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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. I wear bifocals... by Eggz+Factor · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... will it look even better for me?

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  2. We can't tell, anyway by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most Slashdotters will never be anywhere close to one foot from a vagina anyway, so it's not like we'll have anything to compare it to when surfing our porn on it.

    1. Re:We can't tell, anyway by discord5 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Most Slashdotters will never be anywhere close to one foot from a vagina anyway, so it's not like we'll have anything to compare it to when surfing our porn on it.

      Haven't you heard? Steve Jobs thinks you should buy an android if you (or your children) are looking for porn.

  3. As long as ... by ryan.onsrc · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... every one turns off their WiFi

  4. Oh its all so clear now! by DarthVain · · Score: 2, Funny

    See I didn't know you meant "normal" people. I thought you meant "Super" people with like xray vision, heat vision, and telescopic vision and all that shit.

    It makes so much more sense now when you explain it that way.

    P.S. Of course my vision (-11.25,-11.5) an 8 bit Nintendo somehow running on a Lite-Brite would likely have more "pixels" or resolution than my eyes, so I guess it is all about perspective. Maybe if I glue two iPhone4's to my retina's I will be cured, surely a crass miracle such as that should be child's play for such a monumental device...

  5. Re:the world seen through pixels. by toastar · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean that real life doesn't have pixels everywhere I look?

    Have you ever seen how pixelated the beach is?

  6. Re:the world seen through pixels. by SiChemist · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm out of mod points, so I'll just say: +1 funny.

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  7. Re:math failure by thechemic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Each retina also has as blind spot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_spot_%28vision%29). So until these lame iPhone have 2 displays, each with a huge hole in the middle, I dont want to hear anyone calling them retina displays! I dont go around calling blue things, purple. If it doesnt work like a retina, smell like a retina, act like a retina, or taste like one either... then dont call em retina displays. Got it Jobs?

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  8. Re:it's Vulva you biologically ignorant clod by Wovel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty sure asking a girl to see her vulva would just creep her out.