debate<\/a> raging over Apple opting for a faster dual-core (A5X) processor or a quad-core (A6) processor in the final product.<\/p>\nCould the best kept secret turn out to be pricing? A Chinese micro-blogging site, Sina Weibo, posted a claimed price list, depicting the correct U.S. prices for current iPad 2 models with $70 to $80 price hikes for their corresponding cellular-enabled and WiFi-only iPad 3 counterparts. However, this contradicts many recent rumors of an expected iPad 2 price drop when the new version is released. In fact, Best Buy and Micro Center retailers currently sell the iPad 2 at a $50 discount. Perhaps the iPad 2 is soon to become a discontinued item, explaining its price reductions, while the iPad 3 will launch with the higher initial pricing? Such a plan could pose problems for Apple’s adoption of their new iBooks initiative, as many schools express concerns about the high initial cost of iPads for every student offsetting the savings of electronic textbooks.<\/p>\n
I’m personally techcited about the new iPad, as I just sold my original iPad 64GB 3G model I purchased on launch day. I didn’t feel like the iPad 2 offered enough to justify upgrading, but the combination of iOS5 and new, more powerful apps proved to overwhelm the processor in my original tablet, leading to random crashes and occasionally sluggish performance. I just hope I don’t have to wait in a huge line to get this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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