“NextMedia / Apple Daily claims to have received the following photos and information through ‘special channels.’ The photo shows what is claimed to be an overview shot of the new iPad 3 back enclosure as well as a comparison shot between the original iPad, the iPad 2 and the New iPad,” Arnold Kim reports for MacRumors.
“The iPad 3 enclosure seems to have a more gradual taper to the edges than the iPad 2,” Kim reports. “The absolute positioning of the camera doesn’t seem that far off from the iPad 2, but the lens does appear larger. According to NextMedia, the new iPad 3 camera will see a significant upgrade to 8 megapixels.”
Read more – and see the photos – in the full article here.
AND ONLY a A5X – processor – hope its QUAD CORE.
iPad 3 will also have a A5X – processor.
it was obvious that the 8 megapixel (Sony 8 lens cam) would appear in the new iPAD3 since it was placed into the iPhone4s.
When will they UPGRADE the from cam as well?
Very unlikely this will use a quad-core CPU. Hopefully it will be the dual core A15 configuration.
Unlikely – okay… but does not explain what a A5X processor is. A6 dual core would have been better no?
I am thinking a DUAL A6 will be offered in the higher end model. While the lower end gets a A5X to handle the higher retina screen. YET still hoping for a QUAD core to FROG LEAP Samsungs base A15 being added shortly.
Want. Now. At once. If not sooner.ヅ
If you head over to your local Apple Store NOW, you will be first in line.
I’ve been in line for a couple weeks already and I’m starting to get a little hungry. Could someone bring me a burger or something, please?…
This is why you ain’t seen nothing yet in terms of iPad sales when the iPad 3 comes out. These new features will for even more new buyers and upgraders be the “straw that broke the camels back” in sales. Using my many Macs and iPad 1 this morning and thinking about these new products coming out I can only say “God bless Steve Jobs & Apple.”
“God bless Steve Jobs & Apple.”
She clearly has. 😀
The only iPad camera that matters is the front facing one. I’m hoping Apple fit the FaceTime HD cam in there.
BINGO thats so damn RIGHT – the iPAD deserves a good quality FRONT FACING cam… HD or NOT – something higher then 1.3 Megapixel. it would even be COOL to had a tiny ADJUSTABLE angle.
poor ‘engrish’ and in need of an editor… lol
It would also be rather sweet if APPLE made the lens ‘pivotable’; so one could adjust the front facing cam.
WATERLILY, I just can’t STAND the manner in which you CAPITALIZE your POSTS. If you are attempting to EMPHASIZE something then try MARKING the term with “*” or using basic HTML tags for bold and italics.
With mountain lion and retina on MBA around the corner, what will be the advantage of the iPad 3 over the next generation MBA?
the $499 price tag.
NOPE the price tag starts at $399.99 USD people for a 32 Gb model — no 3G… but using the A5X chip.
The higher end 64 Gb might have a dual core A6.
Interesting and very confident assertion – $100 price reduction for a new iPad 3 model with twice the storage? You apparently do not believe that Apple will continue marketing the iPad 2 as a low-cost alternative to the iPad 3, as it has done with the iPhone. Instead, you postulate a low-cost iPad 3 using a variant of the A5 processor…
To me, that seems like too much fragmentation of the product line. To date, Apple has maintained a set of fixed specs (processor, camera, display, etc.) across the iPad lineup with only two differentiators – amount of storage (16, 32, 64) and the choice of WiFi or WiFi + 3G/GPS. I could see Apple keeping a model of the iPad 2 around as a low-cost option. But I don’t believe that Apple will change their basic formula for the iPad 3.
Time will tell.
Touchscreen, half the weight and half the thickness due to the absence of components like the keyboard; this combination allows you to hold and personally interact with the device using your hands rather than manipulation by trackpad from your lap or a table. The decision is a question of which experience you prefer, not which device is better.
If, by now, you can’t understand why someone wants an iPad rather than an MBA, I certainly can’t explain it to you.
Jafo, Apple sold over 15M iPads in the holiday quarter, and that was just after the most recent upgrade to the MBA in July 2011. The two products are not exclusive – I have an MBA and I intend to buy an iPad 3.
The iPad 3 will sell quite well even after new releases of the MBA and MBP arrive. You can count on that.
The asymmetrical (top/bottom in portrait orientation) tapering worries me.
I can’t wait for the iPad 4 when they go back to a square edge. Don’t really like the tapered edge on the iPad 2.
It’s getting bored….
2012 was said to hold a great number of new products for APPLE fans. With these gradual updates like iPhone4s — the features and speeds are nice… but it I think we all want to be blown away. WAIT and SEE.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/19/ipad.3s.chip.may.be.upgraded.a5.instead/
Hur, hur, hur, 1GB RAM please me hearties! 😱
The specs on the Dell Streak totally blow the iPad3 out of the water. Don’t waste your time with the iPad. Its time you all joined the Dell family.
I’m going to sell my iPad and give the money back to the shareholders.
LOLOL!!! Me too! (to ME).
“more gradual taper to the edges than the iPad 2,”
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Based on this quote, should the headline read “LESS tapered edge”?
A5X will mean a slightly better Cortex A9 dual core still in 45nm because other options would not be available in time and quantity for an early March iPad launch.
QuadCore Cortex A9 will get to big and power hungry
and next generation Cortex A15 is already optimized for a 28 nm process node. Manufacturers just try to start mass production but capacity und field yield seems much to low for Apples demand at the moment.
So expect only little improvements on the CPU and a GPU on steroids to run the new retina displays as smooth as on iPad 2.
2013 we will see the Apple A6, a Dual Cortex A15 + Dual Cortex A7 28nm QuadCore chip based on the ARM Big.little architecture.
What about an A6 for the next iPhone in the October timeframe? By then, quad-core smartphone competitors will be everywhere. IMO, the iPhone should take back the flagship role for Apple rolling out the latest, highest-performance features. They have way more competition in this arena and higher margins.
I do not think Apple should designate either the iPad or iPhone (or any other iProduct) as the ‘flagship’ that would get the latest technology first.
Whenever a new component/feature is ready for public consumption, it should go into whatever product is being released next. Waiting several months for the flagship is not feasible in a fast-changing market.