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I would be very disappointed if it didn't have Retina. I was going to wait to upgrade my iPad2 for a few months. I found out today that I am getting a pretty nice bonus at work, which would mostly pay for an iPad(2S, HD, 3, whatever). I should be getting that on the 15th and if the rumors of it coming out on the 16th, a day I had already requested off from work weeks ago, end up being true, then I believe it is fate that I get the next gen iPad on release day. If it didn't have Retina, I wouldn't get it and be disappointed.
 
What is up with this everybody nonsense? People with a lick of common sense didn't expect the 5 last year. History had shown that apple was going to release an incremental (design-wise) upgrade of the iphone--not a radically redesigned version. If those people read about how apple works on these things up to two years in advance, then they would've known 2011 was the year of the 4S.

Ain't that the truth.
 
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After the release of the iPhone 4S, there was a rumor that Apple was going to revamp all of their devices this year. The iPad 3 (from leaked photos of exterior casing) may look like the iPad2 but it is completely revamped with a retina display. If there was no retina display I don't see how a dual core processor with siri would make it a new design.
 
it will have retina, if it doesn't then there is no point in it getting thicker.
 
If it doesn't I can't understand what appealing upgraded features would convince consumers to upgrade.
 
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