What is a retina display

If you have ever been an apple fan boy, you might be familiar with retina display. Retina is not any technical name; it has just been named by apple as they claim to have the best pixel density i.e. maximum pixels per inch. In other words your eyes won’t be able to distinguish individual pixels giving you a better viewing experience. There is no defined ppi to qualify as a retina display as smaller devices such as iphones, ipod are held close to the eyes and hence a higher ppi can easily be comparable to an ipad with larger screen but less ppi since people usually hold tables at a longer distance from their eyes. The ppi of iphone is ipad is 326 and 264 respectively.

Most people using these phones are clueless about the technology and just have a mindset that a retina display is better without actually knowing what it is. There are many screens which are more than 400 ppi and are much sharper than the retina but still many people want the retina tag to be there which obviously is a trademark of apple and would only be found on I devices. What people need to understand is that, the ppi is the thing which defines retina. I recently came across a review of N5 where the reviewer switched from ios to android and mentioned the pros and cons of the newly acquired device. I really felt strange when he mentioned that he misses retina display. I mean the N5 has 441 ppi as compared to 326 but still people brag about retina. Is it the lack of knowledge or the love of isheeps?

Here is something I want all my reader to know. Anything above 400 ppi for a phone is an overkill. I have used smart phones from 200 ppi to 441 and trust me the difference from 200 to 300 is great but when you start to go above that you won’t even notice anything because human eyes cannot differentiate anything above 300 ppi. Recently there have been news about 2K display on smart phones which definitely is not needed. Instead companies should focus on other aspects such as features instead of just promoting their hardware to sell the phones.

I hope I have made fe things clear about the display when it comes to the pixel density. If you have any more questions about the display do not be afraid to ask in the below comment box.