iPad Mini ‘ does not follow in Apple’s tradition of providing the best display,’ according to DisplayMate Technologies.
(Credit:
CNET)
A display expert echoed today what reviews have already said: the
iPad Mini‘s display is not Apple’s best display effort to date.
The Mini’s display is “capable” but not great, said Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies in display “shoot-out” published today.
And, overall, it falls short of the higher resolution displays of its main rivals: the
Google Nexus 7 and Amazon
Kindle Fire HD. “The displays on existing mini Tablets from Amazon and Google outperform the iPad mini in most of our lab tests,” Soneira wrote.
And it falls short of Apple’s own high standards, set by the gorgeous Retina displays on the last two generations of 9.7-inch iPads, iPhone 4/4S, iPhone 5, and Retina MacBooks. “So Apple, the inventor of Retina Display marketing, now has a significant competitive shortfall on this,” wrote Soneira.
And this echoes CNET’s take on iPad Mini’s display. “If you own a recent iPhone or the last iPad, you’ll feel that this screen is blurry. Text isn’t as sharp. The pixels per inch don’t even match what’s available on a Kindle Fire HD or Nook HD,” wrote CNET’s Scott Stein.
Some salient critiques of the iPad Mini’s display by DisplayMate :
Source:
http://www.newsits.com/news/technology/nexus-7-kindle-fire-hd-outperform-ipad-mini-display/