iPad 6 with 30-40% Higher Pixel Density Expected in 2014

[doelcm82]

I agree, there's no advantage to be had from an increased pixel density. If anything it will only tax the GPU more rendering a slower experience. I got the first Retina iPad and I'm disappointed by the slowdown I've experienced since later iOS 6 builds and iOS 7 where things have become seriously frustrating.

Work on better longevity Apple. The kind of speed I experienced on iPhone 5 with iOS 6 was wonderful. So fluid and reactive. Now I know with the next few iterations of iOS 7 that I will be dragged to hell.

What would your experience with the first Retina iPad have to do with the performance of a future iPad, which presumably would have a beefier GPU?

Especially since you only mention the later iOS 6 builds and iOS 7. If it was working okay with iOS early builds, then lagged with later builds, I wouldn't blame Retina for the problems. It already was Retina when it worked well.

Do you want Apple to reduce the resolution and put a less capable GPU in the iPad 6?

 

[garylapointe]

Although i always thought tablets were suposed to be easy to carry. Apple will get them soo big this will no longer be possible.

So... Like the size of a 17-inch laptop, but thinner

G

 

[spicynujac]

You did forget the transition to 720i, 720p, 1080i and then finally 1080p Televisions..

I left them out to simplify the point, but 720 HD was around 3 times the resolution of SDTV. These are all order of magnitude increases as compared to 30%. The rule of thumb in technology is that you must AT LEAST double the specs for things to be noticable (ie processor speed, RAM, resolution, etc). A 30% increase is just silly and won't have a perceptable difference in performance.

 

[tbrinkma]

At an average normal viewing distance (12-18 inches). Pixels are still quite visible if you are using your iOS device while in bed when its much closer to your face.

Why does being in bed mean you hold the screen so much closer to your face? I know I don't.

 

[edoates]

I would welcome a 12" iPad type device

This is good news as, to me, a 12 inch pad, almost defeats the purpose of a pad. Of course samsung will make a 14 inch pad that doubles as a phone. Cant wait to see some dweeb with that up to his head talking! Or better yet, at some concert taking photos with it!

While I agree that a significantly larger iPad would not really be an iPad any more, I would welcome a larger screen size device without an integrated keyboard - like a macbook Air with a detachable KB, for example.

Why you may ask?

I'm a a musician (amateur, to be sure), and like to use lyric and chord sheets. Rather than a massive binder to constantly flip through, I use an iPad with OnSong or just PDF's and Books to keep all my music sheets in one place. But the screen is small and a 12" pad would be able to show music is pretty much fill sheet music (8.5x11 or so) sizes. Coupled with a BT foot switch to change pages, that would really works for me.

 

[mrxak]

This is a perfect example of how Tim Cook is nothing but a number-crunching beancounter. All he cares about are higher numbers, empty specs that don't really matter to people but are really convenient for lazy marketing teams. Retina already has smaller pixels than a human can see, he's doing the same thing with the 12" Mac Air which is already as thin as anyone could ever hope to need out of a laptop computer. This transparent ploy is something I'd expect out of a cheap Japanese company like SamDung. No way in a million years would Jobs have stood for this.

This is a perfect example of how Steve Job cultists overreact to unsubstantiated analyst predictions with no basis in fact or logic.

 

[jimlaing]

Bring on the iPad Grande!

Hi, like Eddie O, I use my iPad to display "sheet" music
(although I use the app called "unrealBook" which works very well for this).

I'd love to see 12.9" iPad ... it would be perfect for this application, so that even "dense" (lots of notes), complex music scores could be read easily.

I'm sure lots of photographers, graphic artists, engineers, and people lots of other professions, would find a larger iPad useful to their work. . .

Bring on the "iPad Grande"!

Jim

 

[troy14]

This is an uneasy article... I am planning on getting the iPad 5 at release but now this makes me wonder if the 5 will be another iPad 3??

 

[mrmarts]

This is an uneasy article... I am planning on getting the iPad 5 at release but now this makes me wonder if the 5 will be another iPad 3??

This one addition might sway on to the path of the Mini.

 

[opinio]

If Ming-Chi Kuo is right, then he is a genius, but if he is wrong we never hear about it because the 'proving wrong' part never really happens at any single point in time.

 

[HarryWarden]

All the people saying how Apple doesn't need to increase the density are right, they don't, but the reason they have to I believe is because of rival companies.

Amazon and Google both have tablets with massive resolutions, and the difference between the smaller and larger versions are most definitely there (in terms of both screen size and resolution/density). With the iPad mini retina the PPI on the larger iPad is significantly lower (in terms of raw figures) and customers may see this and automatically think therefore the mini is better, and thus Apple's own large, more profitable iPad sales will be eaten into.

Yeah, I agree. As soon as Amazon released details about their upcoming 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX with 2560x1600 display at a ppi of 339 with reported perfect color accuracy at a smaller size, Apple would have to respond in some way otherwise Amazon could use it in their marketing that their device is higher resolution than the flagship device of almighty Apple and for a noticeably cheaper price to the consumer as well. They'll still be able to do this as Apple won't be releasing such a device for a while it seems but they had to respond at some point.

 

[MythicFrost]

I don't think that Apple's ever been one to pay attention to competitors in that regard. There's always someone with a faster processor, more RAM, or a higher pixel density -- I don't expect Apple to start trying to match these things. They do it their way, which is often the best way.

If they have a 7.9 inch iPad at 326 PPI, 9.7 inch iPad at 264 PPI, and 12.9 inch iPad at 300 PPI, that's a pretty nice selection. There's drastic difference between those pixel densities, and it's certainly not going to be the deciding factor for most.

 

[PPSH-41]

This is an uneasy article... I am planning on getting the iPad 5 at release but now this makes me wonder if the 5 will be another iPad 3??

I have an ipad 3 and it is still going strong. IF this happens again I wouldn't worry about it, just enjoy whatever version you buy.

 

[iPadCary]

Instabuy, no question.