) would not have been a bad idea, just unnecessary. On the iPhone, it would be so lame.
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