The third generation iPad, or ‘New iPad’ as it was called when it was released in February 2012 was the first ipad to utilize a retina display.
| Release Date | Feb 9, 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 | Apple A5X | |
| RAM | 1GB | |
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| External Storage | No | |
| Main Camera (Back) | 5MP iSight Camera | |
| Secondary Camera (Front) | 0.3 megapixels VGA | |
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| Wi-Fi | 802.11 a, b, g, n, n 5GHz | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 | |
| Battery | 11560 mAh | |
| NFC | No | |
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| Height | 9.5 inches (24.13 cm) | |
| Width | 2.31 inches (58.7 mm) | |
| Depth | 0.37 inches (9.4 mm) | |
| Weight | 23 oz (652 g) | |
| Colors | White, Black | |
| 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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