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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Yes, retina makes a big different on iPhone 4 which you hold much closer to your face but what does retina mean? It is high resolution usually 4x what you get on the older screen. 4x is used to avoid dithering the pixels to achieve the higher resolution you just dup the bits resulting in 2x height and 2x width. When you have only 134 ppi at the ipad 1 and 2 then it makes sense but when you start with over 160 ppi it makes much less sense particularly when you have to have a huge battery drain and screen draw time to achieve it and you aren't likely to hold an 8" screen close to your face anyway. YMMV
Dale
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It depends on what you are using the iPad for and on the individual's eyes. If for reading then the higher resolution is justifiable. I had a 132 ppi iPad 1 and I could not read very long on it because of fuzzy text. I now have an iPad 3 and I can read for hours without any eyestrain. I just bought a Kindle Fire HD with 216 ppi for reading because it is much smaller and less heavy than the iPad 3. The lower resolution while readable does cause some eyestrain, and since the iPad mini has only 162 ppi I'm quite sure it would cause even more eyestrain during prolonged reading. As far as reading, the smaller the text the greater the issue when it comes to lower resolution screens. Illustrations can also be fuzzy at lower resolutions.
I waited until the iPad mini was announced before deciding against it for the Fire HD. I like the apps and OS much better on the iPad mini, but the lower resolution on a device I was primarily going to use to read coupled with the high price made my choice an easy one. For those with better eyes than mine and/or with a different use for the mini, the resolution might not matter.