DROID has Retina Display!

[mixpix]

I am more concerned that you all fell prey to Apple's BS marketing trying to create a new business lexicon "retina display". Darn socialists- not you guys- Apple.

I think you mean monarchists or something like that. Haha. The king tells you what it is and what its called, and you like it, or you die!

 

[CarbonJoe]

you really think you're going to get 1080p on a handheld device like a smart phone?

(Not trying to be a jackass, this is a serious question) - what is your reasoning for being able to get such high quality? I mean, only one company thus far is touting 4G, and 1080p broadcasting is going to require unusually high bandwidth requirements, is it not?

Will all of these upcoming smartphones with an HDMI port be able to drive a 1080p TV?

 

[sooper_droid12]

Will all of these upcoming smartphones with an HDMI port be able to drive a 1080p TV?

Evo4G already demonstrated that it can.

 

[cggorman]

Yay for Apple. Still can't make a data or voice connection from my house, so...moot...and even if it could...I couldn't stream Fringe from Fox.com...

 

[quadmasta]

Evo 4G can only do 720p out.

 

[The_Game21x]

Apple can't fool us! Nice job, sooper_droid!

 

[sooper_droid12]

Incidentally, Moto doesn't tout it, but the DROID has an IPS display as well.

Dr. Soneira's comments about the iPhone display led to some iPhone fanboys getting upset. So, he issued this statement:

Dr. Soneira sent us some additional information, clarifying some of the misconceptions flowing around in comments and on other sites. He wishes to stress that his comments do not mean that he thinks the iPhone 4 display (or the phone itself) is bad. On the contrary, he thinks the display seems like a significant step forward. Dr. Soneira's comments are only regarding the claim Steve Jobs made of 300 pixels per inch being all that the retina can distinguish at a distance of "10 to 12 inches." Dr. Soneira's update is as follows
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The iPhone 4 is actually very far from a retina display. It's a substantial discrepancy and not even close: At 12 inches the 1 dimensional linear difference is 326/477 = 68 percent. But the pixel (area) density for two dimensions, which is the actual relevant observable, is that value squared = 0.47, so the iPhone 4 is more than a factor of two from being a retina display at the typical 12 inch viewing distance. Stated another way: The iPhone display would need to have 1.3 megapixels instead of 0.6 megapixels to be a retina display.
There have been some comments that my analysis is for perfect vision. Jobs' statement is for the *retina* not the *eye* with a poor lens. If you allow poor vision to enter into the specs then any display becomes a retina display. That turns it into a meaningless concept that will be exploited by everyone. The iPhone 3GS is a retina display too for good percentage of the population.
Specs need to be objective, precise and accurate. Allowing puffery and exaggerations in the sales and marketing starts a snowballing effect that eventually leads to the 1000% rampant spec abuse that I document for many other displays.