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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by glhaynes on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:51PM (#8460324)
4th gen was iPad with Retina Display.

Edit: to everybody responding that the 3rd gen ("The new iPad") had a retina display, I was pointing out the marketing name for the 4th gen.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by bill_barnes on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:57PM (#8460389)
3rd gen was the first Retina iPad
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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by joahg on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:08PM (#8460497)
the 3rd gen got Retina. the 4th gen was only to include the lightening connector.
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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by drbacon on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:24PM (#8460626)
I know and it's silly. The 3rd generation was marketed as "The new iPad", and got the retina screen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(3rd_generation)

The 4th generation is marked as "iPad with Retina display" even though it was not the first with the retina display.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(4th_generation)

I suppose the original comment was about the crazy marketing, not the features.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by kylec on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:17PM (#8460562)
The 3rd-gen iPad had a retina display, but the marketing name for the 4th-gen iPad is "iPad with Retina Display". Yes, when the 4th-gen iPad was released, "The new iPad" (the 3rd-gen iPad) was no longer the new iPad, and "iPad with Retina Display" wasn't the first iPad with a retina display.
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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by baddox on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:17PM (#8460567)
It was also a significant SoC upgrade, from A5X to A6X. The iPad 4th gen could handle the Retina display much more smoothly.
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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by kkarakk on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @03:19PM (#8461052)
The fact that I need to remember that and tell my friends to watch out for that pitfall when they order their "new" iPad is just frustrating.
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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by baddox on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @03:47PM (#8461235)
What do you mean? There are no pitfalls when buying a new iPad.
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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by emjaygee on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:00PM (#8460424)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad

Retina came in the 3rd generation.

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