The people that have the benefit of using the technology, no matter whether it's Android or Apple. Competition is driving manufacturers to produce higher-spec devices in the hopes of winning customers. The iPhone languished at 320×480 for a long while (and really, I'll betcha Apple would have loved to keep it there, as a lower-resolution display takes less battery power to drive, and produces higher framerates in games, etc), and then all of a sudden, Android devices with shiny high-res displays started showing up, and Apple was compelled to counter with its own offering.

It would be awesome to, once in your lifetime, create something that manages to "languish" like the iPhone did, then. :)

No doubt. Perhaps the wrong choice of word, but what I meant is that Apple wasn't pushing higher-res displays, despite advancements in display technology, until their competition did. They were content to let the iPhone stay at a relatively low resolution until it became a point that they had to compete on.

I disagree. If it's Jobs driving things (and he is), he'd be pushing for as high a resolution as they could afford in their power and dollar budgets; he's always been a typophile. It's only at this point that it has become generally feasible. (Yes, Android beat them by a few months, but such are the technology cycles. Apple started the iPhone 4 development 18 months ago, according to what was said at WWDC.)

I clearly misunderstood the parent. Apologies. It seems obvious now. Thanks for your answer.