iPad 3 tipped for quad-core, retina display and LTE

Posted on 16 Jan 2012 at 11:55

Apple's next-generation iPad tablet could prove to be a serious upgrade, if claims made in a report late last week prove true, with a high-resolution display and quad-core processor on the cards.

According to sources speaking to business watcher Bloomberg, Apple's iPad 3 tablet is already being produced, ahead of a planned March launch, and includes Long-Term Evolution (LTE) support for high-speed mobile networks, an upgraded retina-display-like high-resolution touch-screen, and a quad-core processor.

That latter bears explaining: Apple's current-generation mobile products use a dual-core ARM-based processor built to Apple's specifications by Samsung; rival products, like Asus's popular Transformer Prime tablet, however, use a quad-core ARM-based processor instead.

By doubling the number of cores, it's possible to run more applications at the same time without any slowdown; further, many manufacturers - including Nvidia, creator of the Tegra 3 quad-core processor found at the heart of the Asus Transformer Prime - claim that a quad-core processor can be more power-efficient than a dual-core version, leading to longer battery life.

With a clearer, higher-resolution display, a significantly faster processor, and high-speed mobile network support - although the latter is unlikely to come to the UK, where no large-scale LTE deployments are yet available - the iPad 3 could prove to be a great success.

Apple, for its part, is refusing to comment on the rumour, leaving fans waiting until the supposed March launch date to find out if Bloomberg's sources are right.

Author: Gareth Halfacree

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By SwagCity on 16 Jan 2012