Analyst believes third-generation iPad will get 2,048×1,536 display

23rd February, 2011 by adina
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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from Concord Securities believes that the iPad 3 will be the first to get the 2,048×1,536 display. Kuo, having the reputation of a historically accurate researcher, has concluded that the fringed-field switching display with its doubled resolution was too expensive and also not yielding enough to equip the current model of iPad. He told AppleInsider that he believed Apple would intend to use a thinner display at the current resolution but having a less reflective surface which makes it better for outdoor reading.

The conclusion may come from technological developments. Dual-core processors and corresponding graphics are able to support 1,080-pixel video (1,920×1,080) smoothly, but greater-than-HD resolutions have not been shown in mobile so far. Kal-El from NVIDIA is one of the first examples of combination between a mobile processor and graphics able to handle more. It combines a quad-core main chip with twelve-core video. There are also other companies expected to use quad-core graphics at least. Apple, for example, could make such a jump in order to have a larger display.

Kuo also believes that claims of an eventual mid-size iOS device have a real base. He cannot confirm it as being a six-inch device, but has information about a possible launch of such a device in the second half of this year. The analyst is not certain whether the device would be a miniature iPad or a larger iPod touch. Speculations are that Apple could make it as a larger iPod and avoid self-contradiction after having incriminated seven-inch tablets.

Even if real, the still unconfirmed devices might not be necessarily as described or might not exist at all. Apple is very well known to develop hardware only for pure experimentation or, in other cases, to cancel devices fully intended for production when they are no longer believed to be competitive and this happened even a few weeks before an announced launch. The company is under pressure and has to keep up with competitors and even shut them out, as they are making plans for tablets as well as new, crossover media players such as the Galaxy Wi-Fi 5.0.


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