Ipad 3... worth it to upgrade?

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So I'm sitting here and wondering.. is it really necessary to upgrade to an ipad 3.. i mean i use my ipad 2 mostly for ebooks, browsing, and watching movies and series..and compared to an ipad 2 the only useful upgrade is the camera and graphics engine. the way I see it, the ipad 2 display is brilliant on its own, you not going to try and get some high end game running on a tablet so why the quad-core graphics processor :/ Sure it has a better camera, but that is why we've got Digital cameras..and dont even get me started on the 4G capabilites, seriously when will SA have a 4G network running.. I think its ok to be one step behind, since we live in a one-step-behind-country.. So yeah, I'm sticking with my Ipad 2:)
 
Well seeing that its jailbroken on the 1st day of release, I will finally get an upgrade.

I bought the iPad 2 but the Jailbreak "lag" issues made me sell my second gen, and was perfectly happy with the original.
 
I started with an iPhone 3G and upgraded to a iPhone 4. The iPad 2 resolution is like the iPhone 3G, it's painfully fuzzy. I need the iPad 3 for the resolution, my eyes are old.
 
biometrics said:
I started with an iPhone 3G and upgraded to a iPhone 4. The iPad 2 resolution is like the iPhone 3G, it's painfully fuzzy. I need the iPad 3 for the resolution, my eyes are old.
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The joke is, some people took the original iPad to the streets claiming it to be the new iPad and the people all claimed how crisp and clear the text was and how much better it was to the iPad 2.

I a not saying its not better, its just that most people will not even notice, and looking at what resolutions most people use on their desktops I can believe that.

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Elimentals said:
The joke is, some people took the original iPad to the streets claiming it to be the new iPad and the people all claimed how crisp and clear the text was and how much better it was to the iPad 2.

I a not saying its not better, its just that most people will not even notice, and looking at what resolutions most people use on their desktops I can believe that.

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I only look at text to compare. The difference between the iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 is massive. The 4 is perfect, the 3G is "out of focus". I expect the same with the iPad 2 vs 3.
 
If you have the money, yes, but if you are a normal human the best course of action is normally to upgrade every second generation, unless of course you can sell your current ipad for a really good price.

I think i'll probably wait for the ipad 4.

In the meantime i will dream about a redesigned macbook with a retina dispay. mmm, now that will be an instant buy now and ask questions later product.
 
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Been holding off getting a tablet for a while now, I was waiting for the price of the Galaxy tab to come down but, but the iPad 3's display just looks sick so I'll be getting one when they come out here.
 
A friend of a friend might bring me an iPad from the states in the beginning of April.

Do I ask for the AT&T version or the Verizon version?

I know we don't have 4G/LTE here in SA, but if we do someday, what version will it be?

Wi-Fi + 4G for AT&T model: 4G LTE (700, 2100 MHz); UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi + 4G for Verizon model: 4G LTE (700 MHz); CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz); UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
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EDIT: Nevermind, I see that the UK is selling the AT&T version. So I will ask him for that version.
 
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It's pretty stupid to imagine that a quadrupled resolution won't significantly affect your user experience. I find the iPad screen irritatingly grainy for reading on. If they hadn't come out with the iPad3 I might have moved to the Transformer for the 1920 resolution. I'd go for it in a second if I could afford it atm...which I can't really lol.
 
cerebus said:
It's pretty stupid to imagine that a quadrupled resolution won't significantly affect your user experience. I find the iPad screen irritatingly grainy for reading on. If they hadn't come out with the iPad3 I might have moved to the Transformer for the 1920 resolution. I'd go for it in a second if I could afford it atm...which I can't really lol.
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Like I said before, to a lot of users it won't make one iota of a difference, we talking about people that do not even notice pixels on a 32" monitor running 1920x1080 sitting right in front of the device. I do see them but I also know people that don't, hell I know people that don't even notice pixels running 1366x768 on a 32".

Its not everybody that will get the benefit but a lot of them will upgrade purely because marketing said it looks better.

