Die Gerüchte um das des iPad 3 lassen nicht aus: Auch aktuell gibt es wieder mehrere Meldungen zur Größe und zum Retina Display, der will außerdem von einem -Display gehört haben:

DigiTimes will zum einen gehört haben, dass Apple derzeit nicht eines, sondern gleich zwei iPads testet. Dabei sei aber noch nicht entschieden, welches der beiden Modelle schließlich für den Verkauf ausgewählt wird. Unterschiede soll es in der Größe, und auch den Spezifikationen bzw. Technologien gehen. Besonders für den zweiten Aspekt kommen natürlich einige Stichworte in den Sinn – 3D? 4G (wenn auch unwahrscheinlich)? Thunderbolt?

iPad 3 Konzept: Hochglanz

Since Apple demands that the new iPad model will need to be thinner than the iPad 2, while raising the machine's screen resolution to 2048 by 1536, upstream component makers have been working aggressively to adjust the device's LED and panel module designs to satisfy these demands, but the work has affected the launch schedule of the new tablet PC. Apple is currently giving two tablet PC projects codenamed J1 and J2 to its upstream partners for development. The sources revealed that the major differences of the new tablet PCs compared to the previous model are their size, specifications and technologies. Since the new tablet PCs have a higher resolution, Apple has demanded the design of the light source to be changed from a single LED light bar to two LED light bars on the left and right sides of the machine, but since the method of adopting two LED light bars has created difficulty in shrinking the machine's thickness, some vendors have come out with designs that only adopt one light bar, but are packing two LED chips into one package. The sources pointed out that the J2 project seems to be an upgrade version of the J1 and although Apple has not yet decided which project will be used for the final launch, Apple is likely to make the final decision based on its needs. As for the upstream side, the component suppliers have already conducted pilot production and prepared for mass production.

Die Produktion des Retina Display für die 3. iPad-Generation ist sogar bereits angelaufen – so zumindest, wenn man dem aktuellen Bericht von glaubt. Demzufolge wird es ein QXGA Panel mit 2048×1536 Pixeln von Samsung, Sharp oder LG werden.

„It's happening–QXGA, 2048×1536. Panel production has started [for the next-generation iPad]. There's three suppliers,“ Richard Shim, an analyst at DisplaySearch, said in an interview today. Shim confirmed other reports that cite three companies, Samsung, Sharp, and LGD.

Wie man beim Business Insider gehört haben will, bekommt das sogar ein 3D-Display:

But a source who says he has friends at Apple, and who has been reliable about future Apple products in the past, just shared a rumor with us that the company has experimented with some with 3D screens.

„The iPad 3 was often called iPad 3D in early prototypes,“ says this source. Like Nintendo's 3DS, this screen did not require users to wear glasses to see 3D effects.

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