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March 2012
(88%)
452 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(80%)
1 Reviews
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The editors liked
Beautiful high resolution with Retina display
IOS 5 operating system
ICloud ecosystem
Excellent battery life
The Bad
Portability
ICloud setup
The iPad
Build
Design & Quality
The iPad is nothing less than a beauty of design coming from the Apple
Superb screen
Slick gaming
Simple interface
Highresolution display is crisp and colourful
Excellent selection of apps
Intuitive
Slick software
Improved camera
Fantastic Retina display
Excellent 3G internet speeds (even without 4G)
10 hour battery life
Still one of the most beautiful and functional devices on the market
Retina display
Much better camera
Same price structure as previous generation
Screen
HSPA+
Faster processor
Largest number of tablet specific apps
Supersharp screen makes viewing games
Films
Photos and the net vastly improved
Improved snapper
Wonderful software and hardware design
A choice of 200
000 apps optimised for iPad
Amazing display
Great Siri Dictation integration
Awesome applications like iPhoto
Sketchbook now available
Decent battery life
Astonishing Retina Display
Battery keeps going for the long haul
Feels powerful
Despite underwhelming specs
Truly stunning screen
Exceptionally user-friendly
Excellent audio
Unbeatable selection of apps
Movies and music
Flawless build quality
High-quality display
Responsive
Fast performance
Good battery life
Lightweight
The new iPad’s Retina Display is far ahead of any tablet out there. When it was launched
Apple claimed that text is sharper to read than on a newspaper. It’s hard to disagree. Not a single pixel appears out of place. Such is the quality of the Retina Display
That app developers are already scrambling to apply the make-up brush to their apps to get them looking spick and span
Ready for the best
Retina display stands head and shoulders above the rest for onscreen image quality
Astounding resolution for unrivalled viewing comfort
Good 4G/3G connectivity and network speed
Rich iOS ecosystem
Battery life
Great quality
Highresolution screen
Long battery life
Retina displa
Much better camer
Same price structure as previous generatio
Amazing
Stunning screen
Powerful graphics
Excellent build quality
Good value
Same design / form factor (almost)
But it feels and looks great
Reasonably priced
Insanely beautiful display
Amazing graphics
Thanks to the quadcore A5X
Movies and games look great
Camera quality is very impressive
Great new applications such as iPhoto
Amazing screen
Great 3D graphics
Good Battery Life
Rearfacing camera improved drastically
Fast WiFi speeds
High Resolution 2048 x 1536 ‘Retina' Display
Much improved 5 megapixel rear camera
Almost unlimited number and type of apps
Free and easy updating of apps
Faster and more powerful
Easy to use interface
Beautiful design
Great processing power
Strong battery life
IOS is the market leader
Easy to migrate data from older iPad
The editors didn't like
Portability
ICloud setup
Can overheat
Apps take up too much space
No expandable storage
Thicker than iPad 2
4G won't work in the UK
Thicker and heavier than iPad 2
Takes longer to charge up
No 4G network in the UK
4G features not available in UK
No weight reduction over previous model
No increase in battery life
High resolution apps take up more storage space
Not much storage included
Frontfacing VGA snapper
Slightly heavier than iPad 2
Limited design changes
Battery not quite as good as iPad 2's
Slightly bigger and heavier than iPad 2
Limited storage for beefy new apps
A touch heavier and thicker than iPad 2
Charging takes ages
More internal storage would be nice
4G not available in UK yet
Lack of killer new feature
The new iPad is around a millimetre thicker than the iPad 2
And 50g heavier. In the grand scheme of things though
This makes little difference. Slightly more pressing is that Apple is still offering the same 16GB
32GB and 64GB models. As apps become optimised for use on Apple’s Retina Display
So does the space they take up. If you’re planning on getting a 16GB model
Be warned. You’ll run out
Memory can't be expanded
Proprietary port / Closed ecosystem may put some users off
No 128 GB model
'Good' graphics processing still to be confirmed in practice
Not all content is adapted to the ultrahigh screen resolution
Relatively heavy
Poor connectivity
Annoying artificial limitations
Need iTunes to get content on it
No expandable memory
Thicker and heavier than most premium tablets
No FaceTime HD support
Frontfacing camera still below average
Heavier and thicker than the iPad 2
Battery takes a long time to charge
Battery Life
No Flash support
No HDMI or USB connection
No memory card slots
Poor 0.3 megapixel front camera
No Siri
The camera is still not going to impress purist photographers
The new iPad is an excellent tabletMany were expecting a “leap” from iPad 2 to the new iPad, but although we all want “more”, “now”, the reality is that this is going to be a evolutionary process going forward. This time around, Apple has addressed a few...
LTE support here in the US, coupled with GSM roaming internationally, delivers data extra fast (assuming you live in a good coverage area), Rear-facing camera is much improved over the iPad 2, can now do 1080p video, Bluetooth 4.0 support (didn't dig into
Only Verizon iPad offers wireless hotspot feature for now; AT&T may be coming soon, Nearly all updates to tech specs are used to beef up the "retina" display; very few performance improvements over the iPad 2 otherwise, Still no Siri, despite dictation su
The third-generation iPad may not save your soul, but it does make a few solid improvements over the already successful iPad 2: "retina" display, support for LTE cell networks, voice dictation, and a much improved rear-facing camera. Considering that ...
Exceptional display, Much faster graphics performance; 1GB RAM, 4G and fast 3G without battery life hits, Finally viable rear camera, iOS 5.1 still tops in tablet software for now, 1080p video recording, iPhoto (optional) and a strong app ecosystem, Price
Thicker and heavier, No real gain to main CPU performance, Signficantly longer charging time, 16GB a tight fit for growing apps, Anemic front camera, No Siri (yet)
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Published: 2012-03-19, Author: Mark , review by: Laptopmag.com
Fantastic Retina display, Sharp 5-MP camera with 1080p video, Speedy 4G LTE data, Improved AirPlay functionality, Best tablet app selection
Bottom left side gets warm, Can't FaceTime over 4G, 50MB limit for iTunes downloads over 4G, Front camera doesn't do HD
A jaw-dropping Retina display, fast 4G LTE speeds, improved camera and an unbeatable selection of apps make the new iPad the best tablet, period.
High-quality display, responsive, fast performance, good battery life, lightweight
4G not available in UK yet, lack of killer new feature means this isn't a must-have upgrade for Ipad 2 owners, but viewed as a standalone tablet it's the best around
Based on what we've learned from its latest tablet, Apple will be hardpressed to wow fourthgeneration iPad buyers in 2013. Let's unpack this, LTE support in the new iPad is indeed a killer feature, but it's not anything that could have led Tim Cook's keyn
Aside from the Retina display, the latest iPad lacks mindblowing new features that advance the state of the tablet art
Published: 2012-03-18, Author: Victor , review by: tuaw.com
Abstract: There are lots of reviews of the new iPad . Lots and lots. My review? In deeply abbreviated form, here it is: The screen is amazing. You must see it before you make up your mind. It's pretty much every superlative people have thrown at it, aside from t...
A hard and especially long day slowly comes to an end. This is time to draw a preliminary conclusion. What is left of the initial euphoria after the first tests?Above all else, the excellent Retina screen has to be mentioned. It is beyond all doubt the re...
Abstract: Following the iPad Keynote last week, there was a lot of debate about whether or not the new iPad is a small or big upgrade from the iPad 2. There seemed to be a lot of disappointment in the fact that form factor was basically unchanged. The disappointmen...
