Currently, Apple has invested heavily in the quality of the screen of its devices, advertising products with displays of very high resolution – called “Retina” by the company.
However, the recently launched iPad mini did not follow this line and brought a screen with standard resolution, with the same amount of pixels present in the first and second generation tablets from Apple. As always, DisplayMate has thoroughly analyzed every aspect of the set of red, green and blue lights on the iPad mini.
Dr. Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate, concluded that the smaller tablet does not follow Apple’s new screen standards and brings the user only a competent display. But the reason that led Apple to choose a lower screen is quite clear: the cost.
In order not to fragment the system and make applications already adapted to the two screen resolutions – 1024 × 768 and 2048 × 1536 pixels – compatible with the new device, Apple had to choose the option with fewer pixels. The price of a very high resolution 7.9 ″ screen is too prohibitive for a small tablet.
In addition, the iPad mini’s 163 pixel-by-inch screen loses to the screen of its main competitors – the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7 -, which each have 216 pixels per inch. Along with the fact that the iPad mini’s display reflects more light, has less contrast in highly lit environments and has a color scale lower than that of its competitors, the new tablet has sinned a lot when pleasing consumers’ eyes.
Soneira, however, says that the iPad mini’s screen does very well in the real world, meeting the expectations of most consumers.
[via MacRumors]
