The guys at iFixit have managed to get their hands on the new iPad to tear it down and reveal its guts, here are the entire specs of the new iPad.
Dual-core Apple A5X processor with integrated quad-core graphics
9.7 inch LED backlit in-plane switching LCD with 2048×1536 pixel “Retina Display.†The tested unit is made by Samsung; Sharp and LG may be supplying panels as well.
16, 32 or 64 GB Toshiba NAND flash memory
5 MP HD rear-facing camera
1 GB DRAM comprised of two 4Gb Elpida LP DDR2 parts
Broadcom BCM4330 802.11a/b/g/n Baseband/Radio with Integrated Bluetooth 4.0+HS
Qualcomm MDM9600 3G and 4G wireless modem
Qualcomm RTR8600 multi-band/mode RF transceiver for LTE bands
Using suction cups to lift the panel
The new iPad battery
Getting inside the iPad was a tough job as expected, the front panel was glued to the frame. But using a heat gun and some heavy duty suction cups did the trick.
Apple has posted a video for its new iPad event that took place in San Francisco today. The new iPad has been announced by Apple! As rumored, many of specs were expected, check them below:
The new iPad Features & Specs:
Retina display, with a resolution of 2048×1536, 3.1 million pixels at 264ppi
A5X Processor, quad-core graphics
5 megapixel iSight camera
1080p video recording
Voice dictation, similar to Siri without the questions
iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?
When we first get the next-gen iPad (iPad 3 or iPad HD) event invitation, every body’s attention went to “We have something you really have to see.†which was translated instantly as the company might have attached a Retina Display to their new iPad which is a big possibility. But the invitation text goes with another words that – “And touch.â€? Which in turn could be a reference to a new technology adopted by Apple.
According to reports by The Guardian, unlike Apple’s existing iPad display, next-gen iPad screen may be textured and actually you may feel rough, smooth, curved, flat, sticky, and slippery sensations by just touching the screen surface.
“Apple never uses words in its invitations without them meaning something,†said Carolina Milanesi, smartphones and tablets analyst for the research company Gartner. As she pointed out, the invitation for Apple’s previous event in October had a picture of some app icons, a “1″ against the iPhone, and the phrase “Let’s talk iPhone†– in retrospect, a pun on the planned introduction of the single iPhone 4S, with the Siri voice-driven “assistant†software.
Milanesi thinks similar analysis will pay dividends: “Saying you have to ‘see’ it obviously refers to the retina display. As for ‘touch’, my first thought was that they have done something to the back of the iPad.â€
But the Guardian believes that the “touch†refers to a technology from Senseg, a Finnish startup which has developed a system called E-Sense which appears to give texture to a touchscreen.
The technology comes from a Finnish company called Senseg and it uses things called “tixels,†generated by electric fields from elements embedded around the screen, to provide a texture on the display that can change just like its pixels.
Apple, reportedly, has begun quality testing LCD displays from Samsung and LG for the iPad 3, according to a report in the Korea Times. A source claims that the LCD displays currently being tested are QXGA with a resolution of 2048 x 1536.
The resolution is double that in the current iPad display and taking the 9.7″ display would result in roughly 260 DPI. Although this is not above the supposed 300 DPI to be fit in Retina Display by taking into account that the iPad is normally held further away from the eyes than iPhone.
Apple’s upcoming iPad 3 will feature an improved display to support quad extended graphics (QXGA), a display resolution of 2048×1536 pixels with a 4:3 aspect ratio to provide full high definition (HD) viewing experience, said a source close to the talks
A new tidbit in the same manner comes from Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber who makes note of his speculations and referring to the large files found earlier which suggest a bigger resolution needed for a denser screens. He mentions that the iPad 3 will have a 2048×1536 Retina Display.
These magazines and newspapers that render each “page†as a static 1024 × 768 image are going to look like utter ass on the iPad 3’s 2048 × 1536 retina display.
Previous speculations pointed out the new iPad 3 (or iPad HD) will debut this fall.
[iPad 3 Concept image byGuilherme Martins Schasiepen]
