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Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Re: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Post by esolyt »

jharrier wrote: post #5
mtgx wrote: post #3

Both Xperia S and HTC Rezound had 342 PPI, and were launched a long time ago: http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_s-4369.php http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_rezound-4099.php And bragging about having 3 more PPI than the iPhone is just lame...just as bragging about having "better than HD" display because you have 48 extra pixels, is.

Agreed. Not a lot to brag about, but I'd at least mention that it is retina.

What does retina mean? Can you explain to us?

Do we really need a term for "high PPI"? If iPhone 4 is retina, then what is Xperia S? It is certainly not retina, because it would be insulting to call it retina when its pixels are even more indistinguishable. What about Galaxy Nexus? It is 316 PPI, slightly less than iPhone. Is it enough for being retina or not? Who determines?

Re: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Post by Groxx »

pearle wrote: post #8
jharrier wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Not a lot to brag about, but I'd at least mention that it is retina.

Why mention it? Isn't retina just an Apple specific marketing term for a high resolution screen?

One that has succeeded, and more people know what it means than "High PPI". I'd say leap on it, and argue in court that people don't associate it with Apple, they associate it with not noticing pixels.

Re: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Post by vesky »

mtgx wrote: post #3

Both Xperia S and HTC Rezound had 342 PPI, and were launched a long time ago: http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_s-4369.php http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_rezound-4099.php And bragging about having 3 more PPI than the iPhone is just lame...just as bragging about having "better than HD" display because you have 48 extra pixels, is.

Having 3 more ppi than iPhone is not much. Having that amount of PPI in a screen that's 1 full inch bigger is. And have you ever compared a ClearBlack display with an iPhone screen? I have. The iPhone is better due to the resolution, at night! But in daylight I'd prefer a ClearBlack display over any iPhone. Unless you only go out at night in which case you'll probably be better off with the iPhone.

Re: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Post by potatolicious »

esolyt wrote: post #11
jharrier wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Not a lot to brag about, but I'd at least mention that it is retina.

What does retina mean? Can you explain to us? Do we really need a term for "high PPI"? If iPhone 4 is retina, then what is Xperia S? It is certainly not retina, because it would be insulting to call it retina when its pixels are even more indistinguishable. What about Galaxy Nexus? It is 316 PPI, slightly less than iPhone. Is it enough for being retina or not? Who determines?

The original contention is that it is the absolute (useful) peak of screen resolution, as in, at the distance the screen is normally viewed from, the individual pixels are imperceptible to the human eye, and adding more will not result in any perceptible difference.

Similar to print media, where beyond a certain dpi your eyes just can't tell the difference if you added more dots.

Re: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Post by janardanyri »

Sidenote on marketing: this is probably an amazing screen, but the gadgetmarketspeak designation of "Pure Motion HD+" makes me tune out instantly.

The cleverness of "retina display" was that a single explanatory sentence told you everything you need to know - this phone has better resolution than your eyes can fully perceive.

"Pure Motion HD+" means nothing to me - is that better or worse than 'true HD'? (For that matter, was the original just plain 'HD' actually fake HD?)

I had the unfortunate experience of trying to gauge displays at Best Buy yesterday, where machines in the same category would variously have resolution designations from "1280x800" to "SXGA" to "True HD" to nothing whatsoever, depending on what they thought sounded best, and the cumulative effect was that I felt less aware of my purchase options looking at the actual machines than simply checking opinions on Newegg.

I can't imagine trying to navigate that process as a consumer with other priorities in life. And they wonder why Apple has such healthy profit margins in comparison...

Re: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S

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Post by option_greek »

janardanyri wrote: post #17

Sidenote on marketing: this is probably an amazing screen, but the gadgetmarketspeak designation of "Pure Motion HD+" makes me tune out instantly. The cleverness of "retina display" was that a single explanatory sentence told you everything you need to know - this phone has better resolution than your eyes can fully perceive. "Pure Motion HD+" means nothing to me - is that better or worse than 'true HD'? (For that ma…

There are some things other companies never seem to learn from apple:

1) Differentiating their phones by weird model numbers that no one remembers

2) Making product announcements with no details about price and availability

3) Cramming all kind of high end features and adding non catchy names like this PureGodKnowsWhatEver+ in their product descriptions and praying people will buy them.

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