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iPad 3 Confirmed To Have 2048x1536 Screen Resolution

Posted by timothy on from the small-package dept.

bonch writes "After months of reporting on photos of iPad 3 screen parts, MacRumors finally obtained one for themselves and examined it under a microscope, confirming that the new screens will have twice the linear resolution of the iPad 2, with a whopping 2048x1536 pixel density. Hints of the new display's resolution were found in iBooks 2, which contains hi-DPI versions of its artwork. The iPad 3 is rumored to be launching in early March."

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  1. Nice. by cshark · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm getting one!

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    1. Re:Nice. by cshark · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well yes, but I have better than perfect vision, and could really appreciate it. Besides, I've been wanting to get one download pointless noise making apps for months now. How did we ever live without pointless noise making apps? It's beyond me. Even now, my lack of pointless noise making apps is tearing at my soul. My android tablet has a few pointless noise making apps, but those are all free, and it's just not the same unless I'm wasting money on them.

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    2. Re:Nice. by Eponymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I suppose you also have rejected laser printers in favor of good ol' dot matrix. Am I right?

    3. Re:Nice. by Kell+Bengal · · Score: 5, Funny

      I tried to jail brake my phone once, but it slowed it right down.

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    4. Re:Nice. by CheerfulMacFanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

      My android tablet has a few pointless noise making apps, but those are all free, and it's just not the same unless I'm wasting money on them.

      What an obvious Apple shill you are - https://market.android.com/search?q=fart&c=apps says there are at least a 1000 fart apps on the Android Market alone, and on the first page there are already 3 paid apps.

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    5. Re:Nice. by LordLimecat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Man I miss trinitron tablets, they were so cool.

    6. Re:Nice. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

      [android.com] says there are at least a 1000 fart apps on the Android Market alone, and on the first page there are already 3 paid apps.

      Ah, so you admit that Android was the first with fart apps and Apple copied them!

      It's the Xerox PARC story all over again, except wetter.

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    7. Re:Nice. by BasilBrush · · Score: 3, Funny

      I test out betas of people's android software on my phone all the time.

      That's true. Android is from Google, and Google's software is always beta.

    8. Re:Nice. by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

      Meh, battery life was crap.

    9. Re:Nice. by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kids, these days.

      Back in my time, we had to fart ourselves! And we liked it!

      Wake up and smell the beans, no wonder your butts are getting so big, you aren't exercising them properly! Get off my lawn!

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    10. Re:Nice. by cshark · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, but Apple's iOs farting apps have superior usability.

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  2. Unfortunately by Frogbert · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately users at my company will still find a way to run them at 800x600

  3. Re:Finally some screen advancements? by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to thank Apple for helping break the "HD = 1950x1080" fixation

    You big meanie! For every extra pixel over 2106000, a young Chinese worker cries himself to sleep every night.

  4. Futurama reference by Patron · · Score: 5, Funny

    - "Hey, John. Stop playing around with your tablet and get out in the real world."
    - "But moooom, this is the iPad 3!, it has BETTER resolution than the real world!"

  5. Re:Give it a month by microbee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Asus wiping the floor because it's collecting dusts?

  6. Re:Finally some screen advancements? by Jeremi · · Score: 4, Funny

    You big meanie! For every extra pixel over 2106000, a young Chinese worker cries himself to sleep every night.

    Nonsense. Chinese workers aren't allowed to sleep at night, that's when they work their third 10-hour shift.

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