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iPad 3
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Hmm I think wee will see nearly the same form factor.
Retina display + the quad core version of the current iPad 2 GPU so as to keep graphics performance at a similar level.
Slight clock speed bump on the A5.
Same battery, same weight, maybe a new port (SD or thunderbolt).
Also bringing the LCD closer to the glass.
Those are what I am hoping for, but there are a few issues that I see:
1. Retina display will require more power in both the display and GPU.
2. Apple doesn't want their battery life figure to decrease.
3. Apple doesn't want it to be thicker.
The iPad 2 is already pretty cramped, so unless they have some new battery technology I think retina may not make it into iPad 3.
Retina display + the quad core version of the current iPad 2 GPU so as to keep graphics performance at a similar level.
Slight clock speed bump on the A5.
Same battery, same weight, maybe a new port (SD or thunderbolt).
Also bringing the LCD closer to the glass.
Those are what I am hoping for, but there are a few issues that I see:
1. Retina display will require more power in both the display and GPU.
2. Apple doesn't want their battery life figure to decrease.
3. Apple doesn't want it to be thicker.
The iPad 2 is already pretty cramped, so unless they have some new battery technology I think retina may not make it into iPad 3.
After this launch, I would bet that Apple will make the iPad 3 incapable of displaying any Chinese characters...
The only thing I know for sure
I will use a vacation day to stand in line ( I love the 5pm release, if it were an AM release I would have had to sit in line outside, 5pm release I got there when mall opened, in a nice sheltered comfy mall)
I am already working it with my husband for me to get the ipad3
Other then that I don't know what it will have, only that I will want it because it has a #3 not a #2.
I will use a vacation day to stand in line ( I love the 5pm release, if it were an AM release I would have had to sit in line outside, 5pm release I got there when mall opened, in a nice sheltered comfy mall)
I am already working it with my husband for me to get the ipad3
Other then that I don't know what it will have, only that I will want it because it has a #3 not a #2.
1- anti-scalper alarm. When the Ipad 3 detects that is has been flagged for resale, it will auto explode.
2- 20MP Camera: this will allow the lucky ones to get the IPAD 3 to take high resolution pictures of:
1-The apple store manager saying that the Apple fairies have just delivered a couple of Ipads overnight..
2-The Master of the Scalpers distributing cash to the Mules
3-The Apple employee answering the phone saying that they do not have any IPAD in stock while handing over 10 ipads to a scalper.
4-Me being the first of the line not to receive the IPAD (due to the people (scalpers) in front of mr) and screaming an yelling like I had been denied a tetanus vaccine after being punctured by a rusted nail in the back yard.
3-File sharing + retina Display: You will then use the file sharing to broadcast the pictures taken above to all the IPADS in the store, which will display the pictures in their high resolution retina display...
2- 20MP Camera: this will allow the lucky ones to get the IPAD 3 to take high resolution pictures of:
1-The apple store manager saying that the Apple fairies have just delivered a couple of Ipads overnight..
2-The Master of the Scalpers distributing cash to the Mules
3-The Apple employee answering the phone saying that they do not have any IPAD in stock while handing over 10 ipads to a scalper.
4-Me being the first of the line not to receive the IPAD (due to the people (scalpers) in front of mr) and screaming an yelling like I had been denied a tetanus vaccine after being punctured by a rusted nail in the back yard.
3-File sharing + retina Display: You will then use the file sharing to broadcast the pictures taken above to all the IPADS in the store, which will display the pictures in their high resolution retina display...
I think Apple needs to overhaul iOS with the ability to allow for true multitasking instead of app swapping. The iPad 2 has the power for it and I'm sure the iPad classic could handle such a design change.
It's nice that the iPad is getting faster every year but I want to do more in terms of productivity and not just entertainment.
It's nice that the iPad is getting faster every year but I want to do more in terms of productivity and not just entertainment.
1: "Retina Display" (2560x1600) If they start trying to make them now, maybe they will have enough stockpiled for launch next March, as this is probably going to be the hardest component to manufacture.
2: Better cameras. Don't expect them to be much better, but better.
3: 128GB option. Hmmm.... I'd bite, but even in 2012 this will be expensive. We'll know more about this if there finally is a 64GB iPhone this summer. (and it's popular). Expect it to be a premium, as in $200 more then 64GB and maybe at first online only model if it does come out.
4: A6, (or tweaked A5) No brainer. Faster, smaller, more efficient. Might even have 1GB ram. The A5 is barely out the door, let's wait until it feels "Sluggish" before we predict too much about this.
5: Somehow they will integrate Thunderbolt. Probably via some sort of adaptor. Syncing 64GB (or 128GB?!) of data over thunderbolt would be a dream, since it would take hours over USB2. Not sure how this would work in the daisy chain environment of thunderbolt. (maybe dual TB ports on desktops?) That's for a different thread.
6: Death of the home button? I can't see it working on the small iPhone, but it would work on a iPad....
7: LTE. By early 2012 AT&T and Verizon will be well along in the roll out of LTE, and it will be in the iPad. Probably a single chip 3-4G also. I think Jobs hates that there are 18 SKU's of iPads.
8: A completely revamped product launch. Although most everyone I know is aware there is a new iPad, few have any clue that they are impossible to find/being scalped etc.
9: ??? The one thing that makes perfect sense when we see it, but no one thought of before it was shown of by Jobs at the media event.
2: Better cameras. Don't expect them to be much better, but better.
3: 128GB option. Hmmm.... I'd bite, but even in 2012 this will be expensive. We'll know more about this if there finally is a 64GB iPhone this summer. (and it's popular). Expect it to be a premium, as in $200 more then 64GB and maybe at first online only model if it does come out.
4: A6, (or tweaked A5) No brainer. Faster, smaller, more efficient. Might even have 1GB ram. The A5 is barely out the door, let's wait until it feels "Sluggish" before we predict too much about this.
5: Somehow they will integrate Thunderbolt. Probably via some sort of adaptor. Syncing 64GB (or 128GB?!) of data over thunderbolt would be a dream, since it would take hours over USB2. Not sure how this would work in the daisy chain environment of thunderbolt. (maybe dual TB ports on desktops?) That's for a different thread.
6: Death of the home button? I can't see it working on the small iPhone, but it would work on a iPad....
7: LTE. By early 2012 AT&T and Verizon will be well along in the roll out of LTE, and it will be in the iPad. Probably a single chip 3-4G also. I think Jobs hates that there are 18 SKU's of iPads.
8: A completely revamped product launch. Although most everyone I know is aware there is a new iPad, few have any clue that they are impossible to find/being scalped etc.
9: ??? The one thing that makes perfect sense when we see it, but no one thought of before it was shown of by Jobs at the media event.
There will NOT be a retina display on the iPad 3. Even though it won't be released until a year from now. A retina display would increase the price of the iPad and also lessen the supply to create these screens.
The iPad 3 will instead have a enhanced 'HD' screen, not retina...but a better screen than iPad1/2, still at the same price-point without making supply worse than it is.
The iPad 3 will instead have a enhanced 'HD' screen, not retina...but a better screen than iPad1/2, still at the same price-point without making supply worse than it is.
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Is someone hung up on the "retina" term again? Doubling the resolution will put it at ~260 dpi.
hoofbite said:
Is someone hung up on the "retina" term again? Doubling the resolution will put it at ~260 dpi.