{"id":33757,"date":"2012-03-08T09:46:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T07:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=33757"},"modified":"2012-03-08T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T07:59:17","slug":"ipad-3-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/33757-ipad-3-unveiled","title":{"rendered":"iPad 3 unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s official: the iPad 3 is on its way – and for once, things turned out pretty much exactly as all those rumours predicted.<\/p>\n

Apple unveiled their new iPad at an event last night (7 March 2012), showing the device sporting a retina display (2048\u00d71536 pixels) and a faster processor.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s been wondering who will come out with a product that\u2019s more amazing that the iPad 2,\u201d said Tim Cook, Apple CEO at the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop wondering: we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tim Cook introducing the iPad 3<\/p><\/div>\n

The iPad 3\u2019s display has a resolution of 2048\u00d71536 pixels (over 3.1 million total pixels) at a pixel density of 264 pixels per inch. Apple\u2019s Phil Schiller added that the new iPad also has 44% greater color saturation.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s new iPad also has a better chip (the A5X chip) and quad-core graphics designed specifically for the retina display.<\/p>\n

The device has an improved camera, and the now supports full HD video recording.<\/p>\n

When it comes to connectivity the iPad 3 supports LTE, with theoretical downlink speeds of up to 73Mbps.<\/p>\n

So what can you expect to pay? The iPad 3 is priced at $499 for the entry-level 16GB model – increasing to $599 for a 32GB model and $699 for the 64GB model. If you’re looking for LTE support, expect to pay $129 more.<\/p>\n

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iPad 3 pricing<\/p><\/div>\n

The iPad 3 will be available on 16 March 2012.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of MyBroadband<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple’s new device has been revealed to the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":33762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,2226],"tags":[959,21,1845,189],"class_list":["post-33757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-headline","tag-ipad-3","tag-reveal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33758,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33757\/revisions\/33758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}