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Yesterday Apple unveiled its third generation iPad, simply called the new iPad, at an event in San Francisco. The form factor remains mostly unchanged with a 9.7-inch display, however the new device is thicker at 9.4mm vs. 8.8mm for its predecessor. The added thickness was necessary to support the iPad's new 2048 x 1536 Retina Display.</p>
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Tablet Specification Comparison</td>
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ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity</td>
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Apple's new iPad (2012)</td>
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Apple iPad 2</td>
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Dimensions</td>
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263 x 180.8 x 8.5mm</td>
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241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4mm</td>
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241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8mm</td>
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Display</td>
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10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 Super IPS+</td>
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9.7-inch 2048 x 1536 IPS</td>
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9.7-inch 1024 x 768 IPS</td>
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Weight (WiFi)</td>
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586g</td>
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652g</td>
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601g</td>
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Weight (4G LTE)</td>
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586g</td>
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662g</td>
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601g</td>
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Processor (WiFi)</td>
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1.6GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 T33 (4 x Cortex A9)</p>
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Apple A5X (2 x Cortex A9, PowerVR SGX 543MP4)</p>
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1GHz Apple A5 (2 x Cortex A9, PowerVR SGX543MP2)</td>
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Processor (4G LTE)</td>
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1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 (2 x Krait)</td>
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Apple A5X (2 x Cortex A9, PowerVR SGX 543MP4)</p>
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1GHz Apple A5 (2 x Cortex A9, PowerVR SGX543MP2)</td>
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Connectivity</td>
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WiFi , Optional 4G LTE</td>
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WiFi , Optional 4G LTE</td>
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WiFi , Optional 3G</td>
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Memory</td>
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1GB</td>
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1GB</td>
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512MB</td>
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Storage</td>
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16GB - 64GB</td>
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16GB - 64GB</td>
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16GB</td>
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Battery</td>
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25Whr</td>
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42.5Whr</td>
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25Whr</td>
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Pricing</td>
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$599 - $799 est</td>
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$499 - $829</td>
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$399, $529</td>
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Driving the new display is Apple's A5X SoC. Apple hasn't been too specific about what's inside the A5X other than to say it features "quad-core graphics". Upon further prodding Apple did confirm that there are two CPU cores inside the SoC. It's safe to assume that there are still a pair of Cortex A9s in the A5X but now paired with a PowerVR SGX543MP4 instead of the 543MP2 used in the iPad 2.</p>
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Read on for our analysis of Apple's 3rd generation iPad.</p>

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