I well recall when Steve Jobs announced iPhone 4 and eulogised about the retina display. I must confess I was not really excited by it as a feature. I was hosting live coverage of the announcement at the time and the consensus of those in the chatroom was the same.
Of course only a few days later and I like everyone else was blown away by the quality of the display I had in my hand.
Fast forward a couple of years and two iPad versions later and today I was awaiting the delivery of the first iPad model to sport a retina display. Despite the lessons of last time I’ll admit I was still not prepared for the extent of the difference discernable between iPad 2 and the third Generation iPad.
First, was a comparison of the photographic site 500px displayed in Safari – there was a noticeable difference.
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The difference is even more obvious as you zoom in:
However, even that didn’t prepare me for the infinite improvement in the display of 2x apps designed for iPhone. A particular annoyance for me has always been the lack of a dedicated iPad version of the Spotify app, but just look at the improvement in the display of Spotify from iPad 2 to the new iPad.
Suffice it to say the iPad 3rd Generation screen is completely astounding, it’s something that really needs to be seen to be believed.
