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There's something of a problem with the whole "Retina Display" argument:

There isn't a lot of video content that you could use on it.

Blu-Ray discs, which do have a resolution high enough to make it worthwhile cannot be legally ripped to take advantage of the resolution. Online sources such as Amazon might make hi-def movie and TV shows available, but its going to come at a cost of bandwidth and download time. And frankly, I doubt many US consumers would be able to stream super hi-def content the way you currently can stream Netflix.

Obviously text-based Apps such as newspapers and web sites would scale pretty well. And photographs you put on the device would display at or near full resolution.

The problem with Retina displays in general is that the benefit compared to the costs (hardware, bandwidth, yield rate, power use, etc.) start to get into the realm of diminishing returns. Especially if you consider that many customers over the age of forty or so simply don't have the visual acuity at the short range tablets are held for Retina displays to be of any appreciable benefit whatsoever.

If Samsung can produce a super-high resolution display that doesn't compromise battery life or screen performance, without costing an arm and leg, then good for them. But don't expect huge numbers of people to pay a steep premium for it. There are too many other factors standing between most consumers and a tablet besides a resolution most of them don't feel they are missing now.
 
And come on, I'm well aware that different teams have different responsibilities - it's insulting to my intelligence to suggest I really think Samsung's just one big group of people with little organisation.

Sorry about that. It's a bad habit in typing responses. At times I've gotten some weird responses on obvious details, so it put me in the habit of including trivial details at times. I actually wonder at times how their teams are structured. It's just such a huge company (much like Apple). I haven't purchased anything from Samsung in a while personally (probably a few years). I do hope they improve on the software.

Honestly, I think these high res screens are pointless. Why don't they give my these high resolutions in a monitor that DOESN'T cost 1000$?

That's all I want.

It's a matter of time. With high pixel densities the chance of defects is increased. I think some of the estimates were along the lines of high res desktop displays hitting by around 2016. Part of the issue is that gpu reliant applications would get hit really hard pushing around all those pixels. Apple has a number of computers that use integrated graphics, and that may not be such a great experience with a retina like display.
 
What Apple does has never been "magical" in my book, it is just common sense. 90% of the companies out there could do the same.


If it was common sense 90% of companies would be doing it. But it's not which is why they aren't.

The magical part to me is that Apple has managed to ditch their 'all for the pros' stance and replaced it with "for the common man and pros can get add ons etc" and it has worked. They have released devices that were designed in ways that no one else had, that many said would fail, and they didn't. ANd over and over you get folks screaming they simply MUST do whatever or they fail and yet Apple doesn't do it and they score large. I'm not sure any company could be lucky enough to get those results.

and I know that a lot of folks will just say that it's because of Steve and now that he's dead Apple needs to start doing things the way everyone else is or they will drop hard and fast but I think that in fact people that are now 'in the family' will stay so long as the company stays the way that Steve designed it.

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There's something of a problem with the whole "Retina Display" argument:

There isn't a lot of video content that you could use on it.


I rather have to agree. video is about the only thing that would need a super high def and there's no video out there that needs that much support. At least not on a wide spread.

So unless Apple has something content wise up their sleeves, the iPad 3 might not be the time for the RD. Time for better backlighting, sensors and outdoor use with a way way better oleophobic coating. Hell to the yeah. On those it is overdue
 
If it was common sense 90% of companies would be doing it. But it's not which is why they aren't.

The magical part to me is that Apple has managed to ditch their 'all for the pros' stance and replaced it with "for the common man and pros can get add ons etc" and it has worked. They have released devices that were designed in ways that no one else had, that many said would fail, and they didn't. ANd over and over you get folks screaming they simply MUST do whatever or they fail and yet Apple doesn't do it and they score large. I'm not sure any company could be lucky enough to get those results.

and I know that a lot of folks will just say that it's because of Steve and now that he's dead Apple needs to start doing things the way everyone else is or they will drop hard and fast but I think that in fact people that are now 'in the family' will stay so long as the company stays the way that Steve designed it.

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I rather have to agree. video is about the only thing that would need a super high def and there's no video out there that needs that much support. At least not on a wide spread.

So unless Apple has something content wise up their sleeves, the iPad 3 might not be the time for the RD. Time for better backlighting, sensors and outdoor use with a way way better oleophobic coating. Hell to the yeah. On those it is overdue

Spoken like someone who doesn't do anything but watch video's and play games.

Ever read? Try that and tell me you don't see a difference between the IP4/s and ipad/2 display. You'd have to have extremely poor eye sight not to.
 
They'd better ship it before March.

If the iPad 3 comes first then their killer tablet won't have a chance.
 
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