Tablet computers upper price range will feel the negative impact of the release iPad 5 and iPad mini second generation, according to DigiTimes referring to representatives of the supply chain. The fact is that the release of the new Apple tablet will be accompanied by a decrease in the price of the current unit of the company.

Now iPad mini costs $ 329, and an iPad 4 with the display Retina – from $ 499. It is assumed that the new gadgets will cost the same as currently produced models will drop. If this hypothesis is confirmed, analysts argue, they undermine the sale of 10-inch tablets from other manufacturers which cost between $ 399 and 7-inch, which cost from $ 299.

Hardest out 5 iPad 2 and iPad mini will hit families Microsoft Surface tablets 2 because the model Surface Pro 2 costs $ 899, and the Surface 2 – from $ 449, analysts say. Although Redmond claim that satisfied the pre-orders for Surface 2, the demand for them can not be considered strong. 

Sources say that the 10-inch tablet Nokia , announcement is expected in a day with the new iPad – October 22 – will cost about $ 499.

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iPad 5 will receive a fingerprint scanner, which made its debut in the smartphone iPhone 5s. The proof of this fact gave journalists a resource C Technology. Previously it was thought that the biometric sensor is only the second generation of iPad mini.

On the new “spy” photos shows the connection cable for the Apple tablet fifth button Home, which is different from that of the cable into the iPad 4 and is very similar to the plume within the smartphone iPhone 5s, having a built-in fingerprint scanner. This directly indicates that the new iPad will have a full-size sensor Touch ID, integrated into the button Home. There is nothing illogical, because the Cupertino often includes important components in all their line of products.

Design iPad 5 corresponds to the style of the iPad mini, say in C Technology, which, however, has long been known. Due to different display technology, a 9.7-inch Retina-screen tablet will be thinner, and the use of only a single LED backlight will reduce the thickness of the device and reduce the load on the battery.

According to some reports, the thickness of iPad 5 is only 7.5 mm, that is 2 mm thinner than iPad 4 and only 0.3 mm thick iPad mini. Length of new items will lose only 1 mm, but the width – an impressive 1.5 cm Product weight does not exceed 500 g.

The main camera iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 will be equipped with 8-megapixel capable of producing higher-quality images. The device will run on a powerful processor A7X – refinement of the crystal A7 for iPhone 5s: major improvements are made on the part of computing and graphics performance.

IPad 5 is expected to debut along with the iPad mini 2 in mid-October.

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We have heard many times that the iPad 5 will be thinner and lighter than its predecessor, and only the intended device body we’ve seen on the “spy” pictures countless times. Appeared on the Web and the allegation that the new tablet will be narrower and shorter than its predecessor, and the width of the frame around the screen is also reduced, making it more like the iPad mini.

Western journalists from iCrackUriDevice managed to get out of China cover the next generation of Apple tablet in color Space Gray, which once again proves the validity of the assumptions made previously about the direction of the evolution of the 9.7-inch version of the iPad in terms of dimensions. The new tablet is reduced in width from 169.48 to 185.8 mm in length with a 241.3 to 240 mm, and a thickness of 9.55 to 7.5 mm. Of course, weight is also reduced, but this option is not specified.

In the hands of reviewers came and covers Smart Cover for iPad fifth generation , which in size correspond exactly to the existing body, presumably belonging to iPad 5. The authors note the video that covers gray became darker to better match the color of the tablet version of Space Gray. Studied the cover is commercially available in a reference to the proximity of the announcement and the gadget.

It is likely that the iPad 5 processor equipped with A7X and a fingerprint scanner, the Cupertino-based company will present before the end of October. Will the same time announced the iPad mini 2, no one is safe until can not say, but the exterior device and some of its characteristics are also being actively discussed.

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Blogger Sonny Dickson, famous for the publication of reliable insider from Cupertino , this time was able to take hold of the front and rear of the next-generation iPad and shared with us the photographs collected tablet shell. Nothing new in these photos we have not seen, but received another confirmation of rumors emerged earlier.

