According to White, the updated iPad will be similar to the
iPad mini, introduced in October, it will be lighter and smaller than the
traditional version by 4 mm high, 17 mm wide and 2 mm in depth. Screen size is
9.7 inches, but the display will have fewer LEDs, which are used for
illumination.
iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 will be the first update Apple, which
will take place in such a short time, the analyst said. In October, the company
released a smaller version of its "tablets» - iPad mini and full-size
fourth-generation iPad. The latter was presented within six months after the
release of the tablet traditional size - iPad 3.
Screen size iPad mini is 7.9 inches thick gadget - 7.2 mm.
This is less than in the last generation iPad 4, the screen size is 9.7 inches
and a thickness of 9.4 mm. In the second iteration, "Minicom" will
receive a long-awaited Retina display with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels,
will retain the same screen size.
After the presentation of iPad mini and iPad 4 experts have
begun to suggest that shortening the launch of new devices into new market
segments and diversified line of devices - an attempt to sharpen the
competition with Google. However, some analysts believe that the presentation
of these gadgets just five months after the previous looks unlikely, as this
has a negative impact on sales of current models.
According to research firm IDC, in 2012, Apple's share of
the tablet market was 53.8%. The share of tablet-based Android rose to 42.7%
from. Total for the year 2012 was sold 122.3 million tablets.
