The iPad's screen is /really/ low resolution. I mean, yes: it is "fine". But frankly, so was the non-retina iPhone screens. However, now that I'm using the iPhone 4, everything, and I mean absolutely everything, from my iPad and old iPhones to my laptop look like they are made out of horrible blocks, and reading on any of them is frustrating. If that were the /only/ difference between the two units, I think that would easily be enough.