All You Need To Know About The iPad 3

Let's first take a look at all of the specs:

Dimensions – 241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm
Weight – 662g
Device Types – Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + 4G
Display - Retina Display, 9.7 inch LED-backlit widescreen display with IPS technology
Display resolution – 1536 x 2048 pixels (pixel density – 264 ppi)
Storage – 16/32/64GB
Internal Memory – 1GB RAM
Bluetooth – 4.0 technology
Camera - 5 megapixels, 2592 x 1944 pixels.
Video Recording – HD 1080p @ 30fps
Front-facing Camera – VGA 480p @ 30fps
Operating System – iOS 5.1
CPU – Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex A9
Chipset – Apple A5X
GPU – Quad-core graphics
GPS – Yes, with aGPS
Battery – Li-Po battery, 11,560 mAh
Here is the low down on some of the best features of the new iPad 3:

Retina Display

On the Retina display of the new iPad, the text appears razor-sharp and colors appear true to life. Thanks to the high display resolution and pixel density - whether you read iBooks, view photos or create emails, everything will appear highly detailed on its 9.7 inch Retina display.

iSight Camera

The 5 megapixel iSight camera on the new iPad 3 is powered with advanced optics (with ƒ/2.4 aperture) that lets you capture brilliant quality snaps and HD videos at 1080p. The illumination sensor makes it possible to snap highly detailed photos even in dimly lit environments.

4G LTE

The iPad 3 lets you connect to ultrafast data networks with speeds of 4G LTE in US and Canada. You can also connect to the web on 3G with HSDPA of up to 42Mbps and HSUPA of up to 21.1 Mbps. You can share the ultrafast data connection of your new iPad by using it as personal hotspot. By doing so, you can connect up to 5 devices for web connectivity simultaneously. You can also insert a local SIM card to get connected to the web.

iOS

What makes your new iPad so user-friendly is the powerful iOS 5.1 that brings to you hosts of exclusive inbuilt apps. With the iCloud service available on new iPad, you can put all your favorite multimedia files, office files, etc on its secure server and access it on various iDevices wherever you are. Even though Siri speech recognition system is available on iOS 5 in iPhone 4S, it is not available on the new iPad 3. Instead it has a voice dictation feature that lets you create text on your new iPad without typing anything.

A5X Chip

The new iPad is powered with a 1GHz dual core processor. Thanks to the A5X chip onboard, you can experience four times better performance than what you get with the iPad 2. It also supports quad-core graphics that makes it possible to watch your favorite movies with the utmost clarity.

Battery

With so many features, you may be worried about the iPad 3's battery life. Even if you use most of the features at the same time on your new iPad, it is able to produce an average battery life of 9 hours.

The prices of 1st generation and 2nd generation iPads have gone down considerably. However, the new iPad seems to be the best iPad version to date. On the Apple Store website, the Wi-Fi only iPad 3 is priced at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB and $699 on 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 4G iPad 3 is priced at $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 on 64GB.

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-By Dominic

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