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The iPhone 4's display density at it's size had precedent. A high volume, remotely affordable, production 260+ PPI panel anywhere near as large as the iPad does

The iPhone 4's display density at it's size had precedent. A high volume, remotely affordable, production 260+ PPI panel anywhere near as large as the iPad doesn't exist anywhere.

InclinedPlane 16y ago
Quite so. Firstly, it wasn't a very high total pixel count, it's still smaller than XGA which is considered the modern absolute minimum acceptable resolution for desktops and laptops. Secondly, it wasn't that much of a bump over the existing highest resolution displays of that size. The Motorola Droid used an 854x480 display at 265 pp and was released a year before the iPhone 4. A 50% bump in total pixel count and a 23% bump in linear pixel resolution is impressive, but hardly a quantum leap in engineering. In contrast, the equivalent leap for the iPad would be to resolutions that only extremely high-end, very large LCD monitors display today (such as 30" displays) at pixel densities for the display size far beyond what anyone is producing in commodity hardware.
- rbranson 16y ago
  To add to the list: The HTC Touch Diamond2, which was released in Oct 2009, had a 480x800, 3.2" display. The HTC Touch Diamond, which was released in May 2008, had a 480x640, 2.8" screen. Both of those screens are around 300PPI.
  - InclinedPlane 16y ago
    What's remarkable is that Apple is able to use perfectly normal engineering advances to generate the sort of awe of the company's abilities that then causes people to imagine that very large leaps in technology should be routine and expected from them. I'd imagine that this could pose a problem but in practice it hasn't before.
    - rbranson 16y ago
      Apple picks technologies and features that only enthusiasts would normally appreciate, and educates consumers on why these features mean something. Their products are an embodiment of an up-sell.

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The iPhone 4's display density at it's size had precedent. A high volume, remotely affordable, production 260+ PPI panel anywhere near as large as the iPad does

by rbranson 16y ago

The iPhone 4's display density at it's size had precedent. A high volume, remotely affordable, production 260+ PPI panel anywhere near as large as the iPad doesn't exist anywhere.

InclinedPlane 16y ago
Quite so. Firstly, it wasn't a very high total pixel count, it's still smaller than XGA which is considered the modern absolute minimum acceptable resolution for desktops and laptops. Secondly, it wasn't that much of a bump over the existing highest resolution displays of that size. The Motorola Droid used an 854x480 display at 265 pp and was released a year before the iPhone 4. A 50% bump in total pixel count and a 23% bump in linear pixel resolution is impressive, but hardly a quantum leap in engineering. In contrast, the equivalent leap for the iPad would be to resolutions that only extremely high-end, very large LCD monitors display today (such as 30" displays) at pixel densities for the display size far beyond what anyone is producing in commodity hardware.
- rbranson 16y ago
  To add to the list: The HTC Touch Diamond2, which was released in Oct 2009, had a 480x800, 3.2" display. The HTC Touch Diamond, which was released in May 2008, had a 480x640, 2.8" screen. Both of those screens are around 300PPI.
  - InclinedPlane 16y ago
    What's remarkable is that Apple is able to use perfectly normal engineering advances to generate the sort of awe of the company's abilities that then causes people to imagine that very large leaps in technology should be routine and expected from them. I'd imagine that this could pose a problem but in practice it hasn't before.
    - rbranson 16y ago
      Apple picks technologies and features that only enthusiasts would normally appreciate, and educates consumers on why these features mean something. Their products are an embodiment of an up-sell.