Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Apple is to launch an iPad mini with Retina display and a thinner iPad by the
end of the year, according to reports.
It is not yet clear whether the redesigned 9.7-inch iPad and Retina display iPad mini will launch simultaneously, Bloomberg said.
The next version of the iPad will be adapted to look more like the current
iPad Mini, with rounded corners and thinner sides, one source told the news
organisation.
Details on the new iPad mini were sparse apart from the addition of a Retina
display, as featured in the current iPad.
A Retina display would also bring the new iPad Mini in line with other Apple
devices, including the iPhone, iPod Touch and MacBook Pro. The current iPad
Mini comes with a lower-resolution 132ppi screen from LG and Taiwan's AU
Optronics.
Retina display is a brand name used by Apple
for their liquid crystal displays, in which pixelation is imperceptible
to the human eye. Other brands also offer higher resolution screens,
marketed simply as high definition.
