The next generation based hot Apple gadget after many speculations and guesses officially unboxed last night according to IST at Cupertino San Francisco. Company has launched its third version of the iPad at 10 a.m. on 7th March with event name “We have something you really have to see. And touch” in 10 countries along US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan.
Constantly swirling gossip about gadget has officially disclosed at event by Tim Cook New CEO of Apple at Yerba Buena. He quoted iPads as post-PC future, in his word “Apple has its feet firmly planted in the post-PC future.” And announced 172 million “post-PC” devices were sold last year serving as 76% of Apple’s revenue. Apple had sold more than 55 million iPads around the world as of January this year. It has up to 362 retail stores. Apple announced that more than 25 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store by customers.
Let’s conclude through glancing over configuration
Based on new iOS 5.1 new iPad version 3 is 9.4mm thin device , 1.4 pounds in weight, A5X Processor with Quad Core Graphics with 10 hours of battery life on 3-G network while 9 hours on 4-G network.
Like iPhone 4S Siri the new iSight Camera on iPad3 has huge 10 inch screen with a 5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, IR filter. It has ability of 1080p HD video recording with Video Stabilization. Employing a 9.7-inch Retina Display with high-resolution of 2048 x 1536 and around 44 percent more color saturation. It offers twice the performance, compared to A5 chip, while maintaining the power efficiency.
The new iPad will bring invoice dictation, giving everyone the taste like Siri again . As expected, it also
supports 4G LTE, it now supports 21Mbps HSPA and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, with LTE at 73Mbps (Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and AT&T will be the LTE partners).
According to the report apple has sold iOS based 315 million devices through last year and 62 million in this quarter. From March 16 prices available in configurations are- based on 3-G and 4-G Network respectively.
16GB for $499 and $629
32GB is $599 and $729
64GB for $699 and $829
In last article expected assumption about look has been discussed.
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