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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.

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

    ... every one turns off their WiFi

  4. 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?

  5. 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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