iPad 3 release date delayed to 2012: Retina display FAIL
Source: IT Blogwatch
t looks like the iPad 3 release date is delayed until 2012. If you're waiting for it, you probably shouldn't hold your breath. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is said to have delayed its plans until some time next year, thanks to problems with its retina display. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers throw their toys out the pram in frustration.
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Eric Mack reports, using the C-word:
The 2011 launch of the iPad 3...[is] canceled.
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[It's] been pushed back because of a shortage of high-resolution screens. ... The so-called "retina display" would double the resolution of the current iPad.
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[T]here may also be issues with getting the light source to work [satisfactorily]. ... There may be no need for Apple to rush out the next-generation iPad anyhow, with...iPad 2 sales continuing at a brisk pace.
Yenting Chen and Joseph Tsai broke the story:
Apple has recently canceled its iPad 3 supply schedule.
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Apple was originally set to launch its iPad 3 in the second half of 2011...but Apple's supply chain partners have recently discovered that the...figures have all already been deleted, the sources [said].
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[The] yield rate of the 9.7-inch panel [with] resolution of 2,048 by 1,536 may be the major reason for the supply delay. ... Sources...also pointed out that the...high resolution [LCD panel] requires a much larger backlight source [conflicting with] requirements over the physical thinness, rich color support and toughness.
Jared Newman quibbles about semantics:
It's not really fair to call this a delay because...Apple never announced anything. The product...only appeared in rumors. ... Last we heard, Apple was planning to position [it] as a high-end option for photo and video professionals.
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This isn't a huge setback for Apple. Last quarter, the company was "still selling every (iPad) we could make." ... Apple finally caught up with demand earlier this month.
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I'm sure there will be plenty more rumors...along with additional rumors to refute those rumors, of course. M0RE
But Jonny Evans just laughs:
Apple's army of fortune tellers have been merrily insisting Apple will ship [iPad 3] this year. ... Of course, it isn't going to...iPad 2 is doing fine right now. ... I doubt the iPad 3 was ever scheduled to ship at this time.
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[C]ompeting firms are unlikely to come back with a serious alternative for a good six months...by that time, Apple will dazzle and surprise with [iPad 3] that does things no one else has thought of.
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[W]hen it comes to non-Apple tablets, all I can smell is toast.
And Jack Schofield didn't believe the 2011 rumors, either:
Apple's standard...technique is to produce annual iterations of products so that keen users will buy a new version every year. ... Since the iPad 2 only appeared in March...the iPad 3 shouldn't be expected until March 2012. [And] announcing an iPad 3 this year...might hurt Christmas sales of the iPad 2.
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