Updated: Release date, specs and more for the next iPad
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By Gary Marshall
December 19th 2011 | Tell us what you think [ 20 comments ]
The iPad 3 could follow hot on the heels of the iPad 2
The Apple iPad 2 has been out since spring 2011. So now it's time to move the rumour factory onto the iPad 3.
We've gathered together details on its possible specifications including chips, cameras and retina displays - with a little bit of help from mysterious, unnamed people who can't possibly be identified.
So what's the word on the street about the next iPad?
We've put together a video wishlist of the features we'd like to see in the next iPad.
Apple iPad 3 release date
On 1 July, Digitimes reported that Taiwanese-based component suppliers were gearing up for production of the iPad 3. In October 2011 it was later reported that production would certainly start before the end of the year.
However, during August, a rumour broke that Apple was set to delay the launch of the iPad 3, due to a shortage of retina displays from its suppliers LG and Samsung - more on the display shortly.
Digitimes reported in late November 2011 that panel makers had already started shipping panels for the new iPad 3 - a million in October and two million in November.
Interestingly, in November 2011, Digitimes suggested that the spring's new iPad would, in fact, be a revised iPad 2, with a brand new iPad design due later in 2012.
Foxconn, Apple's major manufacturing partner, is also said to be starting production on the iPad 3 in January. Digitimes says the new model is expected to meet the heady heights of 9.5 to 9.8 million units over the course of Q1 2012.
The iPad 3 release date looks set for Spring 2012, with Citi analyst Richard Gardner even predicting it could be as early as February.
The Apple iPad 3 UK release date is a mystery
With Apple unable to meet initial demand for the iPad 2, we'd expect a staggered release date for the iPad 3 too: Apple will most likely follow the pattern it has with the previous two iPad launches and have a US release first, followed by a UK release days later.
According to the Korea Times in November 2011, the A6 processors are to be manufactured by Samsung, despite the companies' ongoing patent battles.
The Apple iPad 3 specs include a dual-core processor...
It's possible that the iPad 3 will have a brand spanking new processor, Apple's A6 - which will surely be a quad-core ARM-based processor. Quad-core designs are imminent from all ARM partners.
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