iOS 5 files restoke iPad 3 retina display rumour
2048 x 1536 graphics discovered
Evidence has emerged that a future iPad will sport a massive 1536 x 2048 resolution, though hopes that the next one will may be premature.
Apple's new Twitter framework iOS 5 contains graphics files that extend to 2048 x 1536 pixels, reports website Techunwrapped.
Newsstand, a special folder that corrals newspaper and magazine apps, contains graphics files that are 1536 pixels wide and seemingly designed to tile to fill a 2048-high screen.
That is twice the size in each dimension of the current iPad's 1024 x 768 screen. And since a future iPad is likely to sport a display that's the same physical size as the current iPad panel, the much higher resolution means the new screen will be sufficient for Apple to call it a "retina display" as it does with the iPhone 4 screen.
Of course, Apple may simply have begun future-proofing its software - there are a great many iOS apps that lack 1536 x 2048-ready imagery. So it's too early to view the Techunwrapped find as a sign that the next iPad, whether it comes out in September or next year, will have such a high resolution display.
That said, such a move was forecast earlier this year, and though seemingly quoshed by the arrival of the iPad 2 in March, subsequent rumours have claimed the iPad 3 will debut in September.
Will it have a retina display? We hope so, but we're not yet putting money on it. ®
COMMENTS
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can we adopt a new measurement for retina display pls?
How about "retina display (12 inch)"
My gameboy advance has a retina display at 4 meters btw (tested it).
As it currently stands its a ridiculous measurement
Lack of resolution independence
OSX and Windows have both toyed with resolution independence - scaling the various widgets to whatever PPI you like - but neither have really got it working.
Without OS support you don't get 2560x1440 15" screens, because without decent scaling built into the OS you wouldn't be able to read the screen from a normal position.
There have been similar hints that Apple might be looking at double-res screens in the nearish future for OSX Lion. I haven't heard of anything in Windows. Linux surely has many unpopular ways of doing it that won't have a chance of affecting the market.
Re: will not happen ... ever
That is why we always put "Retina display" in quotes, Peter
will not happen ... ever
or could it have something to do with prepping the software to be output on a large computer monitor of screen? The next ipad won't have such a resolution, nor will any other following it. It is simply pointless. And can we please stop comparing everything to the "retina display". Retina display is a marketing gimmick and name and not an actual scientific term.
