No. They're called "retina" because the people who name things at Apple are professionally focused on deceiving you. What a surprise. I've seen lots of artic

No. They're called "retina" because the people who name things at Apple are professionally focused on deceiving you. What a surprise. I've seen lots of articles about this over time, here's one I googled just now: http://www.cultofmac.com/173702/why-retina-isnt-enough-feature/ http://www.cultofmac.com/173702/why-retina-isnt-enough-featu... Combine this with what jamesaguillar already said, about wanting a larger screen and also wanting high PPI, and why wouldn't you want higher res?