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Originally Posted by murraypaul
It is 163 ppi because that is the resolution of the pre-retina iPhones, which means that already have all the designs and production requirements sorted out and can just restart production.
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iPhone/iPhone 3G: 320x480 (164.83 ppi)
iPhone 4/iPhone 4S: 640x960 @ 3.5" (329.65 ppi)
iPhone 5: 640x1136 @ 4" (325.97 ppi)
iPad/iPad 2:768x1024 @ 9.7" (131.97 ppi)
iPad Mini: 768x1024 @ 7.9" (162.03 ppi)
(my guess is that the various screen sizes are rounded to more pleasing figures and that the PPI listed in the marketing materials is based on the actual screen sizes)
No. The iPhone has nothing to do with the resolution of the Mini. It's all the iPad/iPad 2's (4:3 & 768x1024 (I'm old-fashioned, when I remember to be :P - horizontal should always go first), same as the Mini) fault. The similarities of the PPIs with the original iPhone/iPhone 3G is just coincidence.