New, redesigned 9.7 inch iPad 5 coming in Q3?
By Florin on 21 Feb 13It’s only been about three months since Apple launched its iPad 4, but the Cupertino giant is already getting ready for its next-generation 9.7 tablet, probably called iPad 5.
As rumored before, it looks like the new 9.7 inch iPad will resemble the 7.9 inch iPad Mini design-wise.
Research firm TrendForce assumes that Apple will officially unveil the iPad 5 sometime in the third quarter of the year – hence between July and September. Reportedly, the tablet will have a improved design firstly thanks to a touch module (called GF2) that’s also used in the iPad Mini (pictured below). This, alongside with a narrower bezel, should make the new tablet thinner and lighter.
The iPad 4 already has a high-resolution screen (2048 x 1536 pixels), and it’s hard to believe things will be changed in this department with the iPad 5 – after all, 264 ppi is more than enough for a 9.7 inch display.
Like the upcoming iPhone 6 / 5S, the iPad 5 will be most likely powered by a quad-core Apple A7 processor.
An iPad Mini 2 is also expected to debut later this year, possibly coming with a 7.9 inch screen that has the same resolution as the bigger iPad (2048 x 1536 pixels). It remains to be seen if Apple will announced both its new tablets at the same time.
Via BGR
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