Apple Pushing to Introduce iPad 3 on Steve Jobs' February 24th Birthday?

MacRumors · Dec 23, 2011, 11:17 AM

FocusTaiwan reports (via 9to5Mac) that Apple pushing its manufacturing partners to meet deadlines that would allow the company to launch the iPad on Steve Jobs' birthday, February 24th.

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A local Chinese-language newspaper reported Friday that iPad3 might be launched on Feb. 24 to mark the anniversary of the birth of Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs.

Citing sources close to Taiwanese makers in the iPad3 supply chain, the Economic Daily News said the gadget could be launched in mid-first quarter of next year or by the end of next March.

According to the report, workers at several iPad component suppliers as well as manufacturing partner Foxconn will have limited time off during the usual Lunar New Year holiday. The Lunar New Year holiday itself falls on January 23rd next year, with workers generally receiving a number of other days off from work around that date.

Sources have been reporting a variety of rumored dates for an iPad 3 introduction, with some claiming a debut in the March-April timeframe while others have pointed to a February launch being in the works.

Apple last year launched new MacBook Pro models on Jobs' birthday, although that unusual Thursday introduction was likely a convenient coincidence driven by the debut taking place during the Presidents Day holiday week.

Article Link: Apple Pushing to Introduce iPad 3 on Steve Jobs' February 24th Birthday?

GeekLawyer · Dec 23, 2011, 11:21 AM

That would be a fitting tribute! But the sourcing on this rumor sounds... suspect.

acfusion29 · Dec 23, 2011, 11:21 AM

the sooner, the better!

slu · Dec 23, 2011, 11:24 AM

I will probably upgrade for a retina display. Everything else could be the same as the iPad 2.

iSYGAT · Dec 23, 2011, 11:24 AM

Here we go again. Even though I would like a smaller size iPad why not just get an iPod Touch or something? This rumor has been going on for a long time now.

antster94 · Dec 23, 2011, 11:24 AM

Limiting time off just to meet a deadline in memory of someone, charming.

ddybing · Dec 23, 2011, 11:25 AM

Very excited for the iPad 3 release :-)

Asclepio · 02:19 PM

iPad 3 will be awesome.

HarryKeogh · Dec 23, 2011, 11:29 AM

I can't see the biggest tech company in the world pushing a product through for something as sappy as the former CEO's birthday. Really push a product to make the holiday shopping season or something like that? Sure. But getting it out on his birthday isn't going to increase sales much (might get some more press but the iPad 3 will get tons anyway).

Steve Jobs would scoff at the idea. He told me in a dream.

MultiMediaWill · Dec 23, 2011, 11:29 AM

That would be great. I really can't wait for the iPad 3 with a retina display. Day 1 buy for me!

blacktape242 · Dec 23, 2011, 11:29 AM

wheres the picture of Fry from Futurama that says "take my money"

please place that here!

roadbloc · Dec 23, 2011, 11:30 AM

I think that would be too cliched, even for Apple.

ravenvii · Dec 23, 2011, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by blacktape242

wheres the picture of Fry from Futurama that says "take my money"

please place that here!

Wish granted.

Dr McKay · Dec 23, 2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ravenvii

Wish granted.

Image

The instant my bank allows me to design my bank card, this will be it.

Amazing Iceman · Dec 23, 2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ddybing

Very excited for the iPad 3 release :-)

iPad 3 SJ Edition

Can't wait! But I would have rather wait for it's regular release day if SJ would still be alive.

k1121j · Dec 23, 2011, 11:37 AM

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I think the limited time off is to keep production at high level. for the march release

CopyCatz · Dec 23, 2011, 11:38 AM

The slave workers at foxconn will be delighted to hear they are allowed to skip their new year holiday to make another idiotic capitalist deadline...

iParis · Dec 23, 2011, 11:39 AM

If they can pull it off without trying too hard, why not? The man deserves countless amount of things for us to do in his memory.

csixty4 · Dec 23, 2011, 11:41 AM

This definitely sounds too schmaltzy for Tim Cook. I could see a tribute to Steve at a Spring product announcement. But this is the same Apple that stopped doing Macworld keynotes because they didn't want to be tied to an arbitrary release date for their products.

BoxMacCary · Dec 23, 2011, 11:42 AM

I guess we'll know February 17th ....

dashiel · Dec 23, 2011, 11:43 AM

This may be the most absurd iPad 3 rumor yet. So very un-Apple and un-Steve like. If Apple did something so trite I would be concerned about their direction.

bergmef · Dec 23, 2011, 11:43 AM

I didn't think Foxconn gave thier employees any days off?!?

Will it come with a free copy of his bio?

