A5X, not A6, visible on latest leaked iPad 3 logic board photo

8. Mario1017 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 20:51 3

samsung probably made this "outdated" chip

11. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:02 15

good for samsung. save the best for themselves and leave the scraps for apple then. i hope they overcharged apple too.

31. ChiX017 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 00:45 2

too bad Apple still ends up making the most profit...:-(

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32. TheLibertine posted on 20 Feb 2012, 01:02 4

We will see about it, there will be a lot of Tegra 3-devices at MWC... But you all should know that the chips used by Apple never had outstanding specs, but the iDevices still are one of the fastest outta there.

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33. KingKurogiii posted on 20 Feb 2012, 01:05 3

actually Apple uses pretty superb hardware but they're pretty conservative with things like RAM and the clock frequencies.

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42. ChiX017 posted on 22 Feb 2012, 08:42 0

this is just sad, you can't admit the truth if it's starring u in the face, Apple sTILL MAKES aLL the profit!

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41. Mario1017 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 23:09 0

thats exactly what i meant lol, dont know why i got thumbs down

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26. thebikerboi2 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 23:36 1

i wouldnt say that yet, as this chip may intact use 2 ARM cortex A-15 cores instead of 2 Cortex A9, either way the A5x is going to have a much more powerful graphics core

27. quakan posted on 19 Feb 2012, 23:38 4

It's not about having the most powerful processor, all you need is to find the right processor for your OS. I bet you this iPad will still run great and will be buttery smooth like you'd expect. It'll still be able to handle all the tasks you could possibly perform on here with ease. Processing power is mainly a concern of Android tablets because there is so many different tablets that don't all run seamlessly and others that do, so it is important to Android tablet buyers so that they know the tablet they are getting will offer a great user experience and will minimize lag as much as possible. You can have your Tegra 3 or Exynos processor and iPad 3 buyers will still get a great product that runs well.

35. andro. posted on 20 Feb 2012, 08:31 2

This chip is for the ipad 3, the A6 chip is being kept for the ipad 3$ due to be released 6 months later and will change everything again

38. KingKurogiii posted on 20 Feb 2012, 11:54 0

*iPad 2s *iPad 3

3. jcpwn2004 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 19:52 7

it will still break record sales lol

12. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:05 1

the expected display is lower than apple's own specifications for retina display (300+ppi). the processor was manufactured in november (nuff said). and the design is almost exactly the same. in all aspects the next ipad is the embodiment of incremental upgrade.

16. captainqtp posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:12 3

The 300 ppi is for using the phone at certain average viewing distance. I'm pretty sure the average viewing distance on a tablet will be further out, thus allowing for a lower PPI to be called a retina display (where your eye can't detect where one pixel starts and ends.) I do not prefer Apple myself, but I don't think it is disingenuous to describe a pixel doubled 1024x768 "retina" on a 10" screen.

18. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:20 1

good point. i thought i recalled the late jobs saying that the eye only detects up to 300ppi and so everything above is retina. it doesnt matter to me i just thought it would be lame for apple to create a standard and then lower it just to keep the namesake.

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40. stealthd posted on 20 Feb 2012, 16:55 0

Just like 10MB was the biggest hard drive you'd ever need.

9. KingKurogiii posted on 19 Feb 2012, 20:59 2

when it comes to spending money in a competitive market there's no such thing as overkill. better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. i can understand why Apple wouldn't press on processing power so much but i think they might as well since everybody else is doing it.

14. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:07 3

apple is going to need quadcore if they want the same fluidity on higher resolution screens. maybe not in this generation of products. but if and when a 4k display is on a mobile device quadcore is a must have.

17. KingKurogiii posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:12 3

actually i believe an improved, (even if it's just slightly) higher clocked A5 could do the trick. it's probably thicker to incorporate a bigger battery to compensate and offer up comparable battery life to it's predecessor. i wouldn't hold my breath on LTE though. that'll probably be held off for the iPad 3 if my hunch is correct.

19. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:23 2

well it might due the trick, but i know that i will want a quadcore 28nm A15 architecture beast hiding behind my 4k display (powered by google of course) .

i wonder if the A5x is still on the cortex A9? that would be a let down. they might as well have OC'd the A5 then. or maybe that is what they did.

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20. Paden posted on 19 Feb 2012, 22:00 3

The spec war is over for the average consumer. People care about how the thing works.

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23. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 22:37 1

what do i care what the average consumer thinks? those specs are for me.

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29. quakan posted on 19 Feb 2012, 23:58 1

For the average consumer, there was never a spec war to begin with. Most people purchase off what they know is popular and what they know works well. iPad has both of those. Also you have large community of accessory makers who are willing to provide damn near anything you could ever want for it, even attachable fleshlights (you'll have to google up that attachment haha). That right there is free marketing for Apple that when you go into a store and you see endless products that say "compatible with iPad and other tablets". Your average consumer will just see iPad and say ok I'll take that. They're not going to be like "Hmm other tablets...I wonder what are the other tablets".

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22. KingKurogiii posted on 19 Feb 2012, 22:32 2

yeah, that would be the best case scenario.

i think the bump in architecture from A9 to A15 is significant enough to justify it being the A6 so i doubt the A5X is nothing more than a souped up version of the A5.

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15. squallz506 posted on 19 Feb 2012, 21:10 1

apple is holding a conference in march. i hope that they make their fanbase wait that long but it seems to me that the next ipad launch is going to be june at the latest.

30. KingKurogiii posted on 20 Feb 2012, 00:08 0

i'm going off of my speculation that the next iPad will be the 2S and THAT'LL be announced next month.

39. squallz506 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 16:24 0

ah i get it now

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37. KingKurogiii posted on 20 Feb 2012, 11:53 0

Retina Display and probably Siri. xD