Apple to start iPad 3 mass production in February, iPad 2 will take a hit in sales – Part 2

Furthermore, Apple is expected to launch the new tablet with A6 chip that is likely to be quad-core. The faster chip is direly expected by gaming enthusiasts, who are eyeing even more graphic-intensive games this year.

Moreover, iPhone 5 might also take the 4G network into the fold as the sales of 4 and 4S are taking blows from its competitors on the web front because of the limited bandwidth. The LTE 4G network can offer up to 100 Mbps in downloads and up to 50 Mbps in uploads.

The release of iPad 3 will certainly take the sale of the iPad 2 down some notches, which is already getting blows from Amazon’s Kindle Fire on the price front. Even the news of iPad 3 mass production will get the iPad 2 down on the table. However, Apple is expected to the take iPad 2 into the equation in a different capacity.

Due to the advent of extremely low-priced tablets like the Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble’s Nook Color, the iPad 2 is seeing low sales of late. However, the company’s plan with the release of iPad 3 will most certainly be to target both top-end pricy segment and low-end inexpensive market. The new edition will cater to the high-price, high-tech tablets market whereas the 2011 model is likely to take the $200 market segment into its stride.

A 10-inch slate with the budget of $200 to $250 is undoubtedly going to gouge back the market share snatched by Kindle Fire and Nook Color. Apple recently put this theory into action in the iPhone category. The iPhone 4S is on sales at $399 and $299, whereas the iPhone 4 is available at $99 and is making huge sales.

Moreover, the new tablet is also expected to incorporate the Retina Display as the tablets are the only category in Apple’s mobile computing devices that does not have the crisp and sharp screen display.

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