With Christmas today comes the
gift of another iPad 3 rumor, this
one relating to the unannounced
tablet’s release date. It’s
February 24, the same day as
Steve Jobs‘ birthday. At least
according to unnamed sources
“close to Taiwanese makers in
the iPad 3 supply chain”
speaking to Chinese-language
newspaper Economic Daily News
(via Focus Taiwan ). It’s not clear
if the date refers to a product
launch or an announcement,
though 9to5mac notes that
Apple traditionally launches new
products on Fridays, as February
24 is.
The sources say that employees
at a number of companies
known or believed to be working
on the iPad 3 have been told to
expect a heavy workload around
the Lunar New Year. Apple
manufacturer Foxconn
reportedly isn’t allowing
employees to take any more
than five days off during the
holiday. The word is that the
iPad 3′s initial shipment “could
exceed 4 million units.”
Remember that this is all rumor
for now, and will likely stay that
way until early next year. Even if
there weren’t hard evidence to
support it, there would be little
doubt that a third iPad is coming
soon. Apple is a company that
likes sticking to a script, and the
script clearly pegs another tablet
announcement/launch for the
start of the year. Yes, the iPhone
4S launch was shuffled just this
year from the usual summer
release to the fall. My money’s
still on early ’12 for the next iPad
though.
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