Not exact matches
If you're expecting a new iPad 3 - style
Retina display
quality in the
screen department, then you're going to be mildly disappointed.
With regards to the
retina display, I ain't that geeky enough to notice any difference per say but one thing I can guarantee you is that the
screen is of great
quality and even at 0 % brightness, text and movies come off looking just right especially in the dark.
If you've been using a full - size Pad 3 for a while, a
retina iPhone such as the iPhone 4, 4S or 5, or most of newer Android phones and tablets out there, then you're going to notice a difference in
screen quality — and it's going to bother you.
It's the same 10.1 inch WXGA TFT touch
screen 1280 x 800 display as seen on previous iterations of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and invariably is not in the same league in terms of
screen quality when you compare it to the
Retina display - toting new iPad or the full HD resolution display on the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity.
Let's put it this way: The
screen quality on some tablets, such as Google's recent refresh of its Nexus 7 or Apple's most recent iPads with their
Retina displays, reaches out and grabs you.
Battery
quality looks fairly good and it has got an IPS (
Retina)
screen - similar to the iPad.
Screen quality is pin - sharp but, after watching films on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which have 4.7 and 5.5 - inch
Retina HD
screens respectively, you really notice the drop in size and resolution.
Although the Excite Pro's
screen easily beat the displays on the Xperia Z (1900 x 1200) and the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 (1280 x 800), it did not match the superior
quality of the iPad 4th Gen's
Retina display (even with a lower resolution of 2048 x 1536) nor the Nexus 10's 2560 x 1600 HD PLS display.
The iPhone 4 trumped everyone's expectations with power (1 GHz Apple A4 processor / 512 MB RAM),
screen quality (
Retina display) and a stunning new glass and steel enclosure as well as dual - camera setup for FaceTime video calls.
The 8.9 is not a slam dunk against the upcoming $ 400
retina iPad mini, a tablet that will offer roughly similarish
screen quality, a barely smaller
screen, premium hardware, and a way more robust ecosystem for just $ 20 more than the comparable HDX 8.9.
The
Retina screen has a 2,048 x 1,536 - pixel resolution (264 pixels - per - inch), and while it's not as high resolution as other tablets, we had no problems with display
quality.
There is no difference between a high -
quality paper and e-ink
screen or a high - resolution
Retina display.
Issues were also reported with the
screen quality (users believe it does not match the competitors
quality or that of the
retina screen on the new iPad), storage space, and other minor issues like Wi - Fi connectivity, App Store cohesion, and others.
But even taken on its own merits it was a significant release — introducing FaceTime, an upgraded 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, VGA -
quality front - facing camera, refreshed design, and significant
Retina display
screen resolution upgrade — with 4x the number of pixels as its predecessor.
The biggest trade - off you'll make here is the
screen quality: It's the only laptop in the Mac lineup that doesn't have a
Retina display; just 1,440 x 900 on the 13 - inch model.
The
Retina screen has a 2,048 x 1,536 - pixel resolution (264 pixels - per - inch), and while it's not as high resolution as other tablets, we had no problems with display
quality.
As far as
quality of the
screen on the new iPhone 8 is concerned, it still has a
Retina display with the same resolution and density.
Both devices feature similar
Retina screen quality, similar battery lives, and similar weights.