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Re:iPad mini by krrrh on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @05:56PM (#4690556)
Yes. The iPad 3 was significantly thicker and heavier than the iPad 2. It takes a larger battery to drive 4 times the pixels and maintain a 10 hour battery life.
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Re:iPad mini by Xion on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @07:57AM (#4692507)
It is 0.6mm thicker and 50g heavier. That's a 6% and 7% increase, respectively. I wouldn't really call it 'significant'.
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