Tuesday, February 21, 2012

iPad 3: What to Expect

The iPad 3 rumors have come and gone throughout the past few months, but it's almost time for the actual device to be revealed. So, in this post I'll go over the rumors, and tell you what you should see this coming March.
First, is the screen. The original iPad had a non-retina display, and while this was speculated in the iPad 2, it never came. Competing tablets have amazing AMOLED screens, and are usually much better than the current iPad 2's. MacRumors claims to have an iPad 3 screen. They took a look at it under a microscope, and there are twice as many pixels than there are currently. This would be a retina display, and would make any computer screen look like rubbish after using the "iPad 3".
Next is the "mini iPad". With the Kindle Fire becoming a huge competitor to the iPad (hence taking a mass amount of sales from it during the holiday season), Apple has to have a way to respond. A 6-7 inch iPad could solve that, by reducing the parts/cost, and also providing that form-factor that many like. Now, will this happen? We'll just have to wait and see in March.
One flaw with the iPad 2 were the cameras. The front camera wasn't expected to be decent at all, but the back facing camera should've been decent. But, no! Apple had to cheap out on the camera. The 5MP camera & 720p video recording was very washed out and wasn't very good frame-rate wise. With the iPad 3, I predict an 8MP camera, with 1080p video recording. No flash though, to keep the design minimal. With the vast amount of movie editing programs being released for the iPad, there is a huge market Apple could seize. Avid Studio Pro offers amazing editing, on a small, thin device. If you like making family movies/videos, you probably won't import your footage from an external camera. Rather , you will film on your iPad.
These are my predictions for the iPad 3. What about yours? Tell me in the comments below, or shoot me a tweet to my Twitter account, @DiegoDoes.

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