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All iPads Retina Display Becoming Obsolete?

I think there's some confusion here. A "retina" display does not refer to a specific resolution, but a specific pixel density (combined with an expected average distance that the screen will be from the user's face). They've got a fancy equation for it and everything.

If the iPhone (or iPad) screens get bigger (which it sounds like they might), then yes they will need to pack more pixels in to maintain the "retina" status.
 
There's ALWAYS a newer/better device coming out "next year"

Can you discern the individual pixels on a current 264-326ppi display in normal usage?

If not, what benefit do you expect from a higher resolution display?

I imagine there will be some benefit if you dig into it, but we're already into the territory of "just noticeable differences"...
 
And who knows what the future will bring from Apple. The article seems to be basing a lot of I formation for Samsung.

Besides, anything you buy tech wise will be obsolete with in week really.
 
I cant tell a difference in fidelity between my technician's 440ppi HTC, and my 326ppi iPhone.

More poxels mean more gpu cycles used. Means more heat and power and less battery.
Tinnier poxels mean more backlight strength needed to acheive same brightness. Again less battery.

Spec sheet competitions aren't always beneficial to the consumer.
 
Yes. Next year, Apple's competitors 'might' have this or that feature that looks better on paper than what Apple is shipping today. Don't worry about it.
 
With a density of 326 PPI all screen manufacturers can compete on now is GAMUT!

The Retina Mini is doomed, I tell ya.
 
Obsolete?

The great Steve Jobs once said your eye won't see anything beyond retina. So if there is any display better than retina you won't even notice it.
 
Nigam Arora should put a dictionary at the top of his Xmas/birthday/relevant holiday wishlist methinks.
 
Going beyond 330ish ppi is actually a downgrade, especially if you like gaming.

It doesn't improve the sharpness by a noticeable amount, but on the other hand it does put more constraints on the device to drive all those extra pixels, which means worse battery life and worse performance (especially 3D intensive games).

And if that wasn't enough, because the resolution is so high you then need actual content in that native resolution, otherwise it's pointless and actually looks worse than on a lower res screen, and since there's almost no content in more than 1080p you do the math.

It's a downgrade, just a marketing gimmick.
 
I will be returning my iPad Air as soon as I get it. Thank you for the article....
 
Certainly there is not enough content available at 4K or UHD, and if there is I would prefer to watch in a way bigger screen than my iPhone.

Obviously if the AirPlay capabilities allow for this to be streamed from my iPhone to my TV this is very welcome.

However I agree with you who mention that obsolete is not really the right term to describe this.

Browsing in iOS 7 in Safari in an iPhone 5 is really annoying nowadays, the screen is all cramped with the time on the top and the navigation controls at the bottom, this might be improved with a bigger screen.

Otherwise unless the iPhone camera can actually capture those higher resolution images and videos there will be not much advantage unless the streaming services like Hulu, Netflix, and many others offer them.
 
Retina Display is far from obsolete.

Journalist are just hired to say stupid things.

Nobody really knows what's coming up next. This is all speculation.

But of course it'll be better next year.
 
mykelala01 said:
The great Steve Jobs once said your eye won't see anything beyond retina. So if there is any display better than retina you won't even notice it.
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I actually believe that. Same issue with the new 4K TVs that they are in such a hurry to sell everyone. It was hard enough for the average joe to even see a big difference between blubray and DVD which should be quite obvious unless you are blind.

Not saying apple won't update the displays but that's the last thing they end to work on IMO.
 
mykelala01 said:
The great Steve Jobs once said your eye won't see anything beyond retina. So if there is any display better than retina you won't even notice it.
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+1

That was the first thing that came to my mind as well. When he was introducing iphone 4
 
This article is incredibly poorly researched, and is a perfect example of a lack of understanding of both the difference between resolution and pixel density and the limit of the capability of the human retina...
 
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