Apple Retina Display: Under the microscope comparisons with 1G and 3G

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Post by marram » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 4:28 PM UTC

Apple Retina Display: Under the microscope comparisons with 1G and 3G
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Post by macrael » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 5:37 PM UTC

Are the pixels on the iPhone vertically oriented like pixels on desktop monitors usually are?

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Post by stcredzero » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 5:40 PM UTC

macrael wrote: post #2

Are the pixels on the iPhone vertically oriented like pixels on desktop monitors usually are?

Looks like they are in Landscape.

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Post by watmough » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 5:44 PM UTC

Having queued for 7 hours yesterday to get my iPhone 4, I can confirm that the display actually exceeded my expectations.

All natively rendered text in controls, etc., looks like it was printed in a magazine.

This display is going to be huge news once it hits the iPad and MacBook Pros.

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Post by yardie » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 5:46 PM UTC

macrael wrote: post #2

Are the pixels on the iPhone vertically oriented like pixels on desktop monitors usually are?

Considering it's designed to work in landscape and portrait mode your question is relative.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 5:50 PM UTC

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Post by ugh » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 5:58 PM UTC

macrael wrote: post #2

Are the pixels on the iPhone vertically oriented like pixels on desktop monitors usually are?

In portrait orientation they have the same orientation as pixels on desktop monitors, i.e. the subpixels of individual pixels are next to each other, not on top of each other. (I looked at my third generation iPod touch. Well, I took a macro photo with my trusty Ricoh GR Digital II [1]. The only tool I have with which I can make subpixels – barely – visible. Hm, water drops might work, too, but that seems a bit risky.)

[1] http://www.dpreview.com/news/0710/07103001ricohgrd2.asp

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Post by grandalf » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 6:13 PM UTC

I looked at a iPhone 4G at the apple store yesterday and was curious to compare the display to the HTC Evo 4G's display.

The verdict: slightly better crispness, comparable brightness, comparable color.

The industrial design of the iPhone 4G is superb compared to any other phone (or electronic device) I've seen. It's more comparable to what you'd expect to find in a watch.

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Post by ugh » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 6:23 PM UTC

It seems to me that the black gaps are bigger. I just did a back of the envelope calculation, using the photos he posted and it looks as though black gaps take up about 30 percent of the space on the first and second iPhone while they take up about 40 percent on the new iPhone 4.

I wonder what the effects of that are. It probably just makes the display a bit dimmer (if one were to use the same backlight).

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Post by borisk » Fri, Jun 25, 2010, 6:32 PM UTC

Super AMOLED > IPS http://www.intomobile.com/2010/06/22/samsung-galaxy-s-super-...