The fourth generation iPad was announced without much fanfare at an Apple event held on Oct. 23, 2012. The upgrades from the New iPad were modest and were limited primarily to changing over from the well known 30-pin connector to the Lightning connector and an upgrade to the A6X processor.
| Release Date | Nov 2, 2012 | |
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| Check It Out | At Amazon |
| Display Specs | 9.7-inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel display (264 ppi) | |
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| Display Type | LED-backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology | |
| Operating System | iOS | |
| Processor | Dual-core A6X with quad-core graphics | |
| RAM | 1GB | |
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| External Storage | No | |
| Main Camera (Back) | 5MP iSight Camera | |
| Secondary Camera (Front) | 1.2MP FaceTime HD Camera | |
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| Wi-Fi | 802.11a/b/g/n Wi‑Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz) | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 | |
| Battery | Built-in 42.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery | |
| NFC | No | |
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| Height | 9.5 inches (24.13 cm) | |
| Width | 7.31 inches (18.57 cm) | |
| Depth | 0.37 inches (9.4 mm) | |
| Weight | 1.44 oz (41 g) | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| Supported Audio Formats | AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV | |
| Supported Video Formats | H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format |
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