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copied!<p>I'm sure you are just going to love this answer, but the short answer appears to be: "you aren't going to get 1:1 large sized images".</p> <p>The slightly longer answer is that Apple intentionally forces things to work this way because before the way it worked was just to not load the image at all, or crash.</p> <p>Now, for a fuller answer with citations...</p> <p><a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/CreatingContentforSafarioniPhone/CreatingContentforSafarioniPhone.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006482-SW15" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Apple's Known Resoruces Limits</a></p> <p>The thing is, when an image is decoded/decompressed it takes up a whole heck of a lot more RAM space than the images filesize. The formula Apple states is that devices with 512mb of RAM, like the ipad 3 you mention, will refuse non-JPEG images above 5 megapixels, which results in:</p> <pre><code>height * width <= 5 * 1024*1024 </code></pre> <p>For JPEG, Apple notes they will subsample to allow you to view jpegs:</p> <blockquote> <p>The maximum decoded image size for JPEG is 32 megapixels using subsampling. JPEG images can be up to 32 megapixels due to subsampling, which allows JPEG images to decode to a size that has one sixteenth the number of pixels. JPEG images larger than 2 megapixels are subsampled—that is, decoded to a reduced size. JPEG subsampling allows the user to view images from the latest digital cameras.</p> </blockquote> <p>Note that it states 2 megapixels is the limit for full-sized viewing of JPEG, which is 2*1024*1024. As your image is roughly a bit over 4 megapixels, it will be subsampled on iPad 3. And no, there really isn't anything you can do to force it without using an external program.</p> <p>To use an external program for minimal improvement, see this link where a person recommends GoodReader: <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2811298?start=0&tstart=0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Apple Forum, Seeking Full Image Resolution in MiniSfari</a></p> <p>And here is another Stackoverflow with a similar question/answer pair: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6725851/image-size-limitations-in-mobile-safari">Image Size Limitations in Mobile Safari</a></p>

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