No Retina in iPhone 5C?

[pmontanarella]

I haven't seen anyone post this before so I may as well start a new thread...
Do you guys think it would make sense for the iPhone 5C to lack the Retina display?

I think it would make perfect sense, especially to keep the costs down. And it would be one of the major differentiators between the 5S and 5C.

 

[fullauto]

I haven't seen anyone post this before so I may as well start a new thread...
Do you guys think it would make sense for the iPhone 5C to lack the Retina display?

I think it would make perfect sense, especially to keep the costs down. And it would be one of the major differentiators between the 5S and 5C.

No.

 

[Andy-V]

At very minimum they'll match the iPod Touch. So there'll be retina. But the screens on the iPods aren't quite as good.

 

[Mike82]

I haven't seen anyone post this before so I may as well start a new thread...
Do you guys think it would make sense for the iPhone 5C to lack the Retina display?

I think it would make perfect sense, especially to keep the costs down. And it would be one of the major differentiators between the 5S and 5C.

Definitely not. Almost every midrange phone has a retina-esque display these days. Apple really can't get away with a 568x320 display. And I doubt it would make a huge difference money wise.

 

[madsci954]

Isn't there a new dev rule where new app submissions require retina?

 

[Markyyy]

iOS7 looks terrible on my iPad 2 (non-retina), so I can't imagine Apple using anything lower than a retina display. Just one of many reasons I can think of.

 

[Defender2010]

It is cheaper for Apple to order all retina displays at 1136x640 than it is to order some of those and some of another resolution - economies of scale. No way it won't have a retina display.

 

[merrickdrfc]

The iOS 7 SDK doesn't require non-retina iPhone resolution graphics for iOS 7, so a retina display is an absolute certainty.