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iPad iPad 5 Spec's Leaked: 2Gb of Ram Confirmed

daywiz said:
Wait a minute. If you are referring to Ming-Chi Kuo's supposed report, I find it sketchy for these simple reasons:

- Technically like one of the users "Mystic Frost" pointed out on another thread, the next step in resolution is 3072x2304 with a scaling of 3 from 1024x768 (for app compatibility). That would first of all place it at essentially at 50% of more pixels straight away.
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MythicFrost said:
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I agree with what you say about Apple using only backwards compatible resolutions, however I will point out a few things:

3. "Pixel doubling" is stretching which is ugly as all hell. You're talking about scaling.

4. The next step in resolution is 3072x2304, not 4096x3072. Try not to think of the iPad 3+'s resolution as 2048x1536, rather 1024x768 with a scaling factor of two. Anything that's a multiple of 1024x768 is possible while maintaining app compatibility. At 3072x2304 the scaling factor becomes three. I could explain in more detail if you wanted.

5. It would only break app compatibility as much as the iPhone 5 did, which really wasn't much. However I don't believe the iPad needs an aspect ratio change, so there's no reason for them to do it at all.
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JulianL said:
No it wouldn't. Don't forget that it's a square function so increasing the horizontal and vertical pixel count from twice the original iPad (as the iPad 4 currently has) to three times the original iPad gives 1.5^2 times the number of pixels which is 2.25 times the pixel count of an iPad 4 (and 3), i.e. a 125% increase.

The only way I can see a more modest increase in pixel count being true is if Apple do something along the lines of the iPhone 4 to iPhone 5 change and keep the same horizontal (when viewed in portrait mode) resolution and stretch the screen a bit more vertically to move it closer to a 16:9 aspect ratio in recognition of the fact that watching video is a very common use for iPads.

I somehow doubt Apple would go all the way to 16:9 because it would make the screen and device too big but any stretch would help reduce top and bottom bars a bit when viewing 16:9 content and they're already almost certainly shrinking the side bezels for the iPad 5 so a bit of shrinking on the top and bottom ones in 2014 plus maybe a modest increase in the height of the device might allow a worthwhile move towards 16:9.

The home button is becoming an issue for Apple because it limits how much the bottom bezel can be reduced. I wonder how a TouchID scanner would perform in a more oblong shaped home button such as the ones found on the Samsung S4. That would give a bit more space for the screen.
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I would really appreciate if Mystic Frost and Julian could help shed some light into this topic. I am more confused because both of you seem right.
 
Nice to have the extra ram, still disappointed apple can't manage to put in more than my phone which is 1/4 the size of an ipad.
 
mpsruo said:
Nice to have the extra ram, still disappointed apple can't manage to put in more than my phone which is 1/4 the size of an ipad.
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They can put more in, but the system is heavily optimized to use what is there. This is why most Android devices use far more to achieve essentially the same results.

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daywiz said:
-Battery life is always been the concern, even now there is considerable doubt about whether Apple will be able to maintain battery life of 10 hours, with such a thin enclosure and battery. I think they should work on improving the battery life instead of kicking up the resolution.
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IGZO bro ;)
 
Kurso said:
It's not as if the iPad 5 serves a different core user base than the iPad Mini, like the Macbook Air vs the Macbook Pro. The iPad and iPad Mini both serve the same user base with form factor being the only difference, and that form factor difference doesn't impact what the user does with it in a significant way.
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IMHO that is not correct. I use my iPad for writing and I was specifically looking at a friends mini if I could use the keyboard in landscape mode as easy. I absolutely cannot.

That is why I will get the new iPad 5 and not the mini.
 
pear21 said:
A lot of the other devices are going to the OLED screens, the colors look a lot more vibrant.
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OLED is over saturated and unnatural. same for all the hd tv's in best buy set to TORCH MODE to impress uneducated customers. most people think correctly calibrated screens with natural colors are washed out. It took me a while to get used to my professionally calibrated led set at home but now i would never go back
 
MartinAppleGuy said:
The iPad 5 has been confirmed to have 2 Gb of RAM. The leak was from Sonny Dickson who has proven himself as a reliable source after revealing the specs of the iPhone 5S and 5C over twitter. He states that both the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 will have Touch ID and come in space grey, silver and gold.

He also stated that the iPad Mini will be running the A7 processor found in the iPhone 5S and will come with 1Gb of RAM. He went on to say the iPad 5 will have 2Gb of RAM.

He has also leaked several pictures of the upcoming iPad's (like he done with the iPhone's) on his twitter.

Twitter link - https://mobile.twitter.com/SonnyDickson

2Gb of RAM tweet link - https://mobile.twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/383480255370891264
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You swore by this guys statement. He is wrong.
 
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Guess its not confirmed then? 1GB. Kind of a bummer. As great as the A7 processor is you still would have liked to see the future-proofing that 2GB of RAM would have brought. Oh well.
 
Probably is 1gb, but I'd take conversation with a pinch of salt until the teardowns.
 
zombierunner said:
1gb ram
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Your image is a fake. It should show who you are taking to and I asked them and they said they do not have assess to that information.

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s2mikey said:
Guess its not confirmed then? 1GB. Kind of a bummer. As great as the A7 processor is you still would have liked to see the future-proofing that 2GB of RAM would have brought. Oh well.
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It was a fake. I asked them. https://twitter.com/MartinAppleGuy/status/393085366611091458/photo/1
 
Chill out everyone. Just wait a week. There will be a tare down a couple days after it launches, there always is.

My guess is there will more than likely be 2GB ram. The iPad has always been the first to upgrade RAM, and this is a good time to do it, seeing as the 5s stuck with 1GB, it seems like this is the right time to break it with the iPad (as has happened in the past)
 
VanillaCracker said:
Chill out everyone. Just wait a week. There will be a tare down a couple days after it launches, there always is.

My guess is there will more than likely be 2GB ram. The iPad has always been the first to upgrade RAM, and this is a good time to do it, seeing as the 5s stuck with 1GB, it seems like this is the right time to break it with the iPad (as has happened in the past)
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The teardowns happen 2-3 days before release. SO that is in a weeks time.
 
I doubt the iPad air is going to have 2 gig of ram.Apple would announce that along with all the other improved specifications like speed,size and weight.It makes no sense they would keep 2 gig of ram hush.
 
smileyface said:
I doubt the iPad air is going to have 2 gig of ram.Apple would announce that along with all the other improved specifications like speed,size and weight.It makes no sense they would keep 2 gig of ram hush.
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FWIW, I remember there was an iPhone version I said the exact thing about and then the RAM was surprisingly doubled despite no mention at the keynote.

That said this year's keynotes do seem to be more spec focused so won't hold my breath for the 2GB. But fingers crossed.
 
smileyface said:
I doubt the iPad air is going to have 2 gig of ram.Apple would announce that along with all the other improved specifications like speed,size and weight.It makes no sense they would keep 2 gig of ram hush.
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Apple never talks about RAM in their presentations, its always revealed through teardowns. Expect the tear down around the second of Nov.
 
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