Roughly speaking, we have bigger version of iPad mini with a slim bezel, which allowed to reduce the body while preserving the familiar diagonal of 9.7 inches. It is also expected that the sensor glass plate was thinner, which will allow Apple to make the new product a thin and light.

Now it remains only to take over Sonny display, battery, and a few buttons and chips. We hope that soon he will be back with a more detailed picture story about the internals iPad 5 . Although we have not really disappoint, if this does not happen: after all, would like to see at least some intrigue to the release has been saved.

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Edition Wall Street Journal claims that the new iPad tablet model thin-film technology will be implemented sensor module GF2, as in the iPad mini.

What most people call screen consists of several components, one of which is the touchpad, which is located between the LCD display and protects the glass.

According to research firm IHS iSuppli , the tablet iPad mini uses a more subtle touch panel on the base film than analog-based glass in the older model iPad 4. Currently, Asian sources citing “people familiar with the situation,” reported that Apple plans to use the same technology in the new full-size model of the tablet iPad.

For the first-tier manufacturers the ability to use touch panels on the base film will make the plates thinner and lighter. Since Apple is the largest supplier of tablets in the world, it can have a significant impact on suppliers of components. Increased demand for touch panels on the base film may play into the hands of producers of films based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

It is worth noting that in the second quarter of 2013 the share of iPad tablet for the first time was less than half of all deliveries.

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This morning, the Japanese portal MacOtakara labored insider walls of Cupertino. Laid out on the Web video were shown housing and front panel has not yet announced a smartphone iPhone 5C. A few hours later, journalists have extended another video, which already included a fifth-generation iPad. The video also demonstrated the rear panel and front frame of the future devices.

From what is known at the moment about the fifth generation of tablets Apple – the company managed to reduce the size of the model. If the width of the iPad 4 is 185.7 mm, then a new gadget, it will be at 168 mm. The height is also reduced slightly – from 241.2 mm to 240 mm.

iPad 5 appearance will resemble “Minikit” that is, the display frame on the right and the left will be narrower than the top and bottom. The thickness of the new items will be on the sides of 3 mm. Also, the 10-inch iPad will no longer be the volume rocker. Instead – two separate buttons for volume up and down. Tablet receive two separate stereo device at the lower edge on both sides of the port Lightning.

Another feature of the iPad 5 – a new way of making the logo Apple. If earlier the company “Apple” was applied directly to the aluminum surface of the cover, but now it is embedded into the surface is a plastic cover. In the present model it is transparent. Previously, experts have found the same feature in the second generation of iPad mini. It is assumed that this is done in order to improve the signal reception wireless interface device.

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Feature technology GF2 («glass film”) which is currently being applied in iPad mini, is that the display is composed of two layers – the glass and the sensor film with the electrodes above and below, whereas whole structure GG («glass-glass” ) includes two layers of glass. The use of technology GF2 (DITO) will not only reduce the thickness of the display Apple iPad 5, but will make a cheaper analog screen, which will affect the cost of “apple” tablet. In addition, the rejection of the scheme GG simplify the delivery of products.

It was reported earlier that the components for the iPad 5 will be supplied by Nitto Denko, Japan Display and TPK. Monthly shipments of 9.7-inch screens made by technology GF2, the estimated source, amount to 4-5 million units.

As for the new iPad mini, here it is a choice between the two display technologies – TFT and LTPS.

“Currently, Apple selects a display technology for the next iPad mini – TFT or LTPS. Sources say that Sharp will provide the necessary volume for Apple panels Oxide TFT, and LG and Samsung are ready to supply LTPS-components as well as Korean manufacturers do not consider competing technology is quite promising, “- says DigiTimes.

According to rumors, Apple may delay the launch of iPad mini with Retina display up to 2014, but the fifth-generation iPad will be released as planned in the autumn of this year.

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