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what's the purpose of 2048X1536 resolution?
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Makes me appear less dumb, than previously indicated.
Truth be told, remember before the IP4 launch, how many threads, nearly a cut and paste in content - existed prior-to? "Why double the iPhone resolution" "That will be cost prohibitive" "What's the point?"
Fast forward a day later, and people were scooping these up, like they were needed for life support.
Honestly, a retina iPad, will be my first iPad.
For one thing, it will improve the reading experience when the iPad is close to one's face (say, when on one's side and reading in bed).
Also, there have been rumors of high-res Android tablets, for ex:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/upcoming-samsung-android-tablet-rumored/
Also, there have been rumors of high-res Android tablets, for ex:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/upcoming-samsung-android-tablet-rumored/
I personally love the screen on my iPhone 4. I find looking at an iPad screen after that a bit distracting.
If I had never seen an iPhone 4 screen I would never have thought about it when looking at the iPad.
Alas, I am now spoiled.
If I had never seen an iPhone 4 screen I would never have thought about it when looking at the iPad.
Alas, I am now spoiled.
I started typing and realized what I was saying was getting too scientific, so the abbreviated version of what I was going to say is this:
Things will look REAL on an iPad with a retina display. The 4/4S have only given us a taste of this. Understanding why Apple calls it a retina display should answer any and all questions.
Things will look REAL on an iPad with a retina display. The 4/4S have only given us a taste of this. Understanding why Apple calls it a retina display should answer any and all questions.
Yes, A black and white 301 x 192 screen would be much better than any of this colour, high res, good looking nonsense.
Ok the iPad 3 is not going to have a 2k screen, thats just ridiculous. We'll probably see something closer to 1080p if the iPad gets a higher-res screen (which it probably will).
We'll probably see something closer to 1080p if the iPad gets a higher-res screen (which it probably will).
First time I've read anyone saying that the iPad 2 screen is crap. Perhaps glasses is in order
Ok the iPad 3 is not going to have a 2k screen, thats just ridiculous.
So every single rumour about the display is wrong?
Ok the iPad 3 is not going to have a 2k screen, thats just ridiculous.
Do you really believe what you typed?
We've seen this before with the iPhone. No one's ever seen that high of a resolution in a phone before, and Apple did it and now all the competitors are putting big efforts to match it.
In my opinion, it's all or nothing for the screen. Either Apple has figured out how to mass produce that high of a resolution, or they will stay with the current screen for one more year. The latter option is a worst case scenario though, since every rumor so far has led to a new screen.
Sorta like asking "Why do people love chicken, which tastes SO good."
BECAUSE IT TASTES GOOD!
Ok the iPad 3 is not going to have a 2k screen, thats just ridiculous.
1080p is already done by the competition.
Apple will certainly come up with something that is
a) a big leap forward
b) preserves the current key features (battery live especially)
c) does not screw up the existing content
That leaves us with 2048x1536
I didn't see it mentioned, but the higher resolution will be a god send for drawing/sketching. Currently you can't draw in any great detail due to the resolution, zoom in and you very quickly see individual pixels.
That's a limitation of the app you are using to draw with.
It's rendering in 72 dpi and is not vector based.
Interesting, thank you for the information. In particular I'm using sketchbook pro, are you aware of any drawing apps which would not have this limitation? I can do some pretty decent drawings in sketchbook, but you can't get a really good level of detail at all.
The resolution of the input and the resolution of the screen are actually different things. There are no apps that can fix this (besides workarounds like a zoom mode) because it is a hardware limitation. One of the drawbacks of the technology used in capacitive touch screens, is that it does not allow the same resolution of input as the screens in traditional tablet computers.
The purpose of double resolution is that it's a stopgap until manufacturing can produce lenses small enough to cover 2 pixels at a time, at which point glasses-free 3D can be implemented.
Yes I do.
What about content? Will the iPad 3 be able to render 3D games at 2K resolution? And even if iTunes HD video will get distributed at 1080p, how is that going to look on a 2K screen?
I honestly think they're more likely to go with no screen upgrade at all then they are to go with a 2K screen.
1080p video will look amazing on a 2048x1536 screen . . . how is that even a question?
With 3D games, my guess is most will continue to run at 1024x768 and choose more polygons, effects, etc over the high resolution. But who knows, if the GPU is as big a jump from iPad 1 to iPad 2, then maybe they will run full resolution.
Anyways, the biggest benefit of this will be not to movies or games, but text rendering. Movies and games already look fantastic on the iPad. It's the text that looks terrible compared to an iPhone. People want Retina because it will make reading web pages, magazines, books, newspapers, email, pdfs, etc so much more pleasant.
I'm not sure I understand. When I draw a line a 1 pixel width are you saying it does not translate to 1 pixel of the resolution? I would think that 2048x1536 would produce more PPI, thus details, than 1024x768, giving more and smaller pixels within the same physically measured dimensions of a canvas, eg 5"x3" or whatever arbitrary size. So the ipad's PPI would increase from 132 to 264 if the screen size stayed the same.
I'm also confused by what another poster stated that sketchbook is rendering in 72dpi, does he mean ppi? Is there any reason, due to hardware, that apps cannot render at 132 ppi, or 264 ppi in the upcoming ipad3? I know it gets more technical with actually lets say printing an image at a certain dpi, a higher dpi would actually shrink the image too much, from what I've read an ipad 1/2 resolution image at 300dpi would end up being 3.4"x2.5", but at least with the ipad3 we could end up with a 6.8"x5" image at 300 dpi, or a bit larger than that at the 264 ppi the ipad3 will be. Also as someone else said there could be a zoom mode where you had a higher canvas resolution than the ipads desktop and you would have to move the canvas around.
I'm sure there is a much more technical explanation for what you say, I'd be curious about that for sure as drawing seems to be one of the major points in favor of a higher res display.
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Based on your wording and terminology you seem tech savvy to some degree, but your perspective on this topic is coming across as uninformed. I don't have the time to cite all the indications that prove you wrong, but there are more than a few.