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"But until the iPhone and iPad, near as I can tell, nobody else was even trying to improve resolution on computer displays" The original Droid came out in Nov
by martythemaniak 15y ago
"But until the iPhone and iPad, near as I can tell, nobody else was even trying to improve resolution on computer displays"
The original Droid came out in Nov '09 and had a 265ppi screen (same as the new iPad). When I upgraded from my 1st gen iPhone to the Nexus One shortly after that and put the two side-by-side, I simply could not stop admiring how incredible the screen was.
Sorry, but it really was just simple economics and we would've gotten high-DPI displays regardless.
- Xuzz 15y agoI don't think it's about iPhone vs Droid bs Nexus: it's about phones and tablets versus desktops and laptops. Most laptops today aren't sold with a 200+ DPI screen. I think I'd have a hard time finding any. And yet, most phones (and tablets, with the new iPad) do have these high-density, better, screens. Jeff's point is that the switch to phones and tablets is what enabled that improvement to occur.
- mediaman 15y agoThat's true of phones, but we haven't really seen anyone try that with traditional PCs. Even Apple hasn't achieved anything there. In a broader sense, there seems to be much more innovation in tablets and phones versus traditional PCs. Some of that was sparked by Apple, some of it, such as Droid's high-res screen, was created first by someone else. But where is the comparable innovation with the PC?
- masklinn 15y ago> The original Droid came out in Nov '09 and had a 265ppi screen I've got a much bigger issue with this quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors Those are 22" desktop LCD screens with a resolution of 3840×2400. The T220 came out in 2001. At an original price of $18k they certainly cost an arm, a leg and half your firstborn. But there you are.