Eidorian · Dec 23, 2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Benjy91

The instant my bank allows me to design my bank card, this will be it.

Everyone wants to do that.

carlgo · Dec 23, 2011, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Benjy91

The instant my bank allows me to design my bank card, this will be it.

A great idea!

Better than an extra hour in the exercise yard at FoxCon. They probably get a hearty "Thank you for your work, now get back to it" Christmas message from their owner Mr. Warmth over the intercom.

topmounter · Dec 23, 2011, 11:46 AM

iPad 3 4G

Dec 23, 2011, 11:24 AM	#4
slu macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Buffalo	I will probably upgrade for a retina display. Everything else could be the same as the iPad 2. __________________ Macbook 2.4 C2D / Nexus 4 / iPod classic 160 GB / iPad 2 / AppleTV2&3
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:24 AM	#5
iSYGAT Guest Join Date: Dec 2011	Here we go again Here we go again. Even though I would like a smaller size iPad why not just get an iPod Touch or something? This rumor has been going on for a long time now.
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:24 AM	#6
antster94 macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2010 Location: London, UK	Limiting time off just to meet a deadline in memory of someone, charming. __________________ - Apple MacBook Pro 15" Retina. - Apple iPhone 5 64GB.
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:25 AM	#7
ddybing macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Norway	Excited Very excited for the iPad 3 release :-)
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:26 AM	#8
Asclepio macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2011	iPad 3 will be awesome. Last edited by Asclepio; Dec 24, 2011 at 02:19 PM.
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:21 AM	#2
GeekLawyer macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The post is coming from inside the house!	That would be a fitting tribute! But the sourcing on this rumor sounds... suspect.
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:21 AM	#3
acfusion29 Guest Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto	the sooner, the better!
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:29 AM	#9
HarryKeogh macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2008	I can't see the biggest tech company in the world pushing a product through for something as sappy as the former CEO's birthday. Really push a product to make the holiday shopping season or something like that? Sure. But getting it out on his birthday isn't going to increase sales much (might get some more press but the iPad 3 will get tons anyway). Steve Jobs would scoff at the idea. He told me in a dream.
	-13

Dec 23, 2011, 11:29 AM	#10
MultiMediaWill macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Illinois	That would be great. I really can't wait for the iPad 3 with a retina display. Day 1 buy for me! __________________ Click here for the iPhone 5 iOS 6.0 Jailbreak! MacBook Pro 15" 2011 , 2.2 GHz Quad i7, 750GB HDD, 8GB RAM, Anti-Glare iPhone 5 32gb iPad 3 16gb
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:29 AM	#11
blacktape242 macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sacramento, CA	wheres the picture of Fry from Futurama that says "take my money" please place that here!
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:30 AM	#12
roadbloc macrumors 603 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK	I think that would be too cliched, even for Apple. __________________ Roadbloc
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:37 AM	#16
k1121j macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North East USA	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3) I think the limited time off is to keep production at high level. for the march release
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:38 AM	#17
CopyCatz macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	The slave workers at foxconn will be delighted to hear they are allowed to skip their new year holiday to make another idiotic capitalist deadline...
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:39 AM	#18
iParis macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New Mexico	If they can pull it off without trying too hard, why not? The man deserves countless amount of things for us to do in his memory. __________________ - AirPort Express Base Station 2012 - iPhone 5 64GB / Black & Slate / Verizon / iOS 6.1 - MacBook C2D 2.16GHz / 2GB ram / 120GB HD / 10.7.5 - Mac mini C2D 1.83GHz / 4GB ram / 120GB HD / 10.7.5
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:41 AM	#19
csixty4 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010	This definitely sounds too schmaltzy for Tim Cook. I could see a tribute to Steve at a Spring product announcement. But this is the same Apple that stopped doing Macworld keynotes because they didn't want to be tied to an arbitrary release date for their products.
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:42 AM	#20
BoxMacCary macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New York City	*It Would* Be Cool ....** I guess we'll know February 17th .... __________________ "Technology Alone Is Not Enough -- Married With The Liberal Arts & The Humanities, It Yields Us The Results That Make Our Hearts Sing." - Steven P. Jobs
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:43 AM	#21
dashiel macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2003	This may be the most absurd iPad 3 rumor yet. So very un-Apple and un-Steve like. If Apple did something so trite I would be concerned about their direction.
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:43 AM	#22
bergmef macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast of Baltimore, USA	I didn't think Foxconn gave thier employees any days off?!? Will it come with a free copy of his bio? __________________
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Dec 23, 2011, 11:46 AM	#25
topmounter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2009	iPad 3 4G __________________ iLoveDrones.com
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