Samsung Developing Tablets with 2,560 x 1,600 Displays

[halcyon]

Well, I don't have a tablet at all, because they are too expensive, but I have tryed normal and Retina Apple tablets in the shop and I have to say that retina display was much better when reading the text. It was so much sharper, that normal version seems allmost blurred compared to retina version. Och and i didn't see individual pixels in normal version either, but the difference was still huge. There is not a thing called too sharp/high resolution. If i could afford it, I would definitely buy as high resolution tablet as possible and 4K/8K monitor.

Sooner or later these better screens are coming to mainstream too. The only thing that is really bad with these high resolution screen (if not counting the price), is that they eat a lot of energy, so I am no so keen on getting very high resolution phone for example. 720p resolution in there is enough for me. The higher resolution would definitely look better, but I am not willing to reduse the time the phone can be used without charging the batteries...

The S4 has a decent display and decent battery life. ...and a replaceable battery. In the Element Eclipse 4 it even looks the part. What's not to like?

 

[hannibal]

The S4 has a decent display and decent battery life. ...and a replaceable battery. In the Element Eclipse 4 it even looks the part. What's not to like?

Well S4 is nice phone, but 600€ price is not so nice 🙂 So have to wait a couple of years and there may be a phone with same speck at 200€ price point.... propably not, but you can allways hope 🙂
In reality there will be a phone that has faster CPU/GPU combination, but worse screen and 1500mAh tiny battery... *sigh*

 

[alidan]

What's with this movement for higher pixel resolution on these small forms factors? I've got an 11 inch screen tablet with a resolution of 1920x1080 and, frankly, even that seems more than is necessary.

honestly, in the tablets they kind of are, you have them closer to you than a desktop or how most people use laptops

What is the problem in this high resolution for the tablet? People just like to complain a lot... Why not complain Apple's retina display which is 2048 x 1536 and it is higher than 1920x1080.

When it say retina display on iPAD or Mac book pro, everyone applauds, rarely you heard that it is "UN-NECESSARY".

it kind of is, kind of isn't...

 

[w8gaming]

That model isnt available in the UK, the only place i can get it would cost be £1000

i can get a decent laptop for £450 with a 720p screen, how much extra would a 1080p screen cost? £50? no litterally you cannot get a 1080p screen in the uk much less than £1000. I'm not even joking, i've been looking for a long time

I have been searching for lower cost 1080p notebook recently so I happen to know a number of models which will cost lesser and with 1080p resolution. I do feel the same that those cheaper laptop should not have cost that much to replace their 720p screen with a 1080p though, but so far has seen no sign of anyone pairing a i3 or celeron class CPU with 1080p screen yet. As for the more expensive models, you can try these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GE60-0NC-622UK-15-6-inch-Processor/dp/B00BETVIRK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B2HVYRI/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers
(not too recommend due to bad touchpad, unless you dont mind using amouse)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GE60-0ND-463UK-15-6-inch-SuperMulti/dp/B00B2HX53E/ref=pd_cp_computers_2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Convertible-Ultrabook-Generation-i5-3317U-processor/dp/B008HZ1IWE/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1374200033&sr=1-9&keywords=fhd+notebook
(recent price drop to make way for new model)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-S7-391-13-3-inch-Ultrabook/dp/B009R1766O/ref=sr_1_11?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1374200033&sr=1-11&keywords=fhd+notebook
(recent price drop to make way for new model)

 

[jwcalla]

Umm... ARM11? Aren't those really old chips?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I don't care if Samsung has super high resolution screens on paper; they have shown themselves to be cheaters by using Pentile screens.

Pentile is still pretty good, especially given that we sense brightness through green.

If you don't like pentile, go beat up the camera people. For them, one pixel is one colour, and they stack them like pentile.

 

[Steveymoo]

Yeah, what's the point? Viewing Facebook and twitter at 2560 x 1600 seems a little extravagent.

 

[halcyon]

I don't care if Samsung has super high resolution screens on paper; they have shown themselves to be cheaters by using Pentile screens.

The Galaxy S4 is undisputed proof that pentile can be exceedingly awesome. I'm just pointing out the obvious.