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The A12Z in the iPad Pro has two more high performance cores (8 cores total), so will likely best the 2020 Air (6 cores: 2 high-performance, 4 high-efficiency) in multi-core performance.

Based on our math, at a viewing distance of about 25 inches or more, this still would quality as a Retina display. It isn't labeled as such purely because Apple only leverages it for products it co-develops such as its line of LG UltraFine displays sold in Apple Stores or its own products.

Andrew, at what resolution are you running this monitor? Like other 4K displays, I suspect that this display can be run at a native 3840x2160 resolution, a native HiDPI (1080p @ 2x), or scaled HiDPI resolutions in between. I think referring to Retina as "purely a marketing term" misses the point that Apple's "Retina" displays run in @2x (or @3x for OLED iPhones) HiDPI modes of base resolutions. Your review concludes that the display "meets Retina standards" which I think is a disservice to your readers, who might purchase this display and wonder why it doesn't look like the Retina displays in their MacBook or iMac. Any display will have indiscernible pixels if you're far enough away from it; what is on the screen must also be legible. For a 32" 4k display, my guess is you're running at native 3840x2160 as the 1080p @2x HiDPI would be comically large on a desk. This can lead to some pretty tiny UI elements (as can bee seen in in the picture under the heading, "It's all about those ergonomics") and text rendering will absolutely not be as smooth as on the displays of current Macs.

For comparison, the 27" Retina iMac has a resolution of 5120x2880 pixels, or almost twice as many pixels (1.78x) as this LG display. And not only does this 32-inch display have fewer pixels, they are also distributed on on an area that is 40% larger. The iMac's is a "Retina" display. This is not. An even better comparison is Apple's Pro Display XDR, which, like this display, is 32-inches. It has a resolution of 6016x3384, or 2.45x as many pixels as this display. That is a "Retina" display. This is not.

"Most people, won't rightly care or notice this aspect." I disagree. An external power supply complicates on-wall installations, and adds significant clutter to an AV setup. While people may not use the power supply as a criterion when shopping for a new TV, they will notice it contributing to the cable rats nests and very well may care… but it will be too late. They also might care when they move and can't find the power supply. I may not be most people, but I strongly prefer electronics with internal power supplies.

That said, I wonder if external power supplies are effective in keeping TVs and monitors in service longer as it's much easier to replace an external power brick than to source and replace an internal power supply.

AppleInsider said:

In terms of physical size, resolution and technology, the screen in the 2020 iPhone SE is almost the same as that of the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6S from 2014/15. The sole difference is that the iPhone SE's version supports True Tone so it alters color levels depending on your surroundings.

This is not true. There are at least three differences between the 6/6s display and the new SE. Like the iPhone 7 it has a P3 wide color gamut display, and like the iPhone 8 it has an increased maximum brightness of 625 nits (vs 500 for iPhone 6-7) and True Tone, as you noted. These add up to a more significant difference than described in the article.

gustav said:

I'm a bit disappointed in the state of external displays for Macs. macOS no longer supports sub-pixel antialiasing, so any display that is not of a "retina-level" resolution results in blurry text (or if you set it to HiDPI mode, very large UI elements)

A 4K display should be 21-24 inches.
A 5K display should be ~27 inches.

It sure would be great if there was more action in the 27-inch 5K space! I also have been pretty pleased with the results of using a 4K 27-inch display in HiDPI 2560x1440 mode. I've been using such a display since Apple unceremoniously dropped sub-pixel antialiasing in macOS, making text display on my old QHD (2560x1440) display look like garbage. It is noticeably less sharp than the 5K display in an iMac, but text is way better rendered than on the QHD monitor. All in all, I'd say 4K 27-inch on macOS is very good while 5K 27-inch is great. Of course, ymmv.