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Mike Rundle’s First Thoughts on iPhone 4

“Apps that haven’t been updated with 2x-resolution raster images look like shit; pixelated and blocky and clunky. I didn’t think I’d notice but I definitely do, it’s unmistakeable which ones aren’t optimized for the new screen.

Text rendered on the new screen looks foreign it’s so sharp. I’ve never seen Helvetica like this.

I bought a bumper, and before I put it on, it felt like the phone was incredibly droppable.

The screen is making my eyes buggy because it’s so sharp. I’ve never seen a screen with this type of pixel density and it’s so sharp it’s almost jarring, like my eyes aren’t used to it yet.”

Brief and insightful. Check out the full post here.

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