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Samsung Focusing On Phone Software
itwbennett writes "With the much-acclaimed Galaxy SIII in its pocket, don't think that Samsung is looking at Amazon's success with the Kindle and Apple's success with its iOS devices and saying to themselves, 'No, we'd rather not have that kind of diverse revenue, we'll stick to razor-thin hardware margins,' writes blogger Kevin Purdy. And that's not the only reason that Samsung might decide the time is right to maintain its own OS, or at least an Android fork: There's also the looming spectre of Google-Motorola."
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Buys a phone based on "black levels", has a crumby LCD TV at home.
Well, going by Apple's own marketing -- which is constantly changing -- the SuperAMOLED+ found on Android devices also have a Retina display.
Since the new non-upgradeable MacBook Pros only have a 220 PPI screen and Apple has proudly labeled them Retina, pretty much every Android phone on the market -- including my old Nexus One -- and most BlackBerry phones are eligible for this Retina moniker that makes so many iPhone guys feel special.
Even when Apple released the newer New newest iPad 3 ( Whatever it's called? ) with its 260 PPI screen, most other phones on the market now had a PPI high enough to be considered Retina happy. So when it comes down to it, many Android phones had Retina displays before Apple's own phones.