iPad 5 to be thinner - and land in March: report
December 26, 2012 - 9:08AM
That iPad 3 you got last March? Forget it. It's like the eight-track tape of tablets. (Kids: Ask your parents what that means.) Even that iPad 4 you unwrapped on Christmas morning that you think is so new is about to become yesterday's news.
At least, that is, if the latest iPad rumours are true. According to the Japanese blog Macotakara, the next iPad is due to hit in March. At which time, all previous versions of the iPad will feel like bricks.
The site reports that the fifth version of the iPad will be thinner and lighter than the last iPad. For those of you hoping that Apple's next version of the iPad would be heavier and clunkier, this is no doubt crushing news.
For the rest of the planet, however, this is pretty much what you'd expect from Apple. Macotakara says its sources say the next iPad will be 2 millimeters thinner and 17 millimeters narrower.
If true, it marks a continuation of the accelerated product update cycle that kicked into gear this past year under Apple CEO Tim Cook.
According to 9to5Mac.com, if the dimensions are correct, "The new supposed thinness would mean the next iPad is nearly as thin as the 7.2mm thin iPad mini".
Speaking of the Mini, Macotakara reports that Apple is cooking up a retina screen for the next iPad mini.
Here's the real thing iPad owners need to fear: how long will Apple continue to support those older iPads? It already doesn't let owners of the first iPad download new versions of iOS.
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