Apple announces iPad Air and iPad Mini with retina display

[hammereditor²]

The iPhone 4 and up has had retina, seriously. The clarity and sharpness of all the elements on screen look amazing.

Then that either means the screen size is smaller, or the Motorola phone in question also has a sharp look.

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[Bisjac]

retina display is just magic. because its "new" sounding and apple declared it special.
apple users don't know numbers and specs. they want buzzwords and good feelings to be better.

[ShadowsfeaR]

Then that either means the screen size is smaller, or the Motorola phone in question also has a sharp look.

You didnt read what I had posted like, on the first page. The pixel density is doubled in the same amount of screen space. Therefore, you can't even see aliasing unless you took a magnifying glass (even then you'd just see the pixels themselves, not the aliasing).

[Zanaran2]

Nobody's forcing you to buy apple products.
Keep your opinions to yourselves.

[hammereditor²]

retina display is just magic. because its "new" sounding and apple declared it special.
apple users don't know numbers and specs. they want buzzwords and good feelings to be better.

Exactly. Also, I'm willing to wager that Apple employees had some kind of a conference in which they decided a name for this high-resolution screen. Things like 'Ultra display' or 'Clearpix' were ruled out, since 'retina display' kind of implies that it is a bionic computer chip implanted in an eyeball.

[hammereditor²]

Keep your opinions to yourselves.

Don't you realize that this topic is inviting debate and arguments?

[hammereditor²]

The pixel density is doubled in the same amount of screen space.

Then the resolution would be higher, wouldn't it?

[Bisjac]

kind of like how the term "high definition" istarted as a television term. because people were to handicapped to know what resolution means and how it differs. they literally just named it something that implied it was better looking.

apple does this with nearly alllll computer terminology Lol. that's why you have guys here saying specs don't matter, you gotta experience it to see the greatness.

IE, magic

[0xBRIANSMITH]

You didnt read what I had posted like, on the first page. The pixel density is doubled in the same amount of screen space. Therefore, you can't even see aliasing unless you took a magnifying glass (even then you'd just see the pixels themselves, not the aliasing).

Apple's iPad Air has 3.1 million pixels - wowzers!
Lets see the pixel density, it comes to a total of,
wait,
"2048-by-1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)."
what? 264ppi? Thats terrible. This thing costs more than my phone and my phone has 441ppi.
Surely the retina display is better!
"2048-by-1536 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi)"
Seriously? only 326 pixels? Still more less than 441 and - you guessed it -  still more expensive.
Retina displays are stuff. My phone which is only 1920x1080 has a higher pixel density and costs less - oh, and it looks better.

Oh and that last part about a magnifying glass is also bullstuff.
441ppi you can see pixels at 7.8"

[AlsoSulfate]

ITT: everyone is really mad that people like things that they don't like

[The Resonte!]

Keep your opinions to yourselves.

i feel like the internet is made up of tons of dictatorships

[ShadowsfeaR]

I bet less than half of the people complaining about retina have actually seen it in person.

Seriously go loving look at the screen. I can't stray you from your judgement if you've actually seen it, but it seems most of you really haven't actually seen the screen in person.

[Bisjac]

next apple is going to release a setting called "apple's advanced smoothing technology"
it acts kind of like anti aliasing. but its called smoothing technology and its new. and apple gave it to you!

[Bisjac]

Seriously go loving look at the screen. I can't stray you from your judgement if you've actually seen it, but it seems most of you really haven't actually seen the screen in person.

numbers and specs speak for themselves man. you are literally trying to preach the faith vs science thing here lol

[0xBRIANSMITH]

Seriously go loving look at the screen. I can't stray you from your judgement if you've actually seen it, but it seems most of you really haven't actually seen the screen in person.

Just went downstairs and looked at my moms pretty new $2,000 computer
I looked and it was still not what you portray it to be. I repeat my self, if you think the retina display is impressive, then you quite clearly have never looked at a nice samsung TV/Phone/Tablet