The new iPad 3‘s retina display has caused a real stir amongst those anxiously awaiting the new tablet PC. The Retina display features the best display ever available on a mobile device. Many consider the upgraded display the single biggest selling point when moving from the iPad 2 to the new model. Apple definitely feel this way as they made the new display the subject for the first commercial for the new iPad 3. All this has probably left you [...]
The twin benefits of the high resolution and the pixel density are what make the Retina display something special. The resolution is 2048�1536, exactly double the resolution available on the iPad 2. The main competitor to the iPad in terms of resolution has been the Asus Transformer, but its 1920�1200 resolution now looks a bit sad compared to the new iPad! The new iPad’s massive 2048�1536 is plenty of screen to play HD movies and view hi-res picture without missing any details.
However, the resolution is only one part of the deal. The amount of pixels in the display (“pixel density”) is what makes the display really special and worthy of the Retina labelling. 3.1 million pixels have been included in the new iPad’s Retina display. In layman’s terms this means that the eye cannot discern individual pixels on the iPad screen. At 3.1 million pixels the new iPad 3 is now well in front of many DTV models. It is a 400% increase on the number of pixels on the iPad 2 screen.
Another great aspect of the Retina display is color saturation. This feature is 44% better than the iPad 2, and this has been heavily publicised by Apple. So not only will the new iPad 3 display images with amazing clarity, they will also have a much deeper and richer depth and accuracy of color.
So what about existing apps that weren’t built to render on the Retina display’s huge resolution? No need to worry about that. Apple has adjusted all the pre-supplied iOS apps to take full advantage of the extra screen size, and with third party apps they will automatically be optimized so that they look great on the Retina display. Any text display on the new iPad 3 will be automatically adjusted to the optimum size for the resolution to give the best clarity.
When you put all these features together, the Retina display is definitely the most exciting feature on the new iPad, even considering all of its other benefits. Once you’re seen the display yourself first hand you’ll understand what all the fuss is about. It really does leave standing every other mobile device out there on the market today. It’s set the standard for tablet PCs in the same way the iPhone 4S set the standard for smartphones. The new iPad 3 Retina display is definitely a huge selling point.
Nikki Reed
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