A report from the Czech site SuperiPhone.cz claims the iPhone 4G will have a 960×640 IPS display that comes in at 320 pixels per inch. In comparison, this is much more than the HTC HD2 (217 ppi), the Verizon/Motorola Droid (265 ppi) and Google’s Nexus One (252 ppi). Furthermore, this type of display, like that found in the iPad, allows for much more accurate display of information on the screen. While the Google Nexus One phone uses a “PenTile” grid which arranges smaller green pixels between red and blue ones, the iPhone will feature a uniform grid of red, green, and blue.
If Apple were to increase the resolution of their screen, it certainly makes sense it would be to 960×640. Considering the previous models of the iPhone and iPod Touch have been at 480×320, a 960×640 screen would allow for perfect pixel doubling of current apps in the App Store. While this is nice in theory as all existing apps will still fit onto the new iPhone screen, hopefully it looks better than the pixel doubling we’ve seen on the iPad for iPhone apps.
Read [SuperiPhone.cz] via [AppleInsider]
"hopefully it looks better than the pixel doubling we’ve seen on the iPad for iPhone apps"
I should hope it would considering the acyual screen size will be the same- we shouldn't see much, if any difference (unlike the iPad due to its much larger screen size).
If Apple were to increase the resolution of there screen,
If Apple were to increase the resolution of THEIR screen,
Proofread Josh. Even my fingers will type the wrong word when the words are flying out super fast, and I'm sure you graduated high school and know the difference between those words. But you're a writer and this is writing and writers proofread their writing by themselves or have someone else do it, but it's not so good when the reader does it. Again, it's obvious you guys just bang this stuff out.
I'll take the blame for that, Mark, since I edit the articles before they go live. Every now and again, though, mistakes will slip past me (I've always found it easier to proofread on paper than on screen, but I'm obviously not going to print off each article before going live).
More mistakes will slip past me going forward, I'm sure. Happy hunting.
One important thing to note is while it's a 4th generation iPhone it's probably not an iPhone 4G like the 2nd generation iPhone is an iPhone 3G, 3G referring to the att's network its running on. As at&t doesn't have a 4G network and probably wont until at least next year (what will probably be an LTE network) it will probably be a 3G phone (called the HD i'm betting). What I don't understand is why virtually every tech site and news outlet continues to call it the iPhone 4G despite this misnomer (seeing that their is no reason to believe it is a 4G phone, even the CDMA chips that are supposedly being developed for other networks are based on 3G technology and not 4G.
New Features of iPhone OS 4.0: Multitasking, App Folders and More
The curtain has been pulled back on iPhone OS 4.0, and the list of new features is massive: There's multitasking, a refreshed interface, and literally hundreds of other changes, all coming this summer. Here's the rundown.
http://www.aneesoft.com/tutorials/iphone/iphone-os-4-new-features.html
Yes I agree zholy. It should be referred to as the iPhone HD. I really can't see Apple naming it the 4g- not only will it cause confusuion this time round, but what happens when the iPhone model comes out in the future which DOES actually have 4g- what will they call it? Haha.
While I agree with you about the "confusing" part, it will only be confusing for whomever happens to actually KNOW what a 3g or 4g network is. iPods have always been referred as "1g, 2g, 3g", with the g standing for "generation". I myself, for example, have an iPod shuffle 2g (old clip-type, without voiceover), the iPod nano with camera happens to be a 5g (fifth generation), and so on.
The iPhone 3g just happened to be a third generation iPhone, while at the same time being able to connect to 3g networks (which, incidentally, also stand for third generation: third generation mobile phone networks). The confusion was, if any, with the iPhone 3Gs, which was actually a 4g iPhone connecting to 3g networks, very similar to the actual 3g iPhone.
Confusing? Yeah, but only if you mix up generations.
iPhone 3G and 3Gs where actually quite similar in everything, the S just felt like an "update" to many, whilst between 1g, 2g and 3g there were A LOT of changes. Since the new iPhone is going to be very, very different than current iPhones… it only make sense to have an iPhone 4g.
That said, who knows what Apple will call it.
Just my two cents.
"That said, who knows what Apple will call it."
Erm.. Fabian, where have u been? It's called the iPhone 4. Everyone knows now. Keep up to date with the rest of us dude