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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
iPhone/iPhone 3G: 320x480 (164.83 ppi)
iPad Mini: 768x1024 @ 7.9" (162.03 ppi)
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That's just rounding error. I think we'll find that the screen is actually more like 7.85", and the ppi are the same.
The tech specs for the iPhone 3 say: 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
The tech specs for the iPad Mini say: 1024x768 resolution at 163 ppi
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No. The iPhone has nothing to do with the resolution of the Mini. It's all the iPad/iPad 2's (4:3 & 768x1024) fault.
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No, it is both.
You could have a 768x1024 screen at whatever size you want.
But a 768x1024 screen at a physical size of 7.85" gives you exactly the same ppi as the iPhone 3. A 7" screen wouldn't have, a 7.5" screen wouldn't have, an 8" screen wouldn't have.
That means that the 44 pixel touch target on the iPad Mini will be exactly the same physical size as the touch target on the iPhone. (Which I imagine would be their answer to anyone pointing out Job's comments about small tablets. Anything you could press on the iPhone you could press on the iPad Mini.)
This was being predicted before the release:
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/03/why-a...just-workable/