The announcement of the Apple iPad 3 is just a few months away now, so naturally the rumor train is starting to pick up speed. In today’s scoop we are talking display, camera and the fate of the current iPad after the release of its successor.
Once
again, we are hearing that the iPad 3 will have four times the
resolution of the iPad 2, which will reportedly be marketed as Retina
display. Quadrupling the iPad 2 resolution on the same screen estate
will give you pixel density of 264 ppi, which on a screen this big
should feel as good as the 326ppi of the last two iPhones.
The
camera rumors have it that the next iPad will share its primary camera
module with one of the last two iPhones – the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 4S.
This means that it will either have a 5 megapixel or an 8 megapixel
snapper and if you ask us this sounds believable – it will probably cost
next to nothing for Apple to include those modules, given that it
already has them developed and it will make quite good PR material.
The
front camera is said to get its own update too – it will be able to
record HD video, which will be put to good use in the new Facetime HD
video-chat app.
The
minimal price that needs to be paid for all this goodness is the 1mm of
extra thickness that the iPad 3 will have compared to the iPad 2. The
new slate is said to release in March and cost as much as the iPad 2
currently does (well, duh!).
The
final rumor for today concerns the iPad 2. Apparently, Apple will try
and apply the iPhone model with its slates as well and will keep it
available, reducing its price by $100. This means that the 16GB iPad 2
will go for $399 and there’s an outside chance of a $299 8GB version
coming to life. That last bit sounds really hard to believe, but knowing
Apple and their ways it’s certainly not impossible.
Well, that’s that with the Apple rumors for today. Expect plenty more in the following months as the iPad craze gains momentum.
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