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.
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.
