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

[samcraig]

Gamers will love it.

Never had a problem with my iPad (1) and video - which I think looks great. Of course a better screen brings some more problems than solutions when it comes to Apps and videos already ripped.

That being said - the iPad 3 rumors (which is all they are) do jive with the fact that there's an educational announcement coming up soon. Perhaps whatever they are going to announce will tie right into the requirements of the new iPad.

 

[gorskiegangsta]

"when he compentition hasn't closed the gap"? Are you crazy? Allmost all tablets out there are at least 720p HD or above (heck, this year the first Full HD tablets are coming). Apple is seriously lagging behind in the sharpness of the screens.

This. There's not a chance Apple will allow someone else to beat them to market with a "retina" or a retina-like display.

 

[iAshley]

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This will have to have a drawn reciprocating dingle arm with soniscidal repleneration mounted on a base plate of preframulated emulate, otherwise it'll be too thick.

 

[SandynJosh]

Only half of all iPads sold have a sim card, and only about half of these are sold in the US*. And less than half of these are sold to Verizon customers. And an unknown number < 100% of these is actually LTE covered or will be in the near future. How on earth is LTE a 'requirement'?

* LTE is not deployed as widely in most other countries.

Verizon has made LTE a requirement for all new products going forward. It is also assumed that they made such a requirement because they know that is in Apple's iDevice's future as well.

There is no conclusion about the next-generation iPhone that can be made from rumors about the next generation iPad.

LTE availability on any device will be subject to the availability of appropriate chipsets at the time of that device's production. Since we don't know the release dates, we don't know about whether or not those devices would have suitable LTE chips to include.

It is highly likely that these next generation devices will not use the LTE chips that are installed in current devices. Tim Cook already touched on this last year and there has not been a release of new chips to this date.

The current LTE chip sets are not viable for phones because of their high power requirements. That doesn't preclude them from iPads because they have much larger batteries and can take the power draw better then iPhones.

100% agreed. Steve Jobs would have never let this happen. I hope it won't be thicker, it will be a bad sign of things to come.

It's one fricken millimeter. Not like you could tell unless someone told you it was thicker.

 

[phpmaven]

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.

If it wasn't for Steve's "stubbornness", you wouldn't even have an iPad or iPhone or iAnything.

 

[fel10]

I think this is going to be a very nice update. I will upgrade for the high resolution screen alone.

 

[SandynJosh]

Gamers will love it.

Never had a problem with my iPad (1) and video - which I think looks great. Of course a better screen brings some more problems than solutions when it comes to Apps and videos already ripped.

That being said - the iPad 3 rumors (which is all they are) do jive with the fact that there's an educational announcement coming up soon. Perhaps whatever they are going to announce will tie right into the requirements of the new iPad.

I think the general consensus is that the educational announcement will not include any hardware announcements. I understand your thinking, but if new iPads are coming in early March, as rumored, then a late January announcement would kill iPad sales for a good solid month.

 

[newyorksole]

There will be no LTE until 2013 in my opinion.

I think all we'll see it a faster processor and enhanced display. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that'll be it. Oh and improved cameras.

 

[h0mi]

As long as I can use the ipad on at&t or verizon or sprint, I'll be pleased.

Work with Tmobile and i'll be very happy.

 

[SandynJosh]

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This will have to have a drawn reciprocating dingle arm with soniscidal repleneration mounted on a base plate of preframulated emulate, otherwise it'll be too thick.

FINALLY, available on a portable device! I haven't heard those specs before on anything smaller then a desk-sized device.

 

[cvaldes]

It's one fricken millimeter. Not like you could tell unless someone told you it was thicker.

Actually, the human hand can tell this difference pretty easily.

I don't even need to hold them side by side, but the fourth-generation iPod touch is considerably thinner than the third-generation model, the actual difference being 1.3mm.

Another example? Find a set of mechanical pencils with various lead diameters. It is pretty easy to spot the difference between 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7mm lead widths even with the naked eye.

Something even more dramatic? Go find some ordinary copier paper, it'll probably be 22 lb. paper. Then go find some 28 lb. or 32 lb. paper. Hold one sheet. Your hand can tell the difference.

 

[jaison13]

it almost must be quad core considering another company had a quad core tablet at ces. everything sounds awesome. better cameras, double res screen, quad core, now i'd like to see either as card slot or 128gb on board. 64gb is not enough on an iPad. i'm constantly shifting stuff on and off.

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Actually, the human hand can tell this difference pretty easily.

I don't even need to hold them side by side, but the fourth-generation iPod touch is considerably thinner than the third-generation model, the actual difference being 1.3mm.

Another example? Find a set of mechanical pencils with various lead diameters. It is pretty easy to spot the difference between 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7mm lead widths even with the naked eye.

