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Re:Understanding the iPhone 6 Plus Screen by jordanthoms on Thursday November 20, 2014 @03:48AM (#8634875)
Why should 3x be any more convenient than 2.5x or 2.2x in a properly designed system? It's not any more difficult in Android (although images are prescaled in size buckets for efficiency and IQ reasons).
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Re:Understanding the iPhone 6 Plus Screen by ridiculous_fish on Thursday November 20, 2014 @05:21AM (#8635085)
A 1 dip line is sharp at 1x or 3x, but requires antialiasing at 2.5x or 2.2x.
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