According to the news report of the Malay Mail, iPhone 5, iPad Mini & iPad 4 are very likely to be released in Malaysia after 2nd January 2013 due to 3 main reasons:
- Apple is focusing to fulfill orders for Christmas sales in its key markets.
- Apple may be facing constraints in the supply of its retina display touchscreens.
- Foxconn, the manufacturer for Apple's products, is having difficulty to keep up with the demand.
If you are interested in Apple smartphone or tablet, should you just go ahead and purchase the current models this year or wait for the new models next year? Let's look at the performance benchmark of Apple iOS products done by Geekbench.
Based on the graph above, it's definitely worth to wait for the new models to arrive as both iPhone 5 and iPad 4 are more than 2 times more powerful than their predecessors. While for iPad Mini, its performance is slower than iPad 2.
A6 chip designed by Apple is a great success until there are rumours spreading around that Apple is looking to implement similar chips for its Mac and MacBook products to replace Intel chips.
Like Intel Processors, there are i3,i5 and i7. Basically, i3 is enough for normal use.
ReplyDeleteSo, does A6 is the main concern issue in buying iPad? Please advice.
Let's see the price and performance, iPad 2 is RM 1199 and performance score 781, iPad 3 is RM 1379 and performance score 790, iPad 4 would be RM 1499 and performance score 1755. For normal use, I would recommend iPad 2, not iPad 3 because price differs by RM 180 but performance difference is little. If you want retina display, better wait for iPad 4.
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