Technical characteristics
Screen: IPS, 9.7 inches (2048×1536), LED backlight
CPU: Cortex A9 (1 GHz)
Video card: : GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 (250 MHz)
RAM: 1 GB
Built -in memory: 16/32/64 GB
Connection: Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, GSM/HSDPA/LTE
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS (only in version with 4G)
Connectors: Brand port, 3.5 mm jack
Battery: 11 560 mAh
Operating system: Apple iOS 5.1
Cameras: The main one is 5 megapixels, frontal – 0.3 megapixels
Dimensions: 24,1×18,6×0.9 cm
Weight: 662
Price for April 2012: from 20,500 rubles
Talking about new Apple devices is always difficult. It seems to be still everything, and the piece of iron is perceived in a completely different way and is sold by millions of circulations. Here is a fresh iPad: outwardly almost like the first version, a processor of a year ago, changed the matrix, video card and communication module. Make such some other manufacturer-no one would have noticed. The novelty of Apple in the first days of sales dispersed in the amount of three million copies.
Phenomenon
And after all, the strangest thing, of all the listed innovations, is really impressive only the screen, adjusted to the standards Retina. The main meaning of this technology is to place so many pixels on the display so that the eyes cannot distinguish individual points. For this, Apple installed an IPS matrix with a huge resolution of 2048×1536, twice as higher than that of the previous iPad. The difference with the predecessors is evident.
The image has become so clear that I can’t believe that you have a regular display in front of you. Fonts, buttons and icons on any scale look as if printed on first -class paper. Games also pumped up significantly. Updated Infinity Blade 2 , Mass Effect: Infiltor And Asphalt 6 They look just amazing, no aliasing.
Unfortunately, it concerns this so far processed applications. Many programs are still designed for 1024×768 and refuse to be friends with high resolution. In some cases (Wired magazine), you could notice interesting incidents. The main content was redrawn, the photos and texts turned out to be excellent, but the advertising layouts did not have time to pull up, and they literally fell apart into squares. Of course, this is a matter of time (when you read these lines, the developers will correct everything), but the unpreparedness of even large companies still amuses.
Who is the last?
For the normal functioning of the Apple display, the power of the filling. The processor did not touch, it was taken from the iPad 2 – a dual crystal on the nuclei of the ARM Cortex A9 frequency of 1 GHz. But the graphic system was improved. For beauty, the quadrous chip PowerVR SGX543MP4 is responsible for a speed of 250 MHz. It was added to RAM – from 512 to 1024 MB. How much such an update corresponds to modern realities? It's hard to say. There are no sensible cross-platform benchmarks, so it is impossible to measure the difference in numbers. By purely subjective impressions, the iPad works like its predecessor: everything opens quickly, nothing inhibits nothing. In general, for the needs available in the App Store, there are enough features with excess.
But what Apple could not cope with – energy consumption. In order for the table to live the usual ten hours, I had to install a huge battery with a capacity of almost 12,000 mAh, which significantly exceeded the indicators of not only tablets, but also laptops.
At the same time, they did not release more powerful charging – in the set of "old" 10 watts adapter. The battery is charged from him twice as long as its ancestors, and it is better to forget about the power supply from USB at all. It seems the minus is small. But if earlier, going on a trip, it was possible not to take it by relying on a laptop and a USB cable, now such a focus would not pass.
Smile
The built -in camera in the tablet means not as much as on the phone. Nevertheless, Apple decided to improve this detail. In the first iPad, she could not stand any criticism, now she clicks no worse than the iPhone 4 – honest 5 megapixels. The frontal matrix, for video calls in Facetime and Skype, remained the same – it gives out a picture of 640×480 and works tolerably in poor light.
The universal voice assistant Siri, who became the most discussed innovation of the iPhone 4s, did not appear on the iPad. Only the dictation function is available. It is arranged elementary: click the button on the keyboard, make a request (weather, the name of the person from the address book, the name of the application), wait for the recognition and get the result. It turns out well, especially when you use it in a quiet environment, but still it is not siri.
The volume of built -in memory unchanged. There are options for 16/32/64 GB C Wi-Fi or with Wi-Fi+4G. Which to take? Here everyone decides for himself. For our part, let's say that it is better to consider senior models. Programs optimized for Retina can occupy both 700 and 1,500 MB, so that the place is clogged with a catastrophic speed – 16 GB, most likely, will not be enough.
A separate line, we note the support of the fourth -generation connection. Officially, it is, and it is actively advertised. However, 4G operates exclusively in the USA, our frequencies, which are provided by Yota and MegaFon, do not appear in the list. Roughly speaking, despite the encouraging inscription on the box, only 3g will see the iPad.
Apple again made a little, but revolution. While competitors are thinking about the release of pills with matrices 1920×1080, the iPad received a chic Retina display with a resolution of 2048×1024. Technical characteristics? Yes, perhaps current leaders in the Android segment will be faster. But who cares? Applications are still only from the App Store, and they go perfectly. Is it worth buying iPad? Good question. If you are already imbued with an “apple” ecosystem, then definitely yes. If not, it makes sense to think about Android, he also has his own interesting features and advantages like more openness and widgets. Those who already have iPad, we will say so. The first version of the tablet must definitely be changed, the owners of the second can be held award. The difference is not so large, and it is quite possible to wait for the next generation or, at least, a decrease in excitement and, accordingly, price tags.
The editors thanks the store Xmania.ru for the iPad test
Pros:
High performance
Great screen
Great autonomy
Many applications
Cons:
the display is less than that of competitors
outdated design
Light weight
Down with numbers
Apple's iron labeling is very strange. All new laptops are called just MacBook Pro or Air. Home computers – IMAC. Players – iPod Nano/Touch/Shuffle. And no numbers to you. Yes, it looks stylish, but buying the right model is more and more difficult every year. From the tradition, the Cupertinsky company retreated only from the iPhone and iPad, which received numbers after the name. With a new iPad, good undertaking sunk into oblivion. How to distinguish pills from old generations is the problem of buyers. In stores, new items are marked as iPad 3, 4G or New.
Millions
Apple is a unique company. While almost the entire iron market sells gigabytes, megagerians and glasses in benchmarks, the "apple trees" manage to not pay attention to it at all. It is difficult to find a person who bought an iPad because of a dual-core processor or 64 GB of internal memory. Developers focus on the working environment.
Apple managed to create an incredibly convenient and thoughtful infrastructure. The App Store contains thousands of applications for every taste and color, there are subscriptions to magazines, Game Center Game Community, Sale of Music. Yes, and iOS itself offers a lot of goodies, including Imessage electronic messages, ICLOUD cloud platform, HeySpin sister sites Facetime video communications.
Yes, in terms of design iPad, maybe inferior to the same Asus Transformer Prime or Sony Tablet S , but in terms of quantity and quality of accessible software, it is higher than their head. Not to say that android all this was not, but the local "market" is organized from hand badly. There is no clear division into category, it is difficult to search, and, of course, there is too much garbage.