IPad 3 or IPad 2S

monkey-d-luffy

Really I was deceived by Apple... this is more an Evolution than a revolution ... Share your impression here

PS: They only call it "The New IPad" not even IPad 3 or 2S :P

mezin

deceived ? what did you expect ? the ipad 2 was deceiving ... this is not, they improved every part of it, where you expecting a totally new device ?

Gamer

Still the same are the Following
Display: 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD
Storage: 16GB / 32GB / 64GB
Front Camera: VGA (640 x 480)
WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Accelerometer: 3-axis
Gyroscope: 3-axis
Ports: 30-pin dock, 3.5mm headphone
Location (WiFi): WiFi, Digital Compass
Location (3G / LTE): aGPS, 3G, Digital Compass, WiFi, New Ipad (LTE)

The Difference are: (Bold are the new iPad)
Resolution: 1024 x 768; 2048 x 1536 "Retina Display"
CPU: 1GHz dual-core Apple A5; dual-core Apple A5X
Graphics: PowerVR SGX 543MP2 ; "Quad-Core" PowerVR SGX543MP4
Memory: 512MB RAM; TBA
Rear Camera: 0.7 MP, fixed focus ; 5 MP, autofocus
Cellular: EDGE plus Quadband HSPA ; World-Ready 3G, HSPA+, DC-HSPA, 4G LTE
Thickness: 8.8mm ; 9.4mm
Weight (WiFi): 601 grams ; 652 grams
Weight (3G / LTE): 613 grams; 662 grams
Battery Life: 25 Wh LiPo (10 Hours); 42.5 Wh LiPo (10 hours / 9 on 4G)
Bluetooth: 2.1 + EDR; 4.0

Source: Engadget

m-sabra

actually it's called "the new ipad" yeah that's it :P not ipad 3,2s or HD.

arithma

The new new new iPad. Yes that will be fun.
Anyway, hardware drop ins are cool, no?

mezin

Its called.simply.the iPad, they decided to drop the numbering. Every new macbook that comes out is called MacBook not Macbook 6 or 7

m-sabra

mezin wroteIts called.simply.the iPad, they decided to drop the numbering. Every new macbook that comes out is called MacBook not Macbook 6 or 7

Yeah but always Apple sell 1 only type of macbook in the market officially,but in the case of the Ipad there is 2 devices,the ipad 2 and the new ipad,if they dropped the naming convention it will cause lots of problems,if they are gonna keep 2 ipads in the market (like now) next year there will be the ipad and the ipad in the market,and the even bigger problem if they did the same with iphones since apple keeps 3 iphones in the market.
in that case we will start to see those ugly names used to identify the macbooks like macbook (early 2008).coming to ipads and iphones.

HackerPro

We thought its stupid, however naming the new iPad just: the new iPad has a purpose. Just like the MacBook pro, MacAir and all other apple computers, there are no revision number or a logo for its new product, and since iPad is a post-PC production. The new name signs that the device will stay in shape, and will get refreshed each year and give hardware that live up to expectations, why let people get lost with model numbers and revision. Smart Change! Just like each new mac is called: the new mac now the iPad will be called the same from
Now on
PS : I was watching the event with jackoplane and l3gitjailbr3aks , and Both of them liked the name

mezin

m.sabra wrote
mezin wroteIts called.simply.the iPad, they decided to drop the numbering. Every new macbook that comes out is called MacBook not Macbook 6 or 7
Yeah but always Apple sell 1 only type of macbook in the market officially,but in the case of the Ipad there is 2 devices,the ipad 2 and the new ipad,if they dropped the naming convention it will cause lots of problems,if they are gonna keep 2 ipads in the market (like now) next year there will be the ipad and the ipad in the market,and the even bigger problem if they did the same with iphones since apple keeps 3 iphones in the market.
in that case we will start to see those ugly names used to identify the macbooks like macbook (early 2008).coming to ipads and iphones.

That's true for now, lots of supply and demand for both models but i think eventually they will phase the old ones out just in time for the new ones. I don't think apple is predictable anymore, Tim Cook himself said they chose to go with simply the "new iPad" to be unpredictable. I seriously doubt however that was the main reason. I'm 100% sure at this point the new iphone will not be iphone 5 (it wasn't supposed to be anyway being the 6th generation iphone).

Joe

I think the issue comes from the existing incompatibilities between the first and the second version. They can afford not to give version names with the Mac series (or to a certain extent with the iPod series), because tools and peripherals are compatible across versions (to a given extent of course. My friend's 4 year-old macbook is having a hard time keeping up).

If iPad wants to be only "iPad", then I should be able to buy a case for "iPad" and not worry whether it's the same size or not. If I read a tutorial online on how to activate a certain feature on my OS, I shouldn't see "doesn't work if your ipad was made before 2014".

I hope this is the kind of message that Apple is sending by dropping the "ipad 3" name.

devilsadvocate

I think all the apps that apple will release from now on will at least be compaitable with the Ipad 2,If there is a company that always supports the products and updates them,its apple.

mezin

rahmu wroteI think the issue comes from the existing incompatibilities between the first and the second version. They can afford not to give version names with the Mac series (or to a certain extent with the iPod series), because tools and peripherals are compatible across versions (to a given extent of course. My friend's 4 year-old macbook is having a hard time keeping up).

If iPad wants to be only "iPad", then I should be able to buy a case for "iPad" and not worry whether it's the same size or not. If I read a tutorial online on how to activate a certain feature on my OS, I shouldn't see "doesn't work if your ipad was made before 2014".

I hope this is the kind of message that Apple is sending by dropping the "ipad 3" name.

well the smart case is the same works on both, the dock connection has been the same since the original ipod, other than the size difference is see no problem there... i'm pretty sure the ipad 2 will be updated at least till the end of ios 6