Not blown away by retina display

[Dammit Cubs]

Absolutely insane that people don't think it looks better. You can clearly see a difference and, if you look at the screen for more than three hours then your mind will start to believe this is the normal screen then every screen you look at looks horrible

 

[monkeybongo]

Just picked up my new iPad and I am NOT impressed. There is absolutely no difference between iPad 2 and iPad (3rd Generation). If I would have known I would have never sold my iPad 2. Oh well iPad is still awesome.

I'm the same but there is a difference but since the interface elements are the same size and many apps haven't been updated, it's hard to tell besides sharpness in text and pictures. This model is definitely worth upgrading, but I think it will be a gradual improvement as more apps are updated over the next several months.

They'll have a mixture of experimentation working with layouts with the ability to have sharper text, image thumbnails, and smaller buttons. I've noticed the new iPhoto application is a good example of a retina app. For example, where the image preview thumbnails are relatively small postage stamp size but I can clearly see the details rather than a smushy outline of the image. The image editing buttons are small but I can clearly tell what they represent without guessing.

I think given the choice between the $399 iPad 2 and $499 iPad3, it's worth the $100 upgrade.

 

[kre62]

Props to Fry Man for MR using his post on the front page as documentation of this defect.

To those who are still trying to argue in favor of the tint: Give it a rest. Its a defect.

 

[vince1803]

Just in case somebody wondered how different the Apple displays are, I measured the color temperature of my iPhone 4, old iPad (1st Gen) and the new iPad (3rd Gen):

(all on full brightness, white)

iPhone 4 10020K
iPad 1G 6860K
iPad 3G 6580K

At first look the new iPad looks a bit yellowish, but calibration wise it's nearly perfect (6500K).

 

[linkgx1]

Tried it out and not impressed. Colors could be better. Still more wowed by SAMOLED. I'm a sucker for deep blacks (KURo owners would know, lol!)

 

[Hoggles]

Just picked up my new iPad and I am NOT impressed. There is absolutely no difference between iPad 2 and iPad (3rd Generation). If I would have known I would have never sold my iPad 2. Oh well iPad is still awesome.

LOL

Yes, zero difference. Wha what??

Where are the tech police. You sir, should have your license to carry an iPad revoked.

Shameful really...

 

[therealseebs]

I'm really curious about the color temperature thing. I got a new iPad. It was noticably greener than my iPad 2. Maybe yellower, but the specific app I was noticing in, there's an area which is basically tan on my iPad 2, and noticably green on the new one.

Swapped it. Still noticably greener. Went to store, set the wallpapers on all their ipads to the tree rings. On all the iPad 2 units, it was a warm brown; on all the new iPad units, it was more purely yellow. They gave the glue explanation (which I'm pretty sure is just plain wrong), and also claimed the color was better.

Well. That's a testable claim! I have gone looking around and I am now pretty sure that the new iPad is right and the iPad 2 is wrong. I have compared with, among other things both a Transformer and a Transformer Prime, a macbook Air, and a somewhat-calibrated (with a spyder) NEC IPS display.

The iPad 3 agrees most strongly with the NEC display. Basically, comparing among all the displays I have handy, the Air and the iPad 2 seem to have pretty poor saturation, with a tendency to redder tans and browns, while the "new" iPad, the NEC display, and the two Transformers all seem to have richer colors.