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Old 08-23-2011, 05:17 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
If by retina display you mean 326 ppi then it is unlikely and unnecessary. Your iphone is held up close to you face while an iPad is held at arm length. There is absolutely no need for an 4 Megapixel display on a 9.7" device. The amount of CPU power needed to fill the screen with data rapidly would be prohibitive. However, having said that I would expect the iPad 3 to have higher resolution than the current product but there is lots of room between 130 ppi and 330 ppi.

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Most likely 260ppi. An exact doubling of pixels makes backwards compatibility easy.
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