New iPad to be Called 'iPad HD' and Not 'iPad 3'?

[skestes]

I could be that the 2048x1536 iPad is the "iPad HD", and the up coming 7.8" model is 1024x768.

Graphics are then forward and backwards compatible.

 

[Jonny Skyves]

When I bought the iPad 2, I thought they had brought me an iPad 1 cause the box just says iPad. Maybe the box will say iPad HD instead, signifying something a lot different than the last one.

When I bought my iPad, the seller thought it was an iPad 1 ... I bought it "still sealed" for a bargain on eBay.

Turned out to be an iPad 2!!!

64 gig with 3G

 

[ChrisTX]

Apple can call it whatever they like. As long as there is a retina display, then I'm sold!

 

[twoodcc]

i hope this doesn't mean that it won't be quad core.

 

[Navdakilla]

Macrumors is the perfect homework procrastination website. a debate about what name convention will be used.. love it

on another note, i'll be buying regardless of name

 

[AidenShaw]

good thing he's dead then

Oh my.... Blasphemy.

 

[applesith]

iPad 2S HD 4G LTE

 

[kavika411]

Some case-makers have already started referencing the new device as the "iPad HD" though we were skeptical about their knowledge of Apple's plans.

But not so much that Macrumors won't mock and then immediately imitate the same link-bait headline

 

[marcusj0015]

Heres an idea for Apple, name your products numerically. Boom!

 

[drewface]

The iPhone 4 wasn't iPhone HD.

 

[dennism1203]

My predictions for the iPad3 and Apple TV – http://bit.ly/yXZHqL

My predictions for the iPad3 and Apple TV – http://bit.ly/yXZHqL

 

[Daws001]

I don't care if they call it the iPad Bloopty Bloop. Just give us the precious!

 

[AidenShaw]

nor was it....

The iPhone 4 wasn't iPhone HD.

...given its rightful name of "Iphone you're holding it wrong".

 

[gorskiegangsta]

Saying something differently always sounds weird at first, especially when you've called it something else for so long. If it is iPad HD I'm sure we'll hear it so much in the news over the next few weeks that it'll sound strange without the HD.

Remember the 3GS ... Everyone was like wha??

Exactly. Names such as Thunderbolt, FireWire and "iPad" itself caught a lot of flack upon introduction but then people got used to those.

 

[vartanarsen]

The name doesn't matter. The specs do.

If you think Apple cares only about specs, you dont know much about Apple

 

[iBreatheApple]

Would this mean only an incremental update?

 

[2IS]

"iPad HD" makes far more sense then "iPad 3".

Why?

Because this is a minor feature bump, not a whole new iPad. The processor inside the machine is an A5X, not an A6. It likely contains extensions for Siri, but is otherwise identical to the one in the iPhone 4S.

The GPU is probably the same (maybe they've doubled the VRAM- but I doubt they'd have swapped the unit out for anything newer), the RAM is probably the same, the Flash capacities are likely the same.

Everything is the same except the display, and potentially whatever is required to drive Siri if they decided to include that.

It's not a "whole new iPad". It's just the iPad 2 on steroids, like the iPhone 4S is an iPhone 4 on steroids. It makes much more sense to name it the "iPad HD" (or "iPad 2 HD") in this manner then it is to bump the series number, because then people are going to expect a whole new device (similar to what we saw with the iPhone 5 looking nothing like the iPhone 4 chassis wise).

-SC

You should start your own blog/website... You seem to have more info on the next iPad than anyone else.

 

[Winter Charm]

It makes a lot of sense.
Apple won't want to keep naming their products by numbers, what if they get to something like the iPad 14. Just sounds silly.

Actually, I think they could do it like that...

iPad 6
iPad 9
iPad X (for 10)
iPad X1 (11)
iPad X5

and so on. The numbers are a MUCH easier way to tell what generation a device is... (or half gen, like the 3Gs or 4s))

 

[i0Nic]

I think iPad HD is a given.
2/1 odds while I rate iPad 3 at long odds of 20/1

 

[Four oF NINE]

Apple naming convention has a long history of not making much sense..

How about iPad ][e ?

 

[kiljoy616]

Apple can call it whatever they like. As long as there is a retina display, then I'm sold!

And can we ask for quad core also. Don't worry I am sure within a few weeks after it comes out people will find ways to use all those sweet cores.

Still HD just sound lame why would they change so quickly and the leave them selves to what for the iPad 4. Children here forget every year a new one will come out.

 

[RalfTheDog]

How about the iPad HDer. The next one will be the iPad HDest. I just want Mac OS XI. (To be honest, I would settle for Snow Lion.)

 

[kiljoy616]

I think that "MaxiPad" is memorable and makes something of an iMpact.

Not as much as how its going to own the Android and Microbial tablets.

It should have a catchy name demoting those to dump.

iPad GS (Got Some) last night, much better sounding. I can see the commercial now.

 

[thealmightygoat]

If someone registered the domain www.ipadhdxxxx.com last week (substitute the 'xxxx' with an actual word), would it be kosher for them to develop it as an unofficial price comparison website that linked to Apple accessories on sites such as Amazon? Or would it most likely result in a legal headache?

 

[justinLONG]

iPad 2S HD 4G LTE

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http://mashable.com/2012/02/12/snl-smartphone-spoof/