Maybe ever so slightly but it doesn't change anything as far as usage goes. You still can see red as red. Unless you are a professional photo editor. You won't notice.
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Maybe ever so slightly but it doesn't change anything as far as usage goes. You still can see red as red. Unless you are a professional photo editor. You won't notice.
Viewing these photos on my 95% gamut calibrated W530. I can tell obvious differences. Look at the yellow of Note app as well.
It's true that the Air is slightly "over saturated"
It's true that the Air is slightly "over saturated"
Yes, my feeling as well. Reminded me of the high saturation in the first 4G Samsung phone displays.....yuck.
That being said, I have 2 Retina Minis, one a 32GB and the other a 64GB. Both are wifi only. Side by side, the 32GB screen is a bit cooler and whiter. The 64GB screen is a bit warmer and more yellow. Both screens are uniform, and I'm keeping the 64GB. Couldn't care any less about the difference in the screens since I'm not editing some graphic art layout on my Retina Mini.
This Retina Mini is everything I've wanted in a tablet, and I doubt my iPad 3 or HP Touchpad will ever be used again except for toilet tablets. This one's going everywhere with me.
It's ok that you like your ipad mini's screen But do you really need to bash the ipad air to justify it?
I totally agree with this. Yes the colour of the rMini screen is not as vibrant as the Air, and it's exactly the same as the screen on the first Mini in terms of colours. If you like the other things about it more, keep it. If not return it and stick with the Air.
For me the rMini ticks all the boxes I need it to.
The cult of outrage is strong with you. Why are people so addicted to overstatement. Bash? For real? The guy presented a simple opinion.
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I just compared them side by side for 20 minutes. The air seems super saturated and yes unnatural. The mini looked really good to me honestly.
I went to see this because I have a mini on order. People on here seem to complain about ridiculous things. Do you edit all your pictures until your skin isn't the natural tone?
Look and skin tones of yourself and tell me which skin tone looks better.
This is what display mate had to say about the first ipad mini (sadly it seems like nothing's changed in this area):
Color Gamut and Color Accuracy:
...The Color Gamut is the range of colors that a display can produce. If you want to see accurate colors in photos, videos, and all standard consumer content the display needs to closely match the Standard Color Gamut that was used to produce the content, which is called sRGB / Rec.709. Most of the previous generations of LCD Tablets and Smartphones had smaller Color Gamuts around 60 percent of the Standard Gamut, which produces somewhat subdued colors. But thats been changing due to both technology and competition.
While the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 had reduced 61-64 percent Color Gamuts, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 both deliver a much larger 86 percent Color Gamut, and the new iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have full 100 percent standard Color Gamuts. So it was a surprise and a major disappointment for the iPad mini to arrive with an antiquated smaller 62 percent Color Gamut.
Color Gamut and Color Accuracy:
...The Color Gamut is the range of colors that a display can produce. If you want to see accurate colors in photos, videos, and all standard consumer content the display needs to closely match the Standard Color Gamut that was used to produce the content, which is called sRGB / Rec.709. Most of the previous generations of LCD Tablets and Smartphones had smaller Color Gamuts around 60 percent of the Standard Gamut, which produces somewhat subdued colors. But thats been changing due to both technology and competition.
While the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 had reduced 61-64 percent Color Gamuts, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 both deliver a much larger 86 percent Color Gamut, and the new iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have full 100 percent standard Color Gamuts. So it was a surprise and a major disappointment for the iPad mini to arrive with an antiquated smaller 62 percent Color Gamut.
Fine besmirch the Air then... or otherwise criticize the more colorful, accurate or not, model so that they can feel better about their own purchase. I like the air's color and I checked out the retina mini tonight. Also nice. I'm not sitting here going "well my purchase is better because...." (I think the Air's screen is TOO Saturated)
give me a break...
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Really? I bashed the iPad Air?
See above.
Again... You really need to bash the air to justify your own purchase?
First of all, I have not ever made a single post about the Air, so I'm not sure where the "Again" is coming from.
Second, I was giving my observations and opinions, not "bashing" the Air. Are you so ****ing insecure you can't listen to someone's else observations and opinions without claiming they are "bashing"?
Third, I was never in the market for an Air, being very happy with my 2 full-sized tablets, so I don't need to justify my purchase of a Retina Mini to myself or anyone else. If I wanted an Air, I'd buy an Air. I've been an attorney for nearly 20 years....some of us are well-off enough to purchase both if we wanted to. I'm sure when my iPad 3 gives out I'll buy the latest and best full-sized Apple makes, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I THINK THE DISPLAY IS A LITTLE OVERLY SATURATED.
Just a note: the retina displays used in the larger iPads have been proven to be extremely accurate in terms of color reproduction (sRGB). If you think the display is over saturated, it is likely the image that is over saturated rather than the display, which is more than capable of displaying less saturated colors with a less saturated image.
Pictures are by no means a way to measure colour gamut/saturation... cameras capture colours differently and so do the monitors you display them on.
No one's saying they reduced it, it looks similar to the Mini 1. But it is not built to be just as good as the Air for a reason - why pay the extra $100 to go for the Air otherwise?
Thinking that 'sales people' have any sort of knowledge beyond reiterating technical specs is a stretch.
I'm glad your nearly 20 years as a lawyer makes you an expert on screen saturation while professionals have said, "[The iPad Air's] Absolute Color Accuracy and Image Contrast fidelity are both very good" source.
But clearly it MUST be that the color is over saturated "...yuck".
I'm all for you loving your mini and using you iPad 3 As a "toilet tablet" but you're not an expert on color gamut, LCD panels nor a professional tech reviewer, and neither am I but I'm not the one criticizing the iPad Air's panel while saying (on a thread that is claiming that the RMini's panel is inferior) that the rMini's panel is actually superior (by stating that the Air's panel is over saturated you infer that the RMini's is then accurate).
I like my air and my rMini is being shipped from China as we speak, saw one today and it looks great!
LAWYERED! 
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Yeah cause he's an LCD expert on the side.
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If the color saturation is not up to your standards, return it but I am betting it is just the way it is going to be. Get the Air or a nice Samsung with a OLED screen and you will have OVER saturation!
How are you defining "perfect"? Same color gamut as iPad Air?
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This. If Apple had to turn the rMini into an iPad 3/4 in order to get Air like colors would people be happy? I doubt it. Then this forum would be full of posts complaining that the rMini is too heavy, gets too hot and battery life is crap.
The Mini has a smaller gamut, which may be leading to some sense of insecurity. But I've been told that it's not the size of the gamut that matters.
Aw geez. It's an iPad mini pity party in here. All this talk about gamut is a joke. It's not a device for professional photo & video editors. I don't get it. I doubt my iPad is 100% perfect. Frankly I didn't waste time doing a 10 point inspection. I turned on my Mini and my eyeballs didn't complain. Done. Had they objected, I would have packed it up and exchanged it. It's just that easy.
Truth is your LCD TV is probably just as off color wise as your iPad. Absolutely perfect panels are both rare and hellishly expensive. Just compare prices between a top end 32" Samsung TV and a same size professional photo editing monitor. The former is about $600, the latter $1500 and up.
Truth is your LCD TV is probably just as off color wise as your iPad. Absolutely perfect panels are both rare and hellishly expensive. Just compare prices between a top end 32" Samsung TV and a same size professional photo editing monitor. The former is about $600, the latter $1500 and up.
What will a cellphone photo prove other than the colors are off because its a cell phone camera. You need to use a comer with a decent sensor like an S100 at the least.
