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Chris Koerner was curious about what the oft rumored resolution of the iPad 3′s Retina Display would look like compared to previous iOS devices, so he whipped up a little image that compared each devices’ resolution against each other. The 2048×1536 screen would dwarf everything.
If the 2048×1536 iPad 3 retina display turns out to be real this year, oh god almighty it’s going to be glorious. A 1080p image would be smaller than the iPad 3′s display! And remember, all those pixels would only be on 9.7-inches (probably). The 2048×1536 display has been the resolution long expected on the next iPad because it’s double the pixels of the first two iPad’s screen (1024×768), when the iPhone’s Retina Display was introduced, it was double the pixels of the previous iPhone’s screen.
Check out the full image made by Chris Koerner. [Clkoerner]
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In other words, Apple’s software engineers are inept and unable to increase screen resolution without doubling the exact number of pixels because everything is completely fixed and static.
And they don’t want their customers to see how everything would break horribly with *gasp* an alternative resolution
must stop being a troll must stop being a troll
Seriously though. Having different resolutions without just doubling is not a crime and tech has survived the “onslaught” of different screen resolutions since forever.
Indeed, of course all those vector based bitmap formats will come in handy for scaling up the bitmaps and icons to a higher resolution without them looking crap.
“The 2048×1536 screen would dwarf everything.” – Everything Apple have released before.
Because the 2560×1600 display Samsung have is kinda bigger.
“The 2048×1536 display has been the resolution long expected on the next iPad because it’s double the pixels of the first two iPad’s screen (1024×768)”
Surely it’s quadruple the “number” of pixels. Too pedantic?
yeah, it’s 4x
The iPad 3 will set the standards, others who talk SH!t now will be in awe at how good it will look, other manufacturers will try and follow. Android trolls you know it’s going to happen!