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For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All

Posted by timothy on from the sharp-dealing dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "AT WWDC, Steve Jobs claimed that the iPhone 4's display has about the same resolution as the human eye — held at one foot away, the iPhone 4's pixels are too small to see. After reading an earlier Slashdot post about an expert disputing Jobs' claim, I decided to run the numbers myself. I found that Jobs is correct for people with normal vision, and the expert was using numbers for theoretically perfect vision. So to most people, the iPhone 4 display will look unpixellated."

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  1. Re:So It's catching my droid then? by rcuhljr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah am I missing something? I really can't spot pixels in normal usage on my droid, even getting it closer than is comfortable.

  2. Re:It's just a marketing name, for crap's sake by dropadrop · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The thing here is that most Apple users don't actually realize this.

    I think you are quite mistaken. Most Apple users don't care about this, they are just happy it's called something they can pronounce. Most Apple users I know are not very informed about technological advances or acronyms, rather they are happy those are not used as it makes them feel they understand what they are using / buying.