Samsung 2560x1600 Tablet LCD Paves Way for iPad Retina Display

[cvaldes]

It's worth pointing out that at these tradeshows many companies demonstrate technology that is years before large-scale commercial feasibility.

Screen resolution isn't everything. There are plenty of other factors that Apple will consider before green-lighing a particular spec. For example, what are the power requirements for this prototype display unit?

 

[Chaszmyr]

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Well, I bet Apple wishes they bumped the resolution on the iPad 2 instead of waiting for the 3.

You're delusional if you think Apple didn't know exactly what Samsung's component roadmap looked like before the iPad 2 came out.

 

[Eso]

For what it's worth at least two analysts has predicted that the iPad 3 will indeed get a pixel-doubled Retina display.

Hrm, and they also predicted it later this year, didn't they...

 

[Hal Jordan]

Exactly what I've been saying. Samsung are true innovators. Super Amoled Plus, PLS, 64 gigabit flash chips using 20nm processes with 400Mbps transfer rate, and the list of truly devastating innovation goes on. Apple can only dream of such true innovations. And Apple is suing Samsung for copying? How pitiful. Samsung has more important things to do like working on the next great innovation that Apple will beg to use in one of their so called "magical" and "innovative" idevices.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

When this comes out with the iPad 3 I'll have the iPad and iPad 3 to develop against. Gaming and advanced Engineering modeling interfaces for design with a distributed network will love working on such a device, not to mention Animation studios reviewing their latest works, etc.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

Exactly what I've been saying. Samsung are true innovators. Super Amoled Plus, PLS, 64 gigabit flash chips using 20nm processes with 400Mbps transfer rate, and the list of truly devastating innovation goes on. Apple can only dream of such true innovations. And Apple is suing Samsung for copying? How pitiful. Samsung has more important things to do like working on the next great innovation that Apple will beg to use in one of their so called "magical" and "innovative" idevices.

LG will have the same resolution and ``innovation.''

 

[timbo400]

Resolution of 2048x1536 isn't double-resolution. It's quadruple-resolution.

1024x768 = 786,432 pixels
2048x1536 = 3,145,728 pixels

3,145,728 / 786,432 = 4

What's with MacRumors reporting this incorrectly every time it comes up?

While you can work out math problems you cannot use logic.

Simple Math: 1x1 = 1^2 = 1 unit am I not correct? so to double the size you increase (1x2)*(1x2) = 2x2 = 2^2 = 4units

Hur durp.

Like many people have already stated, iPad2 is fine, it doesn't need the retina resolution (retina meaning 4x the pixel density [3g/s to 4]) Apple worked on other issues that made it a newer updated model worth purchasing over the old one yet keeping it the same and not letting the previous generation feeling completely jipped. Think about it, if you bought the first generation only a few months prior and the second model is released that totally is groundbreaking and takes things to a whole new level? Is screen resolution REALLY that important? Look at all other competitors and compare and contrast to what is really wanted/needed to the market without flooding it.

Whilst the article does state what it's only a demonstration this is far off what Apple intends to use. e.g IPS panels.

My iPad1 is fine with it's res, what I'm after is faster proc, more ram... what the iPad2 delivered... now it's just up to me to get some money for it :/

Edit: In response to people asking for Thunderbolt for the iPad3, sure definitely there's probably the 30-pin to USB3/TB dock rumor (Source: https://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/0...r-to-support-displayport-usb-3-0-thunderbolt/) but how often are you tethered to constantly hotswap files? That's what the dock would be for... and even then what about Cloud? I spend more time streaming/clouding my files than constantly tethering for large files... (what files are that big for an iPad other than a singular one-off program or movies?)

 

[mdriftmeyer]

So, you think that if Samsung starts selling tablets with 4x the resolution of iPad (and do not forget that their tablets also have better specs in all other respects) people will still be buying iPads and not Tabs? I am not so sure.

Better specs. What year is this? 1996?

Are you still mad Apple doesn't dump 1 or 2 MB of RAM into the current line of iPads? Or that they don't have a useless USB3/eSATA external interface on their devices?

Sorry, but the next iPad with this type of resolution, the A6 and considerably more GPU cores with ImageTec's upcoming products, not to mention more RAM and continued improvements in Power Consumption and advanced sensors for more immersive interfaces, and Thunderbolt, combined with the massive App Store of solutions behind it all together means Apple will only strengthen it's ownership of the Embedded World.

 

[timbo400]

Exactly what I've been saying. Samsung are true innovators. Super Amoled Plus, PLS, 64 gigabit flash chips using 20nm processes with 400Mbps transfer rate, and the list of truly devastating innovation goes on. Apple can only dream of such true innovations. And Apple is suing Samsung for copying? How pitiful. Samsung has more important things to do like working on the next great innovation that Apple will beg to use in one of their so called "magical" and "innovative" idevices.

It's a cut-throat world of innovation, I'm pretty sure they've all put their hands in someone else's pocket at one stage. Not saying Apple is innocent nor is it guilty but saying that Samsung has not done the same would be like saying that I never lie.

 

[3goldens]

That's what I'm talking about!

 

[Branskins]

I can only imagine the supply constraints and the cost of this thing!

I still think it is two years before we get it

 

[phpmaven]

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Well, I bet Apple wishes they bumped the resolution on the iPad 2 instead of waiting for the 3.

Ya, you're probably right. Maybe it wouldn't have been such a flop.

Resolution of 2048x1536 isn't double-resolution. It's quadruple-resolution.

1024x768 = 786,432 pixels
2048x1536 = 3,145,728 pixels

3,145,728 / 786,432 = 4

What's with MacRumors reporting this incorrectly every time it comes up?

