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Faterson · 11-20-2013, 12:20 PM

OK, I found it: it appears that iPhone 4 (and 4S, too) has a colour gamut of around 64%:

http://technologizer.com/2010/07/01/retina-display/
http://www.displaymate.com/Gamut_2.html
http://www.displaymate.com/Gamut_9.html
http://www.displaymate.com/iPhone_4_ShootOut.htm

(Pretty funny to observe the typical over-saturation of Samsung displays there, by the way.)

What this means: the new iPad mini Retina offers roughly the same colour gamut as iPhone 4 or 4S (phones that are over 2-3 years old today), and also roughly the same as iPad 2 (soon, a 3-year-old tablet).

An irony right there: a hardware spec connection between iPad mini Retina and iPad 2 no one would have expected these days -- suddently it "makes sense", in a twisted way, for iPad 2 to be still offered for sale with zero discount compared to 2012: after all, it shares the same colour gamut with the brand-new iPad mini Retina!

Yet you are charged an exorbitant 2013 price for iPad mini Retina, not a 2010, 2011 or 2012 price. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

Now, like I said, I'm delighted by my iPhone 4 screen, and do not find its colours "washed out" in the least (more like the opposite, in fact), despite only 64% of the colour gamut. In practice, this technical limitation never disturbed me over the years.

But, I bought that device back in 2010 -- there was no better Apple alternative back then. It was the best mobile screen Apple were offering at the time. Today, it's different, when you can buy iPad Air instead, and get the perfect screen.

I also worry that while the limited 64% colour gamut might perhaps not be very noticeable on a tiny 3.5 iPhone screen, the same gamut limitation might be a lot more noticeable on the fairly large 8-inch screen of an iPad mini Retina.

All things considered, the discovery of this flaw may well have saved me a handful of hundreds of euros. Although I'm disgusted by iOS 7, I've been seriously considering the purchase of an iPad mini Retina. Now in addition to the annoying iOS 7 and the exorbitant price, here comes the narrow colour gamut -- another powerful purchase deterrent.

11-20-2013, 12:20 PM	#38
Faterson pokrývač škridiel Posts: 1,525 Karma: 3300000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Device: 3iPad, SamsungNote & Tabs, 2OnyxBoox, Huawei 8″, PocketBook	OK, I found it: it appears that iPhone 4 (and 4S, too) has a colour gamut of around 64%: http://technologizer.com/2010/07/01/retina-display/ http://www.displaymate.com/Gamut_2.html http://www.displaymate.com/Gamut_9.html http://www.displaymate.com/iPhone_4_ShootOut.htm (Pretty funny to observe the typical over-saturation of Samsung displays there, by the way.) What this means: the new iPad mini Retina offers roughly the same colour gamut as iPhone 4 or 4S (phones that are over 2-3 years old today), and also roughly the same as iPad 2 (soon, a 3-year-old tablet). An irony right there: a hardware spec connection between iPad mini Retina and iPad 2 no one would have expected these days -- suddently it "makes sense", in a twisted way, for iPad 2 to be still offered for sale with zero discount compared to 2012: after all, it shares the same colour gamut with the brand-new iPad mini Retina! Yet you are charged an exorbitant 2013 price for iPad mini Retina, not a 2010, 2011 or 2012 price. That's a bitter pill to swallow. Now, like I said, I'm delighted by my iPhone 4 screen, and do not find its colours "washed out" in the least (more like the opposite, in fact), despite only 64% of the colour gamut. In practice, this technical limitation never disturbed me over the years. But, I bought that device back in 2010 -- there was no better Apple alternative back then. It was the best mobile screen Apple were offering at the time. Today, it's different, when you can buy iPad Air instead, and get the perfect screen. I also worry that while the limited 64% colour gamut might perhaps not be very noticeable on a tiny 3.5 iPhone screen, the same gamut limitation might be a lot more noticeable on the fairly large 8-inch screen of an iPad mini Retina. All things considered, the discovery of this flaw may well have saved me a handful of hundreds of euros. Although I'm disgusted by iOS 7, I've been seriously considering the purchase of an iPad mini Retina. Now in addition to the annoying iOS 7 and the exorbitant price, here comes the narrow colour gamut -- another powerful purchase deterrent.