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Originally Posted by bjv View Post
What we need is an Intel/Linux Haswell based mobile. I've been unable to find any MHL transmitter packages with the bandwidth to do more than 1080p@60Hz, and that just kind of seems limited/lowest common denominator.

As soon as Edge is in my hand, i'd still be looking for an enthusiast, converged device that could drive 2560x1440 at least
I would first like to be able to actually purchase a pc monitor around 24" capable of that resolution without having to sell a kidney. Right now everything from 5" to 80" is 1080p
This has become ridiculous. People don't yet care to search for hi-res monitors because the hype didn't get there yet, and as such the manufacturers are still charging too much for them.

I'm tired of the obsessions of a few tech reviewers: ppi was nothing that was mentioned and reviewers even panned some laptops with higher ppi for displaying things too small, instead of teaching the users how to crank up the dpi scaling in Windows. Back in 2006 the N95 had half the ppi of the N93. The reason we still don't have decent 200+ ppi screens is reviews. Same story with the processor (N96 lost one processor and the GPU to the N95). Then there's the obsession with thinness (one reviewer called the 12mm thickness of the 1020 "abysmal") which has resulted to either flimsy tinfoil-thick battery covers or loss of battery swap/μSD.

There are things that are long overdue like PC ppi and others that are beaten to death like phone ppi. 441 is a ridiculous value, and frankly I tried much to distinguish a GS3 screen from a GS4 and I couldn't. On the other hand, color reproduction would be way better if they didn't go number whoring and chose to go for 720p RGB instead of 1080 pentile (much less subpixels and thus easier to produce).

Sorry for the big rant, but I think it's a bit relevant as the edge wasn't a phone that looked liked whoring for the latest buzz-features, and rather tried to make an own statement.

Sad it won't probably make it.
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