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by Groxx 4999 days ago
326 PPI is a technical specification. "High PPI" is a buzzword used to sell things - our current use of it will be invalid in a few years.

edit: deleted first sentence, was more off-topic than useful.

2 comments

I don't think we need terms like "retina" or "high PPI" at all. Consumers can decide which PPI is good enough for themselves.

Sharp is now producing 5-inch 1920x1080 443 PPI displays. Obviously this is much higher than anything we have ever seen, so it is not a "retina display". What should we call it? Instead of "cornea display" or "very high PPI", I prefer the term "443 PPI".

given that apple's retina and android's xhdpi spec fall into the same number's it's still fair to use the phrase 'high dpi'