iPad Mini unveil Oct 23rd? UPDATE - its official

[smbu2000]

famousringo said:

smbu2000 said:

ipad 4th generation:

A6X chip!

2X cpu performance vs. A5X (in ipad 3)

2x gpu performance vs. A5X

lightning connector (of course)

same price as previous ipad.

I'm actually a little disappointed. I wanted an iPad update in March with a slimmer, lighter design, and now I have to wonder if that will happen, or if fall is the new refresh cycle for iPad.

Is Apple now refreshing all their key products in the same quarter, or are they switching to a frenetic 6 month product cycle?

Well they had to increase the size to accommodate the larger battery required for the retina display. I imagine it's still the same problem until they can get some else like IGZO technology for the screen.

This seems like just a minor refresh to the standard ipad. The A6X as well as an HD facetime camera and of course getting all of their latest products fitted with the new Lightning Connector.

It was strange having their top of the line iphone with a better cpu than the top of the line ipad. Until now it was the other way around. ipad 1 (A4) later iphone 4 (a4), ipad 2 (a5) later iphone 4s (a5), ipad 3 (a5x, with pretty much the same cpu with quad core gpu) and then the iphone 5 (with the faster A6). The A6X makes sense for the ipad to be the most powerful. (as well as making it "newer" for the holiday shopping season)

They probably will try and make it thinner in the next iteration.