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What is Retina Display technology?
26 Sep 2011 | No Comments | posted by iPad 3 Reviewer | in iPad 3 news
As I mentioned in my <a href=”http://www.theipad3review.com/ipad-3-release-date-delayed-to-2012″>earlier post</a>, iPad 3 release date has been delayed to 2012 due to a shortage of retina displays from its suppliers. But what is this retina display technology anyway? Let’s find it out!
Apple used this technology in iPhone 4 first. It’s an LCD that has a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. Apple engineers were able to pack four times the number of pixels into the same screen as previous iPhones. The resulting pixel density makes text and graphics look smooth and continous at any size.
Retina display uses technology called IPS (in-plane switching) to achieve a wider viewing angle than on typical LCDs. Which means you can hold iPad almost any way you want and still get a brilliant picture. The technology offers four times the contrast ratio of previous models, so whites are brighter, blacks are darker, and everything is more beautiful. The glass of the display is chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever. It also features an oil-resistant coating that helps keep the screen clean.
I can’t wait to touch that shiny screen finally… 
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