The Faceless Master
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http://gizmodo.com/5960191/techs-new-most-meaningless-spec-ppi
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Techs New Most Meaningless Spec: PPI - Gizmodo
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Tech's New Most Meaningless Aspect: Journalism
Insane Metal
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How is that meaningless? Take a look at how clear the text is on the DNA picture... dear God!
That picture is also meaningless without any reference/context. They could all look the same from a regular viewing distance.
shhh you're making sense.
Technosteve
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android doesn't scale to 440 ppi unless jelly bean changed that
TOP SHOTTA
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Gizmodo is so up their own ass sometimes it's amazing to me.
Dead Prince
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wasn't meaningless when retina talk was out was it gizmodo?
Insane Metal
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Phones are used within a foot from our eyes, it's really easy to notice the difference in quality. Obviously that difference is highlighted there, but still.
The Faceless Master
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what mistake? this is awesome! a story about meaningless PPI right after a story showing off a text comparison? can't get any better than that!
I'm not saying there's no difference, I'm just saying that picture is worthless without any idea of how zoomed in that is. I can't hold any of those above phones close enough to my face that the pixels are as obvious as in the photo (not even remotely), and a future 5" phone with a 4K display could look just as much better in a microscope shot, but literally look identical to the DNA at any distance
Vulcano's assistant
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If only these devices were not 70%+ screen.
Dreams-Visions
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Himynameischris
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Wow at that picture...
Yeah contrast ratio is definitely worse.
DonasaurusRex
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yeah maybe for 4-5 inch smartphones it meaningless but monitors and tv's need some fuckin help , my CRT's were much better and that is 12 years ago come on.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I'd love to get my company to upgrade me to a DNA for "testing" purposes. That screen looks incredible.
EightBitNate
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I don't get how so many of you are knocking on Gizmodo for what you've been saying for weeks.
345triangle
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i have seen this phone in person, or at least the near-identical japanese variant, and i can tell you that it sure is not meaningless — it's almost certainly the best mobile display ever shipped on a production device. you might not be able to perceive individual pixels, but taken in totality you can definitely see the difference next to a 300 ppi phone.
the valid question is whether or not the inevitable processing and battery life tradeoff is worth it vs other excellent screens like those on the iphone 5 or one X. my suspicion is that it probably isn't for now, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep on pushing display tech forward.
the valid question is whether or not the inevitable processing and battery life tradeoff is worth it vs other excellent screens like those on the iphone 5 or one X. my suspicion is that it probably isn't for now, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep on pushing display tech forward.
pentile
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Resolution divided by size in inches equals PPI. PPI isn't any more meaningless than any of the other three.
But all of them are meaningless without at least one of the other three, yes?
It's like a triforce!
choodi
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If you clicked on Gizmodo twice today to get the two stories.... they have already won.
Honestly, Gizmodo is completely right on this. As someone who's used most of the new tent pole flagship devices, even the Note II with it's sub 300ppi display, there's very little difference between these things. Unless you have your face to the screen and are pixel peeping to a stupid degree, it's really quite pointless. For me, once you get to the 300ppi range, black, white, contrast and colour accuracy are far more important.
Yup, now that Android has a phone and tablet with PPI greater than iPhone & iPad, Gizmondo calls it pointless.
It's pointless because after a certain PPI there is no noticeable difference unless you hold your phone 2 inches from your eye constantly. Actually I would say its probably better to balance the tradeoff between powering the display and the ppi rather than just making the screen the highest ppi just because you can.
I know android OEMs have turned the phone market into the pc arms race equivalent though. So carry on.
I can make a phone with 24 cores too. But why? Just because. lol
Gizmodo apple shills duh... The same apple shills that no longer get invited to Apple events... Keep living the dream fools.
I know android OEMs have turned the phone market into the pc arms race equivalent though. So carry on.
I can make a phone with 24 cores too. But why? Just because. lol
Gizmodo apple shills duh... The same apple shills that no longer get invited to Apple events... Keep living the dream fools.
It's true, past a certain point this shit doesn't matter. Those pics were taken at like 10X zoom, it's a completely meaningless comparison even if you do think it looks better.
"Our screen is so amazing you can only see the detail under a microscope." Guaranteed someone will sell technophiles with a line like that because it sounds so much cooler than it actually is.
If you're gonna push all those pixels why not try something more meaningful like 120FPS or stereoscopic 3D?
"Our screen is so amazing you can only see the detail under a microscope." Guaranteed someone will sell technophiles with a line like that because it sounds so much cooler than it actually is.
If you're gonna push all those pixels why not try something more meaningful like 120FPS or stereoscopic 3D?
It's always been pointless above a certain point, it's just Apple are very clever in marketing well enough that people forget how silly it all is.
I returned my Macbook Pro Retina recently (first creaked, second had major image retention) and honestly, going back to my 1080p 17" MBP and the screen from the retina isn't what I miss. I prefer the 17's screen because whilst not quite as pin sharp, it is larger, brighter and almost as sexy. What I miss is the size, weight and thinness of the MBPr, not that huge ppi screen (which actually causes as many issues as it does positives).
Oh Japan...
Huh? Gizmodo is like the biggest Apple troll out there, next to Dan Lyons.
Welcome to alternate reality.
The Faceless Master
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so they're simps, not shills?
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