Another analyst claims that Apple will launch iPad 3 in February 2012. He has also confirmed the big feature everyone's been excited about: the Retina display.
Business Insider took a look at a research note issued by Citi analyst Richard Gardner about the upcoming iPad 3:
According to "several sources" the next iPad will launch in February, and it will sport a screen with double the resolution of the current model.
Gardner says, "there do not appear to be any significant technical hurdles remaining" to prevent a launch of a high-resolution iPad, despite rumors to the contrary.
This definitely confirms multiple rumors that the iPad 3's resolution will be 2048x1536, double the resolution of the original iPad and iPad 2's 1024x768. Recent reports of different manufacturers preparing displays for the new tablet also seem to match up. There are conflicting reports as to the iPad 3's thickness, perhaps due to the backlight needed for the Retina display.
There were also conflicting reports on the release date, as some sources have speculated that problems with the A6 processor could push back that time frame. More recent reports seem to suggest that Apple will launch iPad 3 in February.
Are you excited about the new iPad? Will the higher resolution be enough to urge you to buy one?
[via Business Insider]
Too many “analyst” claims. Like the launch of the iPhone 5 *cough* I mean iPhone 4S.
Wedding guy is right. I don’t belive nothing till i see it. Of course i’ll stay hoping fr a retina iPad soon
I hope Apple add some extra functionality to use as an external display for Mac Computers
I remember. Were is the ipod touch 5 with 3g? Haha.
Well… It’s enough to keep me from buying an iPad 2. I will buy an iPad 3 for sure! February is perfect timing too… Tax (return) season
Too much analisyst haha, I guess apple are laughing as hell reading to all the stuff analysts say! lol
That means it will come in March.
lets hope the bugs are sorted out before launch.Iphone 4s was seriously beta and should have been cooked a little longer
More like iPad3D
Just wait. You’ll see
Sounds like a good rumor to start, the technology is certainly already available. How much longer can these improvements go on for, we used to think that previous models were great when they were released, but there was always that one more thing(or several).
it it comes with retina display, 1080p camera, and siri, i’d be pretty tempted to upgrade from my original iPad. and hopefully it stays at the same price point…but i know before they were saying the retina display meant a price hike…
Erm. To the earlier post. Why you waiting to use your iPad as an external display? There are a good handful of apps in the store that can do this. Some with touch screen support. Check out DisplayLink for a simple one.
Either way i’ll buy one even if it was made of cardboard. Lovin my ipad2!!
Does it come with a nuclear battery pack? I walk around with 2 iphones, one for calling and music and one for mobile internet use. The iphone 4s is a real blessing.
Double the resolution -> 2x
2048×1536 is the current resolution (pixel amount) x4
Stop thinking one dimensional
Agreed. Four times higher resolution it should say..