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iPad 3 with LTE, Quad-Core Processor and Retina Display Set for March Launch

I would have a hard time believing it would be thicker, but it's definitely more likely now than it would have been a few years ago. Steve Jobs would never have let a regression like that happen. They made a huge deal out of the second one being so much thinner. Heads would have rolled if the engineers tried to tell him that they needed to make the new one thicker.
 
So far the iPad 3 is sounding very good. Initially I thought for sure I'd skip it because my iPad 2 is excellent. But now that we're learning that it will likely be a major upgrade, I'm most certainly ready to buy one.
 
I'm really curious how the Retina Display would work with websites or anything not optimised to this resolution?

Also, I'll be really excited to see Apple making Retina Display work on the iPad as this increases the likelihood of seeing it on the laptops soon!
 
cellular data-so what. Retina display-great!

Not bothered by cellular data speeds, but a retina display and faster processor would be neat especially if it were lighter.
 
GeekLawyer said:
Debit card is at the ready. Kindly take my money, Mr. Cook.
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That would be sweet to see Tim Cook taking credit cards at the Apple Store.

Seriously though.... I'm more interested in graphics performance improvements over quad-versus-dual-core. Quad core would be great, but I'm betting most iPad apps don't even take advantage of two cores because they simply don't need to do anything concurrently.

LTE would be awesome. I had an AT&T first-gen iPad, but whenever I travelled I had no coverage. I bought a Verizon iPad 2, but the CDMA performance is sometimes painfully slow. I'd like to stick with Verizon as my data provider for iPad, but get LTE support. Incidentally, my iPhone is with AT&T on a grand-fathered unlimited data plan.
 
Yay!

I just bought two iPad2's for co-workers today!

They will be sooo happy when I tell them they will be obsolete very soon!
 
Agree... but ...

This is *also* one of those cases where I think we're better off not having Jobs' stubbornness in the way of progress. He tended to get hung up on such concepts, with no room for compromise -- and consumers sometimes wound up with a less capable product as a result.

A realist would look at how thin the iPad is today, realize it was APPROXIMATELY an ideal thickness, and build future units so they appear and feel "about the same size", going thinner when electronics advances allow and a millimeter or two thicker when it allowed a worthy new feature.

It's a lot like the ridiculous multi-button mouse situation Mac users endured for a decade or so.... Everyone I knew with a Mac was using a Microsoft or Logitech mouse on it, because it was clearly less functional not having a way to do a right-click without putting your other hand on the keyboard first. Very FEW people besides Jobs found that single button mouse advantageous.


ImpostorOak said:
I would have a hard time believing it would be thicker, but it's definitely more likely now than it would have been a few years ago. Steve Jobs would never have let a regression like that happen. They made a huge deal out of the second one being so much thinner. Heads would have rolled if the engineers tried to tell him that they needed to make the new one thicker.
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Quad core make no sense. Are iPad apps hurting for processing power? Is the power consumption price of four cores worth paying for? The only reason I could see Apple doing this is because they need the extra cores to drive the GPU that's pushing the retina display.
 
that's a lot of pixels...

I'm in the market for a 27" display - and I don't think I'm seeing the number of pixels offered as there will be on the ipad3.

I suspect regular monitor display will need to kick it up a notch from the number's that are now common place.
 
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Wow. I have my doubts on LTE, but if it's there, this would be amazing. I have no issues at all with my iPad 2, but for this... I could upgrade.
 
Not a fan of the iPad at all but if they release this for the current prices that the iPad 2's are selling for I'll be interested for sure.
 
ts1973 said:
Not buying the quad core rumor. The A15 SoC is just not ready (promised for early 2013), and Apple will not completely switch to Tegra after all the work they put in the A4/A5 chips.

Not going to happen people.
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Yes, however ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore can support up to four cores. The current A5 SoC has two.

Thus, the Apple A6 could be a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore based design.
 
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