iPhone 4 vs iPad! Which is Better?

Not so long ago Apple re-invented what we perceive as a mobile phone with its first iteration of the iPhone. And three years later, it decided to try and do it again with the iPad, which sets out to fill the – apparent – void between phones and netbooks.

But how do the new iPhone 4 and the iPad weigh up against one another as products?

Granted, in an ideal world we’d have both, but as we all know the world is very much far from ideal. So, within this context, we pit the two devices against one another to see which is worth your hard-earned cash.

Screen

Obviously, the iPad, at 9.7-inches, is significantly larger than the 3.5-inch iPhone 4 – this is a given. Another given is that both are designed for different purposes. But, on the whole, when you look at the actual core aspects of the screen, such as pixels, there isn’t that much in it – even though the iPad is much bigger.

For example, the iPad has a screen resolution of 1024 x 768, which is, indeed, very impressive and because of its size it’s obviously better suited for watching films on than the smaller iPhone 4.