Oh Boy! Here come the resolution police.

 

[clibinarius]

Most likely they will use this for themselves and probably other manufacturers of (Android) tablets.

Why? Look at the resolution - it's not double the current iPad's resolution - it's actually slightly higher than double. I have a feeling Apple wants to stick to doubling the resolution, to make it a easy transition, like the iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4.

Why double it instead of upscale? If you upscale it, you just use a video processor to smooth pixels. It would be intensive work and explain why its so needed for the A5 had to handle graphics so much better than the A4...

And, best of all with upscaling, you can keep everything the same size as far as gestures goes. You really gotta love mathematics, something the computer was designed to do!

This screen can definitely go in the ipad as is.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Well, too bad apple sued the hell out of them and is now sourcing displays from other companies as reported here. Those displays would have made great additions to the next iPad.

 

[Dreamer2go]

To me, I think the iPhone 4 has a better screen than iPad 2 due to the retina display. Of course, I use the iPhone 4 closer to my face than iPad 2.......

In reality, I think the iPad 2's current screen is just fine.

FYI, my eye doctor told me such high DPI tires the eyes more quickly under heavy usage. So for health sake, iPad 2's resolution/DPI is just perfect for long term use.

That said, I don't mind higher resolution though!!!

 

[*LTD*]

So, you think that if Samsung starts selling tablets with 4x the resolution of iPad (and do not forget that their tablets also have better specs in all other respects) people will still be buying iPads and not Tabs?

Yes.

Specs fall flat in the face of synergy.

Software, software, software. You can cram a box full of the latest hardware, but if the OS isn't up to par and the interface isn't damn near perfect it'll be worth about as much as a pair of thermal under in Death Valley at high noon.

Note that Apple's two-year old 3GS still outsells most current smartphones. This isn't by accident.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20061870-37.html

Synergy.

 

[d Fusion b]

Yea, but if you like looking at your ipad from more angles than just straight on, your going to probably be annoyed at the color distortion since this isnt an IPS (in plane switching) display..... sad but true.... I would hope that if the new displays allegedly from sharp that have this same res but are also IPS come out around the same time....

I agree on this completely.. Though in all fairness we've yet to see the display in action, so I wouldn't judge it yet, even if the display type does naturally lack in off angle performance. We'll just have to wait an see, hopefully it'll be front page news when we get the results.

 

[JGowan]

I hope that was sarcasm. They're usually late for the party on on almost everything.

Really? I suppose it's how you define "late to the party". Did they invent the category? Not always. But, they're generally first on getting stuff to market that people actually love and start buying in the mega-millions.

1) Music Players - iPod, 2001
2) Touchscreen Smart Phones - iPhone, 2007
3) Tablet Computers - iPad, 2010
4) All-in-one computers, iMac, 1998
5) Really big LCD monitor, Cinema Display, 1999

So freaking much more...

Your statement was really poorly thought out.

 

[jacobj]

I hope that was sarcasm. They're usually late for the party on on almost everything.

I hate this debate; it really is swings and roundabouts. Apple was first with many hardware upgrades and very late with others. Apple didn't invent anything completely, but they were they rarely enter a market with a new product that offers a minor, incremental improvement over competitors. Apple tend to enter a market and deliver a product that fits into the average person's life easily.

They are first to market with complete (ie not all the latest stuff just bolted together) solutions. First in technology isn't about the hardware or eve the individual features: it's about the completeness of the solution and Apple is often first.

 

[odedia]

is it worth it on the 15inch macbook pros to pay the extra 150 dollars to jump from a glossy 1440 x 900 reoslution to the anti glare 1680 by 1080 resolution?

Don't know about that since they never had a model in store, but I definitely went for the 17" model just because of the amazing screen resolution. I don't regret it.

 

[Hal Jordan]

Gotta love how isheep love to justify retina display on the iphone and how its not needed on the ipad. We all know very well if the ipad2 came with retina display, isheep would be singing from the mountain tops. Absolutely no shame.
Just give credit where credit is due. Good grief.

 

[*LTD*]

Really? I suppose it's how you define "late to the party". Did they invent the category? Not always. But, Well, they're generally first on getting stuff to market that people actually love and buying the mega-millions.

1) Music Players - iPod, 2001
2) Touchscreen Smart Phones - iPhone, 2007
3) Tablet Computers - iPad, 2010
4) All-in-one computers, iMac, 1998
5) Really big LCD monitor, Cinema Display, 1999

Your statement was really poorly thought out.

With that list, they might as well have been considered first. It's as if what came before never really existed. Especially tablets before the iPad. Just awful.

 

[paul4339]

... Apple will beg to use in one of their so called "magical" and "innovative" idevices.

The article says Samsung is going to trade shows to demo their new display which leverages Nouvoyance's technology.

Most parts companies go to trade shows to show off and convince others adopt their technology not the other way around.

Samsung doesn't need to convince Samsung to use their parts, Samsung needs to convince others use their parts.

(BTW, they are promoting their displays, not the galaxy tab.)

 

[JGowan]

Sorry -- Double post

 

[*LTD*]

Gotta love how isheep love to justify retina display on the iphone and how its not needed on the ipad. We all know very well if the ipad2 came with retina display, isheep would be singing from the mountain tops. Absolutely no shame.
Just give credit where credit is due. Good grief.

Such a display will likely be available for the iPad 3.

We would all have liked one on the iPad 2, but if the tech isn't available or not cost-effective, what can you do.

Does the iPad 2 *need* one? Sure. Will I hold off until it gets one? Not a chance. It's still an iPad. I've just received mine and it's incredible.