PICTURE: iPhone 4's Retina -VS- 3GS

[VenusianSky]

I prefer the vintage, old-school grainy screen jk

That is very impressive. It will be nice to see in person.

 

[withe011]

From Scoble

Here's a very large flickr photo from Robert Scoble showing off the awesomeness of the screen.

http://bit.ly/c47jtT

 

[iPhone 4]

The "making up" part is ironic, since I didn't say any of those things.



People are not downplaying the display. It's the best thing about the iPhone 4, and it's long overdue.

At the same time, it's incorrect to claim that it's some kind of miracle breakthrough in resolution or that it's the only "retinal" display or anything along those lines.

Its extra resolution is also going to be fairly meaningless to users until third party apps are rewritten, new wallpapers are created, and movies are recoded. The major exception is that built-in apps such as Safari should see immediate benefits.

People talk about Android OS fragmentation, and yet iOS apps are divided into original iPhone, iPad, and now apparently iPhone 4 versions.



I'm not sure what your point is. That no one else buys the exact same original iPhone LCD? Why would they?

Other smartphones have been using at least 800x480. Even some Blackberrys have higher resolution than that with 480x360.

I skimmed through your post. I must say that there are alot of displays that trump the current iphone screen. By resolution, pixels per inch, and even contrast (oled). Even with better displays on other devices the iphone display isn't too shabby. I'm a huge iphone fanboy but saying the iphone has he best display on the mobile market is far from correct. Once the new iphone comes out bowser, it's ppi will be higher and other mobile device that will make it a very nice high quality display than what it currently is

 

[CylonGlitch]

FYI I posted this image on digg.

iPhone 4 vs 3GS visual difference

 

[dissdnt]

It's basically inline with the iPad resolution but shrunk.

 

[ajones46]

Messages will look much sharper too.

 

[tahoeroscoe]

Here's a very large flickr photo from Robert Scoble showing off the awesomeness of the screen.

http://bit.ly/c47jtT

that is amazing. june 24 can't come soon enough

 

[ct2k7]

Ah. Bing!

 

[iLoveMyApple]

*jaw Drop*

 

[beamer8912]

That picture amazes me every time I open this thread. You'd think you'd get used to such a gorgeous display, but it never ceases to impress.

 

[ouimetnick]

Incredible quality. I'm so excited to be able to use one tonight. Only an hour or so to go.