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    <p><b> Answering the question as asked about the size of pixels:</b> </p> <p><b>Pixel size on an iPhone and iPod Touch</b></p> <ol> <li><p>The <b>earlier iPhones</b> (pre-iPhone 4) Apple iPhone Technical Specifications said : 480-by-320-pixel resolution at <b>163 pixels per inch</b>(ppi). About 0.006135 inches per pixel or 0.1558282 mm per pixel. </p></li> <li><p>The first three iPod touch generations stated the same 163 ppi.</p></li> <li><p>The <b>iPhone 4</b> specs said 960-by-640-pixel resolution at <b>326 ppi </b>. So pixel width is 1 inch / 326 pixels per inch or about 0.003067 inches per pixel or 0.0779 mm per pixel. You use points, not pixels. Edit: As noted in Olaf's comment, below, pixels are actually addressable, using half-points.</p></li> <li><p>The fourth generation <b>iPod touch</b> (Sept 2010) has <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Apple - iPod Touch - Technical Specifications"> specs </a> the same as the iPhone 4, 960-by-640-pixel resolution at <b>326 ppi </b></p></li> <li><p>The <b>iPhone 4S</b> (Oct 2011) is unchanged from the iPhone 4 in terms of resolution.</p></li> <li><p>The <b>iPhone 5</b> (Sept 2012) specs said 1136-by-640 pixel resolution at <b>326 ppi</b>. Pixel size is unchanged. Screen diagonal is 4 inches.</p></li> <li><p>The <b>iPhone 5C</b> and <b>iPhone 5S</b> (Sept 2013) have the same resolution, pixel size, and diagonal as the iPhone 5.</p></li> <li><p>The <b> iPhone 6</b>, 4.7 inch, (Sept 2014) <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/specs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Apple - iPhone - Technical Specifications">specs</a> are 1334-by-750-pixel resolution, at <b>326 pixels per inch (ppi)</b>. pixel size is unchanged from 4, 4S, 5 5s. </p></li> <li><p>The <b>iPhone 6 Plus</b>, 5.5 inch, (Sept 2014) <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/specs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Apple - iPhone - Technical Specifications">specs</a> are 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution, at <b>401 pixels per inch (ppi)</b>. pixel size is about 20% smaller. The pixel width is 1 inch / 401 pixels per inch or about 0.002494 inches per pixel or 0.06334 mm per pixel. </p></li> </ol> <p><b>Pixel size on an iPad</b></p> <ol> <li>The <b>iPad 1</b> and <b> 2</b> are 9.7 inch (diagonal) display with 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at <b>132 ppi</b> per the iPad specs. That is about .0075758 inches per pixel or 0.1924 mm per pixel. <p> <li> The new <b>iPad </b> (March 2012) is a 9.7 inch (diagonal) display with 2048-by-1536-pixel resolution at <b>264 ppi</b> per the current <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Apple - iPad specs">iPad specs</a>. That is about .0037879 inches per pixel or 0.09621 mm per pixel. </li> <p> <li>The <b>iPad Mini</b> (1st generation - October 2012) is a 7.9 inch (diagonal) display with a 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at <b>163 ppi</b> per the original iPad mini specs. That is about .006135 inches per pixel or 0.156 mm per pixel. </li> <p> <li> The <b>iPad Mini 2</b> (2nd generation - October 2013) is a 7.9 inch (diagonal) display with a 2048-by-1536-pixel resolution at <b>326 ppi</b> per the current <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/specs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Apple - iPad mini specs">iPad mini specs</a>. That is about .0030675 inches per pixel or 0.0779 mm per pixel. </li><p><li> The <b>iPad Air 2</b> (October 2014) and the <b>iPad Mini 3</b> (October 2014) have the same resolution, pixel size, and diagonal as the previous versions of those products. <p><a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Apple Compare specs of new iPad with iPad 2"> Comparison of the iPad Air, and iPad Air 2, iPad Mini, iPad 2 and iPad3.</a> </ol> <p>You don't need to have the iPhone SDK calculate the size of a single pixel. One option is to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3028434/how-can-i-determine-programmatically-that-my-app-is-running-on-an-iphone-ipad-or">determine what you are running on</a> and then select the needed mm size. </p> <p>The iPhone (up to and including the 4S) / iPod Touch screen sizes, with a 3.5 inch (diagonal) display are NOT exactly 2" x 3". They are a tiny bit smaller than that. The iPhone 5 has a 4 inch (diagonal) display.</p> <p><b>What the questioner may actually need: points.</b> See Removers comment to the previous answer. Coordinates are specified in points, not pixels. </p>
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