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Apple to Launch High-Rez iPad 3 Early Next Year

Next installment expected to have twice the resolution

By Tim Karan, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2011 3:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Still saving up for that iPad 2? You might wanna hold off a couple more months. Apple is already in development of the iPad 3 and hopes to release it early next year, reports the Wall Street Journal. The device is expected to have twice the resolution for its 9.7-inch screen as Apple looks to stay ahead of competitors' tablets. One unnamed source says Apple has ordered parts to build 1.5 million of the devices.

Apple is reportedly already at work on its next version of the iPad. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth, File)

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