{"id":36086,"date":"2012-04-16T15:25:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=36086"},"modified":"2012-04-16T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T13:37:15","slug":"ipad-3-available-in-south-africa-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/36086-ipad-3-available-in-south-africa-in-april","title":{"rendered":"iPad 3 available in South Africa in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple announced today (16 April 2012) that the new iPad (aka iPad 3) will launch in South Africa on 27 April. Local pricing has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The new iPad features a retina display, Apple\u2019s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera which supports 1080p HD video.<\/p>\n<p>Many local retailers are already offering the iPad 3 through direct imports at prices ranging between R6,000 and R11,000 per device.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s new iPad was launched in many international countries on 16 March 2012 with crowds gathering to get their hands on Apple\u2019s latest gadget.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the iPad 3 was accompanied by iPad 2 price cuts, and although South Africans have to wait until late April 2012 to get their hands on an iPad 3 the iPad 2 price cuts also applied locally.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35070\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iPad-3-promo-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35070\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35070\" title=\"iPad 3 promo image\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iPad-3-promo-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iPad-3-promo-image.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iPad-3-promo-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iPad-3-promo-image-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iPad 3 promo image<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"iPad 3 review\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/35068-the-new-ipad-3-review.html\"><strong>iPad 3 review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Best iPad 3 prices in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/47670-best-ipad-3-prices-in-sa.html\"><strong>Best iPad 3 prices in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Apple iPad 3 launches; iPad 2 prices lower in SA\" href=\"..\/gadgets\/45792-apple-ipad-3-launches-ipad-2-prices-lower-in-sa.html\">Apple iPad 3 launches; iPad 2 prices lower in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Microsoft will struggle against Apple, Google in tablet market\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/9422\/microsoft-will-struggle-against-apple-google-in-tablet-market\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Microsoft will struggle against Apple, Google in tablet market<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Apple iPad will launch in South Africa on 27 April<\/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":[959,21,1845,3516],"class_list":["post-36086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-headline","tag-ipad-3","tag-the-new-ipad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36086","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=36086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36087,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36086\/revisions\/36087"}],"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=36086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}