Apple announces new iPad, Infinity Blade Dungeons

Apple announced the new iPad today, featuring increased horsepower, Retina Display, and a quad-core processor. To show off the device's power, Epic president Mike Capps debuted Infinity Blade Dungeons.

Steve Watts

March 7, 2012 11:45 AM

Apple announced a new iPad at a press event today in San Francisco. The successor to the iPad 2 will use the Retina Display for a striking 2048x1536 resolution. It will be hitting stores on March 16 at various price points.

Gizmodo reports that the device carries an A5X quad-core processor, 4G capabilities, and 10 hours of battery life (reduced to 9 hours with 4G). It's said to be four times as powerful as the previous iPad. The 16 GB model will start at $499, with the 32 GB at $599 64 GB at $699. The 4G connected models increase to $629, $729, and $829, respectively. It weighs in at 1.5 pounds and .37 inches thick.

The Verge reports that to show off the capabilities of the device, Apple brought out Epic president Mike Capps. He debuted a new game titled Infinity Blade Dungeons, a follow-up to the popular Infinity Blade franchise made to take advantage of the increased hardware power. While Apple was cagey on specs, Capps mentioned that the device has more memory than the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

Other (non-gaming) features of the new iPad include a camera, social sharing functions for photos, and 1080p video recording.

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Apple announced the new iPad today, featuring increased horsepower, Retina Display, and a quad-core processor. To show off the device's power, Epic president Mike Capps debuted Infinity Blade Dungeons.
- daggot
  
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  March 7, 2012 1:25 PM
  
  "The new iPad". How much do you think marketing got paid to come up with that product name? Some how you just know that name is meant to be involved with some kind of law, maybe copyright infringement, suite with Samsung.
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    March 7, 2012 3:10 PM
    
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    - daggot
      
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      March 7, 2012 3:20 PM
      
      You may be right. The apple store says just "iPad". I'd be minimally surprised if there aren't cries about customer confusion.
      - daggot
        
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        March 7, 2012 3:22 PM
        
        So, that's an interesting point. Apple can call the new iPad, "iPad" and not cause customer confusion, BUT a game called "Scrolls" will cause customer confusion on the order of magnitude that will require millions of dollars of damages to be recouped by a law suit???
        
        rick
        
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        March 7, 2012 3:37 PM
        
        Well, are those scrolls elder or not? Whose scrolls are they???
      - squigiliwams
        
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        March 7, 2012 3:28 PM
        
        They don't call it 'macbook pro 8'. Eventually people will just associate it to a year and spec like they do with computers.
    - walker270
      
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      March 7, 2012 3:40 PM
      
      Yeah -- when you order it, you order the iPad (3rd generation).
      
      It's just iPad. Nothing more.
  - sebconn
    
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    March 7, 2012 3:10 PM
    
    People will still instinctively call it the iPad 3. I'd say they've gone this route so that there's not this mixture of iPad 3 with 4G LTE, too many numbers.
- Saleck
  
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  March 7, 2012 3:07 PM
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHusKDYgP0
- sebconn
  
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  March 7, 2012 3:14 PM
  
  Apple fan or not, that res is pretty damn awesome. You have to spend upwards of $500 to get that kind of res on a 24/27" screen. I wanna look at one, but won't buy one, fail to see any practical use for it other than something to use while on the can.
  - rick
    
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    March 7, 2012 3:37 PM
    
    Is that not practical?
  - gokart.
    
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    March 7, 2012 4:09 PM
    
    that's how ive felt about every ipad, until this one. now i'm thinking this can be used for light work on the couch, RDP at that rez will be fucking badassery, even when limited by the touch only interface.
    - sebconn
      
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      March 7, 2012 8:02 PM
      
      Whoa... wait yeah... You could actually RDP to a 1080p res machine and you'd have room to spare.
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  March 7, 2012 3:22 PM
  
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- kodt
  
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  March 7, 2012 4:07 PM
  
  Technically it has a dual core processor and a quad core GPU.
  
  It has the same GPU as the Vita essentially. And pretty much the same dual core processor as the iPad 2.
  - capt tripps
    
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    March 7, 2012 5:17 PM
    
    So, it's a Vita that costs $500 - $800 with a nicer screen?
    - pullmyfinger
      
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      March 7, 2012 5:41 PM
      
      The screen is probably costs counts for the majority of the cost
    - kodt
      
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      March 7, 2012 8:01 PM
      
      Actually the Vita has a quad core Cortex A9 so the processor is faster than the new iPad with the same GPU.
      
      The screen on the new iPad is definitely much better though. The Vita does have an OLED screen but this iPad screen has a much higher resolution and great pixel density.
      
      I think the Vita is a better gaming device though.
      - fw_rams
        
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        March 8, 2012 2:05 PM
        
        on the other hand games for vita are more expensive i think (not verified, just saying in memory of psp game prices)