After living a long lull in rumors about the iPad 5, during the last week we have had quite a lot of news of the next generation of the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. Today we get the latest from Paul Smenza, a well-known analyst who has reported improvements to the LED backlighting that would allow the team to shed some of the thickness and weight. We give you all the information that has just appeared.
We already gave some of the attributes of the iPad 5 almost certainly, including his similar design to iPad mini, that the latest photographs of its front panel leaked throughout this week have seemed to confirm. We had, however, more doubts regarding its release date. This oscillated in the wide range that goes from the month of May to October, with summer being one of the possible options. It appears, however, that production is lagging behind and that we will have to wait until autumn.
Today we have known a new feature of the team. Although it is likely that Sharp has not been able to mount the necessary infrastructure to assortment of screens IGZO a Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in your next generation of the iPad, the apple company would achieve a similar effect by optimizing the device's LED backlight. In this way, the iPad 5 It would be thinner and, in addition, it would improve in a key aspect such as energy consumption, an area in which the apple tablet already stood out over its competitors Android.
The point is that the panels Retina required double LED lighting, which had led to the iPad third and fourth generation will take a step back in thickness from the second generation. Also, and how does he iPad mini, the fifth generation will have a touch film 'DITO' that has contributed to forging a design below the 7,2 mm thick, and so it will also be in the iPad 5.
We remind you that, in addition to the front panel, a few weeks ago there were also photos of its back cover, so there is little doubt about the similarities that the iPad 5 will show with respect to mini.
Source: CNET.