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The Retina Display on Apple's iPhone 4.(Credit:Apple)
CouldApple's iPad 2 soon be getting a better looking sibling instead of a replacement? That's the new rumor.
Citing multiple, anonymous sources, Joshua Topolsky over at Thisismynext says that Apple's cooking up "a new entry into the iPad family" that will sport a 2048 x 1536 resolution screen and be called the "iPad HD." Topolsky says that this device will sit alongside the existing iPad 2 model, which presumably will continue to be sold by Apple, with the HD model being akin to the high end of Apple's MacBook notebooks.
"The idea behind the product is apparently that it will be a 'pro' device aimed at a higher end market -- folks who work in video and photo production possibly -- and will be introduced alongside something like an iPad version of Final Cut or Aperture," Topolsky suggests.
That Apple would break out multiple tiers to a product category does not seem like much of a stretch. But if the crowning new feature of this device is just a better screen, that could be a hard sell to existing iPad 2 buyers, as well as setting up a strong potential to cannibalize sales of that device. Apple already has 18 different variations of the iPad 2 accounting for color, capacity and 3G wireless networking options. Assuming that same configuration was placed on an "HD" line, that could very quickly confuse the situation even more.
This is not the first such report of there being an iPad with an higher quality display in the works. Word of there being a new iPad being delivered this year cropped up late last week. A report in Digitimes noted that Apple was pulling together components for both a next generationiPhone, and an iPad sporting a so-called "Retina Display" with noticeably higher pixel density, though lower than what can be found on the iPhone 4 and latest-generationiPod touch.
Alongside the iPad HD rumor, Topolsky weighs in on the Wall Street Journal's report from yesterday about the next iPhone, noting that the same sources on the iPad HD say there will indeed be a new iPhone design delivered "in the fall." The site also reiterates previously laid claims about Apple's "iPhone 4S" sporting iPhone 5 components, something Apple was said to be testing out with select game developers back in April.
The wait for a new iPhone continues. Apple released the its most recent version, the iPhone 4 more than a year ago. You can keep track of some of the biggest rumors about what Apple's been rumored to be working on next, over at CNET's iPhone 5 rumor roundup, which we've been updating on a regular basis.
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