Personally I am getting one, just because news like this tells me its way better than the iPad 2, if its not I'll probably sell it again like the iPad 2 I sold last year for R3000 profit.
 
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Like I said before, to a lot of users it won't make one iota of a difference, we talking about people that do not even notice pixels on a 32" monitor running 1920x1080 sitting right in front of the device. I do see them but I also know people that don't, hell I know people that don't even notice pixels running 1366x768 on a 32".
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Put it side by side and run through some common apps and there is no way people will not notice the difference. The Gizmodo article above used people who had probably never used an iPad before and didn't know what to look for in the new one. I don't even know how you reckon it won't make a difference if you haven't looked at them side by side. I've been spending a bit of time over the weekend looking at high-res pictures of it to see if it was noticeable, and it is hugely so. You think people can't tell if they see a 1080p video playing?
http://media.bestofmicro.com/Z/S/330472/original/IMG_0088.PNG
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cerebus said:
Put it side by side and run through some common apps and there is no way people will not notice the difference. The Gizmodo article above used people who had probably never used an iPad before and didn't know what to look for in the new one. I don't even know how you reckon it won't make a difference if you haven't looked at them side by side. I've been spending a bit of time over the weekend looking at high-res pictures of it to see if it was noticeable, and it is hugely so. You think people can't tell if they see a 1080p video playing?
http://media.bestofmicro.com/Z/S/330472/original/IMG_0088.PNG
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What Gizmodo article?

Like I said you might be able to but most will not, or you telling me someone that can not see pixalition at 68.84 PPI or know the difference between 70 PPI and 120 PPI will see the difference between 131.96 PPI and 263.92 PPI. Dream on
 
You know if they stuck the new battery into the ipad 2 the battery life would be around 17 hours. One has to wonder what most people would choose? I know i would choose 10 hours with the better screen, but what would you all do?

By this time next year i suspect the ipad 4 will be lighter, thinner, and have atleast a 40% better battery life.
 
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Elimentals said:
What Gizmodo article?

Like I said you might be able to but most will not, or you telling me someone that can not see pixalition at 68.84 PPI or know the difference between 70 PPI and 120 PPI will see the difference between 131.96 PPI and 263.92 PPI. Dream on
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They will obviously not know the differences between PPI's - just like most people who don't know clock cycles or ram timings or quad-core processors - but the screen difference between iPhone 3g/S -> 4G/S was very dramatic for me at least, and this is going to be pretty much the same jump. It's just they'll term it as looking 'sharper' and 'clearer' and 'brighter'.
 
Apparently iPhone apps look a whole lot better in the new iPad than they ever did.
 
This upgrade is a no brainer for OP. movies, tv series, reading are all the reasons to get retina.
 
Am I right in saying everything needs to be re-written to take advantage of the resolution?

I see a few apps already written to take advantage - do the other 500,000 need to be adjusted too?
 
Apparently iPhone apps look a whole lot better in the new iPad than they ever did.
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Well... I've heard otherwise. They'll be blown up to 2x resolution in order to fit but a kludge is a kludge. On a screen of that quality it's going to look unpretty.

Dolby said:
Am I right in saying everything needs to be re-written to take advantage of the resolution?

I see a few apps already written to take advantage - do the other 500,000 need to be adjusted too?
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All the art assets will need to be rewritten yes. Just like they did when the iPhone 4 came out, and when they released the 1st gen iPad. Apple doesn't scale its resolutions at all - they just ask devs to draw them at every resolution that they will be porting to.
 
Dolby said:
Am I right in saying everything needs to be re-written to take advantage of the resolution?

I see a few apps already written to take advantage - do the other 500,000 need to be adjusted too?
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Apps need higher res assets to fully use the new screens potential, but existing apps will work fine and look the same as they do now. There was just no way around it really. Including higher res assets sooner would have been pointless and wastful, because higher res assets are larger and thus lead to bigger apps.
 
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