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From: zoara on 6 May 2010 18:49
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > Its not far out - it is about 3cm on the iPhone and 4cm of screen
> > > on
> > > the
> > > nokia.
> >
> > Crikey. In that case I'm astonished by those photos.
>
> I will do some photos with a tape measure too, just to check it is the
> same

I'd be interested, but not enough for you to go to any great trouble.


> > > > The iPhone does have a more
> > > > noticeable pixel grid, which I can make out in normal use
> > > > sometimes.
> > > > The
> > > > N810 seems - from your photos - not to have such a visible grid.
> > >
> > > It doesn't. With my eyes I can't actually see the grid on the
> > > nokia
> > > and
> > > can on the iPhone. It is actually less noticable than you would
> > > think
> > > due to better icon design on the iPhone, but it would be nice if
> > > they
> > > upped it a bit.
> >
> > Aye. Roll on the rumoured hi-res iPhone display. The iPhone has
> > always
> > had a decent screen, but when compared to other kit (like your N810)
> > the
> > shortcomings show up. At least the iPhone's touch detection is more
> > accurate than average - don't think I could type so much if it was a
> > bit
> > fuzzy. But a hires screen like the N810's could help with reading...
> > Small black text on white in particular always looks a bit fuzzed
> > out
> > and dirty...
>
> Roll on resolution independance!
>
> See, it is one of those 'nice to have' things. The nokia / htc etc
> fanbois would rave about that being a major issue against the iPhone,
> but the fact is I went from the nokia to the iPhone and never noticed
> it, until I took those pictures.

I notice it, but only when someone hands me a device with a denser
screen. When I'm actually just using my iPhone it doesn't really bother
me, but when I compare text side by side the iPhone can look pretty
poor.

Pictures are often a different matter... maybe the Nexus One I got to
fondle was a dud but the colours seemed a bit garish - like someone had
ramped up the contrast on all the photos.

> The nokia has a great screen, and a passive digitiser that works with
> a
> cursor or a finger (it decides which depending on.. umm.. supposed to
> be
> the pressure, but I think it may just be the weather or something) and
> compared to the iPhone, it really seems very inaccurate, especially at
> the edges of the screen.

Yeah, if I had to pick one, I'd much rather have an incredibly accurate
touch screen than a very high resolution one. Did you see those
digitiser tests they did? The Motorola Droid looked like someone was
trying to draw straight lines while cycling down a cobbled street (the
iPhone's lines were dead straight except for a slight curve at the
edges).

> I do like the nokia as a small computer, but as a thiing for 'normal
> people' it really doesn't make it.

Apple do seem to be better at concentrating on the features that are
useful, rather than those that look good on a spec sheet.

I've got to say, at one point I was tempted by an N800 series, but now,
not so much...

-z-


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