5 reasons why the new iPad is a game changer

[Stuntman06]

I wouldn't call the difference between the iPad 2 screen at 1024x768 and the Tab 10.1 at 1280x800 a huge difference where Apple or anyone else felt like they needed to play catch up. If you deliver the first viable tablet to the market it makes it pretty easy for competitors to incrementally one up the specs.

The new iPad trumps the Transformer Pad Infinity. The Inifity has a 1920x1200 resolution which is a step up from anything else on the market. However, Asus was not able to bring it to market soon enough before the new iPad announcement. It also looks like the iPad will hit stores before the Infinity as well.

Now 2048x1536 resolution IS A GAME CHANGER. No one is even close and they won't be for awhile.

The latest rumour is that Samsung is set to announce a device that has a higher resolution with an AMOLED display. I'd be interested to see what they have in store. In the mean time, I'm interested to see the new iPad up close when they have demo models available in stores.

 

[iDvisic]

Who's fault is that? Right now there really is NO competition. Even before the New iPad. Now you would have to be crazy to buy any other tablet except maybe a Kindle Fire because that's not even in the same category.

IMO, Apple seems to release products that they think will make Apple users happy and don't even give one single thought to what Samsung are doing. That is what I *WANT*. Apple is MUCH better at developing products all by themselves. They don't need to keep one eye on the completely uninnovative likes of Samsung and Microsoft.

I don't think Apple has been developing products all by themselves. They've been pulling together existing technologies in innovative ways, leveraging next gen tech to revolutionize existing and in some cases create new markets. And Apple hasn't just been concerned about making *Apple* customers happy for...well, I guess since Jobs came back into the picture. The Apple that was solely concerned with making Apple users happy is the Apple that nearly went "see ya later buh-bye."

Like it or not, Apple's current success is because of other companies. It has struggled tooth and nail to gain market share against Microsoft, and while there certainly were many successes there, Apple simply wasn't gaining enough market share against the Windows Behemoth. So, instead of continuing to struggle to best MS based PCs, they decided to take a different route--make the PC irrelevant. "Sure, Windows is on more PCs. What does that mean, in a Post-PC world?"

See, still a response to another company.

I maintain that competition is good. M'kay?

-->iDv.

 

[ZBoater]

That word gets thrown around too much around here. It's almost as common as "lol." It's a pitiful, poor upgrade.

Calling this a poor upgrade is the second most common expression here, right behind calling it revolutionary....

Doubling the resolution and 4G LTE while maintaining battery life "pitiful and poor"? Hahahahahaha!

 

[wratran]

1. Retina display. 2048×1536 resolution is unheard of. Its rare to even find computer monitors that come in that resolution. The display on any portable device is the heart and soul of the device. Even when the iPhone 4 screen size was small, the Retina display destroyed any other competing phone on the market for almost a year. No other manufacture could respond.

2. LTE. With AT&T and Verizon that have both proven LTE is super fast (I have a work phone with LTE and I get no lower then 10 megs down, thats faster then my internet at home!). Imagine surfing at broadband speeds on the road where 4G is available.

3. Apple A5X. The CPU and GPU is blowing the lids off any other tablet on the market. It is the most powerful tablet on the market, bar none. It will be able to play high res games and complex apps. The A5X is nothing to sneeze at. The amount of engineering it took to make it even possible to fit in a thin device should earn the engineers Nobel prizes.

4. Price. Even with all the tech crammed into a thin package, its still the same price as last years model. That new high resolution display is probably not cheap, but Apple is good about dominating suppliers worldwide and probably got a deal.

5. Battery life. Even with a powerful processor, the new iPad is able to maintain its battery life. With 3x the amount of pixels on the display (From 1 million to about 3 million!!) the iPad is still able to squeeze out the same battery life. It has a much bigger battery, but thats amazing because the iPad isn't all that much thicker. Now thats $@*& amazing.

NOT EVEN CLOSE....ipad 3 is out of date

1) retina display on the ipad 3 is only 264 ppi...not ground breaking. Galaxy note ppi is 284 and super amoled....APPLE CANT BEAT THE QUALITY YET

2) LTE is availbale on the note already and other smartphone/tablet

3) just a revamp dual core...nothing new

4) $300 for the Gnote with unlimited storage on microSD. Ipad 3 top out at 64gb....OR
$640 for factory unlock with unlimited storage space

5) battery life is on par with other mobile device

 

[yabai]

The new iPad is awesome, but is not a game changer. Apple still dominates, and the game is the same.