Something even more dramatic? Go find some ordinary copier paper, it'll probably be 22 lb. paper. Then go find some 28 lb. or 32 lb. paper. Hold one sheet. Your hand can tell the difference.

your examples aren't that great. an iPad is much larger. a millimeter change is more noticeable on a smaller item. the thickness of a dime on an iPod touch is HUGE compared to an iPad.

 

[TrentS]

Get your lasic surgery scheduled for late February to be ready!!

 

[Stridder44]

It needs to have at least 1 GiB of RAM.

Completely agree. There's really no excuse anymore. RAM is so damn cheap even for consumers, so for large-scale production in huge batches it must be next to nothing. Honestly, using 1GB instead of 512MB is a difference of pennies.

 

[danahn17]

LTE sounds nice.... but I'm kinda doubting it

Especially since the iPhone 4S didn't have it. Why put LTE in an iPad (which practically owns the tablet market) but not put it into an iPhone (whose market is considerablly more competitive)?

 

[cvaldes]

your examples aren't that great. an iPad is much larger. a millimeter change is more noticeable on a smaller item. the thickness of a dime on an iPod touch is HUGE compared to an iPad.

What are you talking about?

A piece of paper has similar dimensions of an iPad in length and width with thickness (depth) being the only difference.

Again, your hands can tell the difference.

Another example: locate a smooth flat surface. Now drop two grains of salt on it. Can your fingertip feel the difference in height?

If human hands and eyes were so poor in seeing small differences, there would be no brain surgeons on this planet.

 

[Liquinn]

Shall I wait until the iPad 4?

 

[Mr.DD216]

Now this actually sounds like a Legitimate rumor. I'm all for everything that's in this one but I'm getting this iPad regardless because it'll be my first
To make this the perfect iPad For ME all it has to have is
Retina Display
A6 or Quad-Core watever (as long as its faster than the iPad 2, which isn't easy)
Better Camera (which I know alot of you dont really care for but I do)
Siri (Because I WANT IT!)
Same Good Battery
& LTE would be great too

So I'm all ready for 64GB WiFi + 3G iPad 3
Btw I'd hate it if they call it iPad 2S, it just feels like tht name ruins everything!

 

[AbyssImpact]

LTE is useless. Who actually brings their iPad outside to use where there are no wifi networks?

 

[Rocketman]

Shall I wait until the iPad 4?

Yes. Otherwise our stores might have a similar riot as China stores merely because of a 4S widely described as a minimal if not unusable update. Maybe not so unusable or minimal after all for a population of hundreds of millions of potential users, eh?

Rocketman

MODAL BUYER IS 4-10 UNITS IF AVAILABLE AT FULL RETAIL UNCONTRACTED.

 

[anthonymoody]

Want.

Okay there I said it. I was sort of slow upgrading from my iPad to an ipad2. But I won't hold off for even a split second when the order page goes live for the ipad3 if this info proves correct. Sign me up!

I just hope I can again transfer my grandfathered unlimited data plan from the ipad2 to the 3...

 

[0000757]

Only half of all iPads sold have a sim card, and only about half of these are sold in the US*. And less than half of these are sold to Verizon customers. And an unknown number < 100% of these is actually LTE covered or will be in the near future. How on earth is LTE a 'requirement'?

* LTE is not deployed as widely in most other countries.

Wait, what? So only half of the 3G CDMA enabled iPads are on Verizon?

 

[ronm99]

Agreed, but I don't think that chip exists today given the different standards. One thing about putting LTE in a tablet is that battery life isn't as big an issue.

You are probably correct. I didn't realize how many different bands are in use. This is from Wikipedia:

In North America, 700 and 1700 MHz are planned to be used; 800, 1800, 2600 MHz in Europe; 1800 and 2600 MHz in Asia; and 1800 MHz in Australia. (5 unique bands)

This might be one reason for not supporting LTE in the iPad ... they either need lots of different devices, or a chipset that supports all (which as you say may not exist).

 

[robjulo]

Its called saying ahead of the curve - something Apple is the best at.

You can't be serious.

 

[ronm99]

Even if the next iPad had 512mb of ram, you wouldn't really notice because of the A6 (quad-core?).

RAM doesn't handle graphics, the graphics card does.

Processing power and RAM are unrelated. RAM is needed to store the data and the processor (CPU / GPU) are used to process the data.

More RAM is useful for lots of things. You can multi-task between more jobs without the OS having to kill and restart them. More tabs can be open in the browser without having to be reloaded.

Most importantly, more RAM also is better for future proofing devices. My original iPad worked fine until the iOS5 update. The reason it is sluggish now is mostly because iOS5 uses a lot more memory (about 200 of the 256MB are used by the RAM which only leaves a sliver for the applications). Often, old computers can have their life extended by simply adding more memory.

Higher resolution graphics do demand more RAM as well as the graphics need to be stored in memory (both the screen graphics by the OS as well as images that are being manipulated by the apps).