Now that the Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPad Mini is
out there in the market and being used by people, here's some feedback for
those who may be wondering whether they should buy it or not.
A report in AppleInsider says that the display of the
iPad Mini, does not quite match up to Apple's quality standards and indeed
tablets from Amazon and Google are better.
AppleInsider quoted an in-depth look of the iPad Mini
done by Dr Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate, who pitted Apple's smaller version
of the iPad with the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD.
"The comprehensive test used lab measurements and
multiple viewing tests with both test patterns and test images to assess the
devices' screen reflectivity, brightness and contrast, colours and intensities,
viewing angles, display backlight power consumption, and running time on
battery," the report said.
While Apple had said, at the time of the launch, that
the iPad Mini contained all the features that it larger version carried and
quality had not been compromised, Dr Soneira's analysis found that the iPad
Mini's screen had a lower pixel count relative to the retina display units
found in the iPhones and the full-sized iPads.
According to Soneira, the iPad Mini's 7.9 inch panel
would have required "a 326-pixel per inch pixel density over more than
four times the real estate of the iPhone 5.....because Apple has traditionally
used the screen resolutions of 1,024 by 768 pixels and 2,048 by 1,536 pixels,
compatibility called for the mini to retain a pixel density of 163ppi."
Both the Google and Amazon devices performed better in
terms of sharpness.
"While screen Resolution gets lots of attention
from both consumers and marketers – it’s really only critical for providing
visually sharp text – but that applies for most applications running on a
Tablet," Soneira wrote. "The $199 Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google
Nexus 7 both have considerably sharper displays with 216 Pixels per Inch, and
they both delivered considerably sharper text."
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