The Apple announcement must have passed you by, but Tim Cook has put an end to this cycle ofrumors, speculation and dreams with an actual product, at least for today. We don't expect the user experience of iOS to be anything else but smooth, but for those of us who care about what lingers beneath that 3.1 million pixel display, head on past the break as we delve into how the newest arrival to the Apple family matches up.For more coverage of Apple's iPad event, visit our hub!
iPad 2 | New iPad |
| Display | 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD | 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 | 2048 x 1536 "Retina Display" |
| CPU | 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 | dual-core Apple A5X |
| Graphics | PowerVR SGX 543MP2 | TBA (but "Quad-Core," our first guess a PowerVR SGX MP4+) |
| Memory | 512MB RAM | TBA |
| Storage | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB |
| Front Camera | VGA (640 x 480) | VGA (640 x 480) |
| Rear Camera | 0.7-megapixel, fixed focus | 5-megapixel, autofocus |
| Cellular | EDGE plus Quadband HSPA or CDMA EV-Do Rev.A (Verizon) | "World-Ready" 3G, HSPA+, DC-HSPA, 4G LTE (AT&T, Verizon) |
| WiFi | 802.11 a/b/g/n | 802.11 a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | 2.1 + EDR | 4.0 |
| Accelerometer | 3-axis | 3-axis |
| Gyroscope | 3-axis | 3-axis |
| Thickness | 0.34-inch (8.8mm) | 0.37-inch (9.4mm) |
| Weight (WiFi) | 1.33 pounds (601 grams) | 1.44 pounds (652 grams) |
| Weight (3G / LTE) | AT&T 1.35 pounds (613 grams) Verizon 1.34 pounds (607 grams) | 1.46 pounds (662 grams) |
| Battery Life | 25-watt-hour lithium polymer (rated 10 Hours) | 42.5-watt-hour lithium polymer (rated 10 hours / 9 on 4G) |
| Ports | 30-pin dock, 3.5mm headphone | 30-pin dock, 3.5mm headphone |
| Location (WiFi) | WiFi, Digital Compass | WiFi, Digital Compass |
| Location (3G / LTE) | aGPS, 3G, Digital Compass, WiFi | aGPS, 3G, 4G, Digital Compass, WiFi |
