QOTW: How can Apple improve the iPad 3?

by Parm Mann on 10 February 2012, 18:09

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The Apple iPad. A 9.7in device that has gone from widespread ridicule to global success.

Announced in April 2010 against a backdrop of Tampax jokes and shouts of oversized iPhone, Apple's first tablet device has since taken giant strides to live up to its 'magical' billing. The figures don't lie; just 20 months after launch, over 50 million iPads have been sold around the world, and the tablet's momentum is showing no signs of letting up.

According to the grapevine, the third-generation device - certain to be dubbed either iPad 3 or iPad 2S - is now just around the corner, with all signs pointing toward an early-March unveiling.

You know it's coming and you've seen the various rumours, but what do you think needs to be done to fundamentally improve the iPad as a consumer device? Is a high-resolution retina display a must, or is greater battery life of more concern? And, if you haven't bought in to the tablet craze, what would it take to convince you to purchase an iPad 3?

It's an open discussion in the comments below, so whether you love or loathe the product, share your ideas on how can Apple improve the iPad 3.

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Posted by crossy - Fri 10 Feb 2012 18:18
You know it's coming and you've seen the various rumours, but what do you think needs to be done to fundamentally improve the iPad as a consumer device? Is a high-resolution retina display a must, or is greater battery life of more concern? And, if you haven't bought in to the tablet craze, what would it take to convince you to purchase an iPad 3?
To sell more to consumers they need to drop the price - £500 isn't an impulse buy for anyone but a banker spending his/her bonus!

To sell one to me, they'd need to drop the price a little, but also dramatically increase the expansion and connectivity options. For example, I want to be able to use uSD expansion and to be able to connect the 'pad to a PC as a big flash drive - i.e. if it needs iTunes then I'm not interested.

Everything else - display, battery life, size, etc seem pretty acceptable to me. That said, if you offered me a free iPad3 or a free Asus Transformer Prime, then I'll take the Prime everytime. ;) In the meantime I'm pretty happy with my old Transformer - plays a mean game of Osmos HD…
Posted by [GSV]Trig - Fri 10 Feb 2012 18:46
They couldnt sell one to me as I dont like the OS or the “Apple way” of doing things, my next tablet will be WOA as I cant see myself wanting anything more than my Xoom with ICS does other than having windows..
Posted by Hicks12 - Fri 10 Feb 2012 19:00
They couldnt sell me one, they could only give me one!.

Dislike the OS, the whole Apple ecosystem is horrid (in my opinion!). If they were going to make a device for me then it would have to be like this:

1. Get rid of forced ecosystem, let other OS be installed… Windows 8 please or android atleast.
2. Add expansion slot(s), allow usb host
3. High resolution display
4. Ability to have a keyboard (like asus!)
5. Cost a suitable amount, £500+ for some crap isnt interesting… id rather buy an i7 laptop! (theres an asus for £449 at the minute with an i7 4 physical cores and hyperthreading!) Id spend £300 tops for any tablet, none interest me yet!

think that sums it up for me. After my contract i would have spent £168 for my Optimus2x (in june!) and i cant see myself spending more on a glorified phone, i can understand phones being expensive as they're smaller devices and that always adds a premium but when tablets are the same spec (sometimes worse…) it baffles me why they can be in laptop territory!.
Posted by ionicle - Fri 10 Feb 2012 21:18
i think the ipad series has been brilliant so far…i can see a few upgrades apple needs to make

1. Retina Display …yes yes yes.
2. Faster processor/better graphics
3. Camera with the ability to take 1080p video's, as i dont see it as a camera, i see it more as a video camera
4. entry level to be 32gb, not 16, and the price not to increase because of this.
5. more accessories, like the ability to plug into the apple dock connector with a usb interface to allow a usb stick to plug into it, or a SD card reader and so on, so images can be imported/exported

and to the user above, via bluetooth, apple's wireless keyboard is compatable with the ipad currently :)
Posted by tecnospy - Fri 10 Feb 2012 22:03
ionicle
interface to allow a usb stick to plug into it, or a SD card reader and so on, so images can be imported/exported

There is already an SD adapter for the iPAD, which is actually useful ( I just hope it's still compatible with the next version)

I like the idea of a higher resolution screen, would love to play proper HD resolution even if its on a small screen, oh and it has to be anti-glare!

As for the closed ecosystem, it has often been said that it's a flaw, however no one forces anyone to buy one and you know what the deal is before getting it - most normal, non IT people don't care about open source or open platform, they just want a product that is simple and works.

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