The New iPad Review Roundup

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The New iPad Review Roundup
Friday, March 16, 2012
Posted by: Staff

We like to do a roundup of reviews for every major Apple hardware release. And this time around, it's a roundup of reviews for the third-generation iPad. We're talking about reviews from AllThingsD, The Verve, Macworld, Daring Fireball and more. And so far, they've been extremely positive. Taking note of the new iPad's Retina display, iSight camera, 4G LTE performance and battery life. So, down below you'll find excerpts and links to each review. You'll also find video reviews from Macworld and The Verge.

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http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/1801.html

[g5g5]

My buddy got one (16GB with Wi-Fi) at Walmart last night and brought it into work. That bloody screen is unreal. The camera seems to take pretty nice pictures too.
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[Dinshaw]

I walked straight into a Verizon store this morning to get mine. There wasn't even a line or anything. In fact, there were only three other people in the store. I decided to go with the 16GB model with Wifi and 4G after looking at the display models. I may have some regrets down the line for not getting the 32GB model, but it's all that I can afford at the moment. The screen is absolutely gorgeous though. It's hard even looking at my computer screen now. It's also really fast on Verizon. My home DSL line is only 3Mbps, so now that's making my computer feel dated as well. Heck, I might just stick to using my iPad for everything.

[Bandit Bill]

I sold about 400 of them this morning. The launch was tame compared to the iPad 2 launch. We are all out of stock on half the models now. The 64GB models are all gone.

I will get my 64GB 4G model tonight. I ordered it from Apple because I knew we would sell out. Customers get theirs first before staff.

I agree the screen is stunning. I look forward to the new iPad.

4G is going to be awesome as well.

[ESUNintel]

I originally said I was going to wait a little to buy one since I'm using it at work, and corporate security needs to approve the new iPad. This morning I had to pickup my car from service, and the Apple Store is in the same neighborhood, so I walked into Apple thinking I was just going to go look at the new iPad. To my surprise, there was a very talkative employee still giving out tickets; they were all out of the WiFi version, but had several AT&T and Verizon models left - so long story short, I just had to get it

I haven't opened it yet, but can't wait too - I'm still scared of breaking security rules as well.

One thing that surprised me was AppleCare - I was told I had to buy AppleCare at the time of purchase, and that it couldn't be purchased later. Is this really the case, or was the employee just looking to make his warranty sales numbers better? ...I did go ahead and purchase AppleCare, but my intention was to purchase it within the next year. If we're required to purchase AppleCare at the time of purchase, is this just for iPad, or is it a decision we need to make right away when buying a computer?

...I know, I should have asked the employee, but I wasn't sure if i should believe him or not

[g5g5]

[Glenn]

Updated our roundup with new reviews from Cult of Mac, Engadget and CNET.
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[aquaman]

The sreen on the new iPad is so crisp. I was thinking about something though. Would you be able to see a dead or stuck pixel on the screen with them being so small? It seems like they would be very hard to see.

[Bandit Bill]

[ESUNintel]

I finally opened my iPad and have not experienced the heat issue many people are talking about. I played MetalStorm yesterday, which is pretty graphic intensive, and have been using it at the gym; where I either stream Pandora or iTunes for at least 50 minutes while surfing the web or using other apps.

One issue I have experienced is with AT&T's 4G, where it doesn't seem to work unless I go into settings, power off the cellular network, and turn it on after a few seconds. It's not the service, because I've tried it at 3 different locations, and it works great after I go through my reset process. I'm starting to think it can be because I transferred service from my previous iPad or there could be something wrong with the iPad.

[Bandit Bill]

LG and Samsung are both making screens for new iPads. Likely one of the manufacturers is putting out a screen that is running hot.

I'm not too worried about it. Likely I'll exchange mine for one that doesn't run hot once it's all figured out.

I don't play games, just web surfing, reading mags and PDF files. Pretty basic stuff, not enough to make it run hot.

[WheelSpinners]

Mine gets really hot on the left side. Especially down towards the bottom left corner. I just might bring it back to the Apple Store this week and see what they have to say. It's gotta be from the battery and GPU though. It doesn't seem like something that could be fixed with a software update. Am I wrong?

[Dinshaw]

I noticed it being a little warmer than my original iPad at first, but I don't feel it being as warm now after going through two charge cycles. I never thought it was a deal breaker or something to worry about. It's a payoff for the extra performance.

[g5g5]