Movies come in many different aspect ratios. But middle ground or more common is 16:9. Making the iPhone a 16:9 ratio makes it fit most movies with little or no letterboxing.
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Video Demo of What a 4" iPhone Screen Looks Like in Action
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Movies come in many different aspect ratios. But middle ground or more common is 16:9. Making the iPhone a 16:9 ratio makes it fit most movies with little or no letterboxing.
I figure fitting the aspect ratio is important so there's no cropping [of HD content], but is a tiny amount of scaling on a 4" display really going to make much difference?
I mean, Fox, ABC, ESPN all broadcast at 720P, and I doubt you'd seeing much picture degradation on a 1080P set (even though scaling is occurring and more noticeable on a 30-60+ inch TV).
This move is mostly about retaining the "magic" retina PPI while expanding the screen real estate to a logical A/R and minimizing the development headache.
I'm really looking forward to the new iPhone
There are no such people! Everyone wants it, period!
Ask anyone whether they want an iPhone, they say "Yes, I do want to buy one, but my friends say I should buy an Android because of its openness, but have no idea what that word means".
Ask anyone whether they want an Android, they say "How much is it, if its really cheap I'll buy it".
There are no such people! Everyone wants it, period!
Ask anyone whether they want an iPhone, they say "Yes, I do want to buy one, but my friends say I should buy an Android because of its openness, but have no idea what that word means".
Ask anyone whether they want an Android, they say "How much is it, if its really cheap I'll buy it".
I have to assume you posted this very much tongue in cheek as a joke and that you honestly are not serious. Otherwise this posting has to be stamped a Platinum Classic 'Post of all time'
Exactly!!! Just because Samsung Galaxy S3 & the HTC 1X had to dumb down their quad-core procs to dual-core for the US market to include LTE & Apple will be the 1st manufacturer to bring a quad-core LTE to the US... let's NOT let that cloud the fact that NOTHING has changed in the phone whatsoever b/c the screen isn't huge!
/sarcasm
My wife has an Android Atrix. We are a completely Apple household. Laptops, iPhones, iPads, G4s, MacPro, iMac, etc. But when she needed to get a smartphone, she just wanted to be able to get some email and check a website or google maps when she needed. So, the Atrix was on sale for $119 at Costco and THAT's the whole reason she got it over a iPhone 4. That's it. Oh, and she curses that phone every day. 80 bucks wasn't worth it.
Does anyone know the name of the tune played in the background during the demo? I'm pretty sure that Apple used the tune in a past commercial but, typically, Apple uses existing music. I tried to Shazam and Soundhound the tune and didn't get any matches.
Thanks!
Mark
Thanks!
Mark
Pretty much. Seeing that webpage pretty much proves its. Sure you get more space to display the page, but you still have to zoom in a lot because it's the same tiny text/buttons as the 3.5". Useless. Great for movies, but how often do you watch movies on your phone? I have a few, but I rarely watch them. Only advantage to me is portrait mode typing.
My fingers get going to fast turning "ratio" into "ration".
The meaning was clear, so no worries.
I was referring to the actual (reported) resolution of the new iPhone screen, not trying to twist it to fit an exact dimension as that's not truly important. Unless I missed something and it's reported @ 1138 somewhere?
I honestly don't see a difference. whats the point of the screen being a little longer?? If i went from a 40 inch tv to a tv that was just a little wider instead of being both wider and higher, i wouldn't buy it. BUt since it's apple people here see no wrong.
I own every single iphone since the first one, it's was hard justifying buying the 4s which is the exact same as the 4. This one will be a little harder.
I don't get why they just didn't just make a 1280 x720 phone. that extra 1/4 inch wider doesn't make much of a difference to the size.
Wish Steve Jobs still was alive.
I own every single iphone since the first one, it's was hard justifying buying the 4s which is the exact same as the 4. This one will be a little harder.
I don't get why they just didn't just make a 1280 x720 phone. that extra 1/4 inch wider doesn't make much of a difference to the size.
Wish Steve Jobs still was alive.
Great video!
I have a 64GB 4S, after upgrading from an 8GB 2G, figured I would be set for a while, but this video makes the iPhone 5 awful tempting!
I have a 64GB 4S, after upgrading from an 8GB 2G, figured I would be set for a while, but this video makes the iPhone 5 awful tempting!
Ummm...
I think you meant to say "it will be ANNOUNCED September 12th". It's supposed to be RELEASED September 21st.
I think you meant to say "it will be ANNOUNCED September 12th". It's supposed to be RELEASED September 21st.
I figure fitting the aspect ratio is important so there's no cropping [of HD content], but is a tiny amount of scaling on a 4" display really going to make much difference?
I mean, Fox, ABC, ESPN all broadcast at 720P, and I doubt you'd seeing much picture degradation on a 1080P set (even though scaling is occurring and more noticeable on a 30-60+ inch TV).
This move is mostly about retaining the "magic" retina PPI while expanding the screen real estate to a logical A/R and minimizing the development headache.
I'm really looking forward to the new iPhone
Here's the deal. Broadcast is either 1080i (60 fields a second, each only 960 x 1080 because a field is every other line) or 720p (60 FRAMES a second, each a full 720x1280 frame). Both are temporally 60 images per second. They have to be for compatibility with 24p sources (look up pulldown on wikipedia) and to display the 480i images of SD in the right temporal rate on either type of broadcast. It's why 1080p30 doesn't work. To get progressive 1080p we have to wait until we can double the data rate to 1080p60.
Anytime you downscale the image (especially to a small screen size) you get a perceived sharpness increase because you actually have more data than you need. In the case of the iPhone 4 and later, we're getting over 300dpi, which is higher quality than a printed magazine or a printed photo. And considering a 70" HDTV has only a few more pixels, the quality is the same. Unless you're sitting so far back that the iPhone is actually bigger than your TV when held at arms length.
Everyone wants a big screen, but then they sit 20 feet away. My 42" is roughly the same size as my iPhone at 20 feet. If I hold it closer than arms length, it's much larger.
This move is simply about expanding the screen as much as is logical without disrupting the app store and developers all to hell. Video will be displayed non letterboxed, and regular apps can be pillarboxed until updated.
Oh, Apple has had its share of failures. MobileMe, Ping, G4 Cube, that little iPod shuffle with no control buttons.
I don't know if I'd go as far as calling MobileMe a failure. Sure, it had a rough start, but by the time I joined several months later, I never had a single problem with it.
Not interested in the Philips 21/9 TV then? Looks very odd, but great for films! I wouldn't be surprised if all TVs go to the wider 21/9 format at some point in the (distant?) future. Now that'd give something for the taller/longer phone haters to talk about..