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March 2012
(88%)
452 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(80%)
1 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
Truly stunning screen, exceptionally user-friendly, excellent audio, unbeatable selection of apps, movies and music, flawless build quality
A touch heavier and thicker than iPad 2, charging takes ages, more internal storage would be nice
So, with our biggest complaint being that we'd really like more space to store more things on it, it's clear that we're rather enamoured with Apple's latest tech-rectangle. It's as easy to use as ever, it still has the biggest music, movie and app stores...
Of course, it's the best iPad so far, but what makes it stand out is the stunning screen - matched by an improved graphics processor that keeps it looking good....
Amazing, stunning screen, Powerful graphics, Good battery life, Excellent build quality, Good value
Poor connectivity, Annoying artificial limitations, Need iTunes to get content on it, No expandable memory, Thicker and heavier than most premium tablets
There's no denying that the Apple new iPad is a stylish, desirable tablet, and its Retina Display is simply stunning. It also packs plenty of power under the hood thanks to its A5X SoC, combining a dual-core processor with quad-core graphics – all without...
Abstract: When Apple launched the iPhone 4S they did so with a new app integrated with iOS, which was called Siri and changed the way users interacted with their phone and this smarter voice control system has been used exclusively on the 4S as a marketing tactic. ...
Astonishing Retina Display, Battery keeps going for the long haul, Feels powerful, despite underwhelming specs
Slightly bigger and heavier than iPad 2, Limited storage for beefy new apps
With its Retina Display, 1080p video and quad-core graphics, the new iPad – or iPad 3, whatever you want to call it – is without a doubt the best tablet you can buy ...
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Published: 2012-03-01, Author: Luke , review by: T3.com
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