Many anticipated that Apple would release a brand new iPad 3 late last year, even though the iPad 2 was already released in March. Well that request was never fulfilled, instead we can look forward to a late March or April release of the iPad 3.
According to iLounges’s Jeremy Horwitz, he tweeted multiple details from sources regarding the next iPad. First of all, the next-generation iPad is said to be receiving vast improvements to the cameras. These include the front facing camera now becoming a FaceTime HD camera and the back camera will be the same 8MP affair in the iPhone 4S. Given how popular the iPad is for video chat, a FaceTime HD camera makes a lot of sense.
In addition, Horowitz says the design will be the exact same as the iPad 2, with the exception of being 1MM thicker to accommodate the new Retina Display. Horowitz says you’ll hardly be able to tell, because the “curve radiuses on the body will change only a little to accommodate the added thickness, not dramatically. Think iPad 2 Pro, not a redesign.”
Last but not least, Horowitz says that while the iPad 2 will stick around next-generation, its price will drop to $399, not the $299 we’d previously heard rumoured. Again, that seems a lot more in-keeping with Apple’s M.O. of having only $100 separate the price of the various models in the iPhone family.
January 5, 2012
Apple, News, Tech