New iPad tablets 5 and iPad mini 2 will be presented in
March 2013, according to Brian White of Company Topeka Capital Markets.
According to industry analysts at CES 2013 he was able to obtain confidential
information from Asian partners Apple. The new version of a full-sized gadget
will look like a younger brother, he is also lighter and thinner than
conventional tablet and the second generation mini-tablet will be equipped with
display Retina.
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.