Display Suppliers' Production Numbers Support Upcoming Boost in iPad 2 Shipments

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What was that about a Retina iPad 3 in September?

Edit: Clearly needed a tag

Just more proof that there evidently won't be an iPad 3 this year :)

There is absolutely not a single piece of "proof" that an iPad3 was ever coming in 2011. Only rumors from "sources"

Why anyone would actually think that Apple would push out an iPad 3 when the iPad 2 is murdering everyone else INCLUDING the recently pushed-out tablets....is mind-boggling to me.

iPad 2 demand is so strong that they still require 'weeks' to get one online...well ok, 1-2 now.

Yeah, I already explained why posting that picture proves nothing. iPad 3 could come out in September and there would still have been more iPad 2s sold in 2011 than any other model. 2011 will be the year of iPad 2 regardless of when iPad 3 is released, even if it's in September.

Posting that picture is a waste of time.

Obviously. The demand for this thing is insane.

Look for reduced notebook sales from the competition over the next 6-12 months.

There's a very good reason for Apple to release an iPad 3 as fast as they can manage: It keeps them so far ahead of the competition that they will own 2012 as much as they owned 2011. Android tablets will not stop trying to find a model that works well enough to make inroads in the tablet market. Apple can shock the market by breaking their one-update-per-year cycle that competitors are counting on. If Apple could offer a greatly increased resolution in the process, it would dishearten the competition.

This is the start of the Post-PC era. There's a massive land grab going on right now that will extend for years. The company or companies that grab huge market share in 2011 and 2012 can keep that share for the next decade. Apple's time is now if they keep the pedal to the metal.

The question has to be why would Apple release an iPad 3 so soon? Why would a company who has only just released a sizeable update to a product (anyone who claims it's a minor update is ignoring the facts - much better processor, massively improved graphics performance, cameras, gyroscope and a third thinner!) and can't even yet keep up with demand for that product spend a huge amount of money in order to make that product obsolete? I would understand this if the iPad 2 was selling poorly but it isn't.

There is no argument for this idea that makes any sense. Could it happen? It's not beyond the realms of the possible. But is there any reason to expect it? No. No reason at all.

I dont think it will happen. But I do think there are good reasons for it too happen.

Keeps Apple in the news, keeps them remaining on top and shocks competition with a new product that they are desperately trying to keep up with.

Although I dont think much could change other than the screen for the moment.. or the size. If they released a 7" that to me would be cool for a small ebook reader (wouldnt buy one though as I own the original ipad) doubt they would release a smaller size, doesnt seem to be a demand for it and jobs doesnt like them either.

So possibly either the screen resolution being better with some better graphics I suppose maybe processor bump (small) its quite hard to think what could be a significant change in order to sell a 3rd gen so quick.

Size seems to be the only drastic change that could be made at the moment.

But the costs are massive in developing a new product. This plan would cut off the iPad 2 in its prime and, well, they're already beating the competition handily right now. The gains are tiny but the costs are huge.

Although I don't quite agree with the possibility of an iPad 3 release this year, you do make a compelling point here. Maybe a Christmas release?

other than video games who releases anything before christmas?

most of the parts in the ipad 2 come out early in the year for testing and engineering so the product can ship early the next year. not like apple makes or designs most of the internal parts

Just more proof that there evidently won't be an iPad 3 this year :)