The new iPad launched by Apple – Specifications, Pricing

Apple has finally announced the next generation iPad, named “the new iPad”. We expected a few things, but Apple has some stuff that no one would ever imagine, sometimes interesting and sometimes disappointing. But in the end, its Apple. The new iPad comes with a revolution, things well changed and advanced, and it is the Android tablets finally getting something competitive. After the successful past quarter when Apple sold 15.4 million iPads, the new gen one is for sure a big hit already.

“When we set out to create the iPad we set out to create not just a new product but a new category. In order to do that the iPad had to be the best device for doing some of the things that you do most often.” “We said that in order to do that, the iPad had to be the best device for doing the things you do most often, like browsing the web and checking email. This is a tall order, but when we asked iPad users, they told us this is exactly what we’d done.”

Here are the specifications of the new iPad:

• Retina Display
• 9.7-inch touchscreen
• Screen resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels – 3.1 million pixels total
• A5X Chip – Quad Core graphics
• 4x the performance of the previous iPad
• Camera – iSight rear camera with the 5MP lens. Autofocus with face detection
• 1080p video recording with the rear camera
• Connectivity – 4G LTE connectivity. Whooping 72MBPS of speeds.
• 9.4mm thickness

To wrap up about the camera, here is all what the 5MP iSight camera gives:

• 5MP sensor, Autofocus, Face Detection
• 1080p Video Recording, Video stabilization, Temporal noise reduction

Pricing of the new iPad:

Wi-Fi version of the new iPad:

• $499 for 16GB
• $599 for 32GB
• $699 for 64GB

Wi-Fi + 4G version of the new iPad:

• $629 for 16GB
• $729 for 32GB
• $829 for 64GB

The pre-ordering of the new iPad starts today, and the actual shipping starts from 16th March, which is a week from now. Singapore gets lucky, with the pre-ordering available there too this time, along with the big list of countries where the first shipping would be done.