The new iPad went on sale in 23 countries

Apple begins the sale of a new iPad tablet computer in more than two dozen countries. Among the countries of the “second wave” were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Finland, the Czech Republic and others, RIA Novosti reports.

The start date of the official sales of the new iPad in Russia is still unknown, but the device can be easily bought on unofficial channels, the agency notes. So, according to the Yandex.Market service, Moscow online stores offer a tablet at a price of 26.8 thousand rubles. On March 17, immediately after the emergence of the novelty in the USA and several other countries, the Grand Dressers in Moscow asked for 80 thousand rubles for it.

Contrary to expectations, the device did not receive any index or other additional designation: in all advertising materials, the tablet appears under the uncomplicated name "New iPad".

During the week of sales in the first ten countries, the American company managed to sell more than 3 million of these devices. This is a record for Apple, because, for example, to sell 3 million the first iPad, it took it about 80 days.

However, immediately after the appearance of the tablet on the market on the Internet, reports of various problems inherent in it began to appear.

One of the claims is related to the fact that when the resource -intensive applications are launched or games, the device heats up several degrees stronger than its predecessor. This fact has already been confirmed by independent tests, including organized by an authoritative American magazine for consumers Consumer Reports.

An elevated temperature is not the only drawback of the third generation of the tablet from Apple. Some owners of the new iPad model note that the sensitivity of the Wi-Fi Module has decreased compared to previous versions of the device. In all likelihood, the problem is related to software and can be corrected by the release of a new firmware.

The main feature of the new tablet from Apple was the display, capable of displaying a record 2048 for 1536 points - four times more than the first two generations of the iPad.
By the density of pixel placement, the novelty somewhat loses to modern iPhone models - 264 versus 326 points per inch - however, significantly exceeds the tablets of competitors of a similar form factor.

In addition, the company declares an increased color saturation compared to the iPad 2 display.

To ensure a quick drawing of images, the A5X processor is installed in the tablet, which became the upgraded version of the A5 dual -core chip used in the iPad 2, but with a more powerful graphic subsystem.
Third -generation IPAD RAM is 1 GB, which is twice as much as in the previous model.

The camera module in the novelty is replaced by a better, with a resolution of five megapixels, suitable for shooting photos of acceptable quality.
Another innovation of the iPad - an optional module for working in LTE cellular networks - can only be used by residents of the USA and Canada. Nevertheless, the versions of the tablet with a cell module retain compatibility with 3G networks.

The price of the device in the United States remains at the same level as its predecessors at the beginning of sales - from 499 to $ 829, depending on the amount of memory for storing data and the presence of a cell module.