Like it or not, it seems we're heading towards a new rage called 4K, or 4 times the resolution of full HD. 

Amid news of tablets featuring 4K display (Panasonic was the first to kick off the so-called rage by showing off its 20-inch 4K tablet at 2013 International CES earlier this year) and rumors buzzing that Apple would soon unveil 4K display monitors, dubbed Thunderbolt 2, Dell seems to been bitten by the 4K bug.

The company, which recently went private, has launched the 24-inch ultra HD 4K LED monitor, the UP2414Q, which boasts a whopping 3840x2160 pixels resolution or a pixel density of 185 pixels per inch (PPI). Note that the pixel density is not the highest in the market with IBM's T220/T221 monitors sporting 204 PPI.

First leaked by AnandTech and now made official by Dell, the in-plane switching panel boasts of 8ms response time and 2 million:1 (max) contrast ratio. Other features include 178-deg vertical/178-deg horizontal viewing angle, 1.07 billion colors, HDMI, DisplayPort, mini-DP, four USB 3.0 ports and a 6-in-1 card reader. 

UP2414Q has been priced at $1399 (no surprises here because Dell has priced the bigger 32-inch 4K monitor UP3214Q at $3499.99 and though immediately available in the U.S., it will hit global markets only on December 16. The price isn't too high but we wonder whether someone will need 4K in a 24-inch monitor.