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Faterson · 02-09-2013, 01:06 PM

"Retina" is pretty much a marketing label, and I don't expect marketing labels to be scientifically precise.

The point is that -- as Jakob Nielsen wrote in one of his Alertbox columns -- judging by 2013 standards, any computer screen below 200 ppi can nowadays be considered "lousy" (Nielsen's term), and us consumers should insist on computer manufacturers offering us 200+ ppi screens (at the very least that) as the new standard.

I'm sure that 326 ppi over 8 inches of an iPad mini screen, will be spectacular to behold -- whether technically "Retina" or not.

02-09-2013, 01:06 PM	#146
Faterson pokrývač škridiel Posts: 1,525 Karma: 3300000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Device: 3iPad, SamsungNote & Tabs, 2OnyxBoox, Huawei 8″, PocketBook	"Retina" is pretty much a marketing label, and I don't expect marketing labels to be scientifically precise. The point is that -- as Jakob Nielsen wrote in one of his Alertbox columns -- judging by 2013 standards, any computer screen below 200 ppi can nowadays be considered "lousy" (Nielsen's term), and us consumers should insist on computer manufacturers offering us 200+ ppi screens (at the very least that) as the new standard. I'm sure that 326 ppi over 8 inches of an iPad mini screen, will be spectacular to behold -- whether technically "Retina" or not.