 

[iDvisic]

NOT EVEN CLOSE....ipad 3 is out of date

1) retina display on the ipad 3 is only 264 ppi...not ground breaking. Galaxy note ppi is 284 and super amoled....APPLE CANT BEAT THE QUALITY YET

2) LTE is availbale on the note already and other smartphone/tablet

3) just a revamp dual core...nothing new

4) $300 for the Gnote with unlimited storage on microSD. Ipad 3 top out at 64gb....OR
$640 for factory unlock with unlimited storage space

5) battery life is on par with other mobile device

1) By that logic, the GNote can't beat the quality of an iPhone 4. 326 ppi for going on 2 years now!

The Galaxy Note is a fine piece of tech, I'm sure--just not for me. I like the larger screen size...I don't need something that's too small to work comfortably on but too large to fit in my pocket. And nothing in the iPad's same general size category comes close, IMO.

2) LTE is nice, but wouldn't be enough to draw me to any device. Not until data packages come even close to how much I would use it.

3) Until we know how exactly the specs break down, I might be with you on this. Quad core graphics will be nice, no doubt, but...if this weren't going to be my first personal iPad, it probably wouldn't be enough to merit and upgrade from the iPad 2. On its own.

4) Unlimited storage on microSD? And how much do each of these mSDs cost? You didn't factor that into your figures. Personally, I'll look more into off-device storage for the $$--wifi HDs, media servers, etc.

5) Yeah, nothing exciting here. I mean, I understand that maintaining the battery life in light of tech upgrades is a good thing. But saying, "OMG...it has the SAME battery life as before!" is kinda like labeling a new car as "green" because you haven't gone DOWN in mpg.

-->iDv.

 

[aluren]

I think it changed the game for other tablet manufacturers, as they probably won't be able to match Apple's prices and quality (again). But to the consumers, it's just a better device. We interact with it no differently than we did with the iPad 2. So let's save this game changer title for later this year when the iTV comes out.

 

[sartios]

Can't freaking wait for this to be delivered.

 

[robeddie]

The new iPad is awesome, but is not a game changer. Apple still dominates, and the game is the same.

+1

This whole thread is the result of one guy getting geeked out because he bought a 'new' iPad and thinks it's the be-all, end-all.

See ya in 2 years, when this "game-changing" device seems like a paper weight.

 

[ZBoater]

I consider it a game changer because it has taken tablets to a whole new level. 1280x720 or even 1920x1080 will seem like old news, and now people will expect amazing graphics from their tablets. Pixelation will become unacceptable. And other tablet makers will have to scramble that much more to catch up. Just when you thought there were getting there, Apple moved the goal posts, essentially changing the game. Classic.

 

[wirelessness]

The Galaxy Note is cool and all but it's not even in the same category as the iPad. To say the Note has LTE is like saying the Galaxy Nexus has LTE...bug whoop..it's a phone not a tablet.

 

[elwood58]

64GB Verizon on Order

Here we go again. When I bought the first iPad, I figured to be embarking on an annual program of upgrade consideration. I would have skipped the second generation if the first had not been stolen.

I think there will be significant demand for the product. I encounter more and more people every day that have iPads instead of traditional PCs. Same goes for Android and Windows tablets. The good ones seem to be at the same pricing levels as Apple, with Windows Tablets being double. I bought a Vizio tablet just to have something to play with Android on, and the difference in the experience is dramatic, but will still suffice for many users.

 

[thuchu1]

Thing is, you're completely disregarding sales. The iPad has been kicking MAJOR ass for the last year- with immensely strong holiday 2011 sales. That's for a 9 month old tablet at the time.

Now, we're talking about the already dominating force in the tablet market getting a HELL of a lot better. The iPad 2 was still holding its own and selling massive numbers, and the new iPad will only continue that trend.

Agreed, the best thing about Apple (which sucks for my wallet) is that they stay on a very tightly controlled cycle. Products are updated well before the old ones are outdated, but not so often that it's not even worth following what's going on. Droid rumors don't gain the same hype because there's a few new devices coming out every other day.