Last week, folks at MacRumors put the leaked iPad 3 display under the microscope and confirmed that it was indeed a high resolution Retina Display.
However, to be doubly sure they sent the iPad 3 display to iFixit - the site that offers free repair manuals for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
While iFixit couldn't get the leaked iPad 3 display working in an iPad 2 as the iPad 3 cable is completely different than the one found on the iPad 2 making it impossible to connect to the logic board, they have confirmed that the leaked iPad 3 is indeed a Retina Display and is slightly lighter.
We took out our USB microscope and double-verified that this display was indeed a “Retina” display, and also noted some other interesting discrepancies between the two displays.
They've also posted the following video to explain the difference between the iPad 2 and iPad 3 display:
We won't have to wait too long as Apple is expected to unveil iPad 3 on March 7th, followed by the launch a week or so after the event.
Apple's iPad 3 is expected to come with Retina Display, the next generation A6 system-on-chip with a quad-core processor, improved front and rear cameras, Siri and support 4G LTE networks.
We can't wait to be blown away by an iPad 3 with Retina Display and it will be a bonus if it is lighter than iPad 2.
[iFixit via Mac Rumors]
Well, it has to have, when they are offering 5 megs camera and a dual core processor.
She can fix my stuff anytime.