「iPadThe series is Apple’s most popular product following the iPhone.
This time, the overseas YouTube channel “Flatlife” explains how the iPad has evolved.
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What is the beginning of the history of iPad?
It’s been over 10 years since Apple launched the first iPad. Before its launch, cheap netbooks to replace laptops were all the rage, but with the advent of the iPad, it overwhelmed competitors and revolutionized portable computers.
But Steve Jobs was initially opposed to making tablets.
In fact, Jobs declared in a 2003 interview that if Apple sold a tablet device, it would “fail.” That’s because many users, both desktop and portable, didn’t think they would buy a tablet for reading.
But Apple changed its mind a few years later. It was inspired by the enthusiastic persuasion of former Apple Chief Design Officer Johnny Ive.
IVE has begun to develop a tablet device that is slimmer and lighter than the tablet device of the time. And I presented the design to Jobs.
Jobs approved the iPad, and in 2010, Apple’s first tablet device was finally released. As a result, in 2020, more than 500 million iPads will be sold worldwide and continue to dominate the tablet terminal market.
There are multiple versions of the iPad, each with a large number of models on the market for different generations.
Let’s start with the beginning of the “iPad”, “iPad mini” and “iPad Air” series.
The iPad was released on April 3, 2010. Apple has announced the iPad as an innovative device that allows you to browse the web, read and write email, watch photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, browse ebooks, and more.
It weighs 680g and is regarding 1.3cm thick, making it lighter and thinner than any laptop or netbook of the time.
In fact, following trying different sizes, Apple settled on the 9.7-inch model. Apple was thinking of adding a handheld handle to the iPad, but that idea was abandoned.
The biggest feature of the iPad is that it has a high-resolution multi-touch display that allows users to easily interact with applications and content.
Its specs aren’t as attractive as the current model, but it was a state-of-the-art technology at the time.
Initially, it was sold at a reasonable price of $ 499 (regarding 67,000 yen) for 16GB, $ 599 (regarding 80,000 yen) for 32GB, and $ 699 (regarding 90,000 yen) for 64GB.
And it is said that 300,000 units were sold on the first day of release, and more than 1 million units were sold in less than a month. It took more than twice as long for the iPhone to exceed 1 million units. By the end of 2010, regarding 15 million iPads had been sold.
Also, the method of jailbreaking the iPad went around in less than a day. Jailbreak is the modification or removal of restrictions imposed on a device by the manufacturer or operator.
Immediately following the iPad was released, some enthusiasts jailbroken the iPad and published the method on SNS. Therefore, Apple had to take measures once morest jailbreak from the first day.
In 2011, the iPad 2 was introduced. And now you can choose the color from black and white. The iPad 2 is 15% lighter and 33% thinner. It also has a 0.3MP front camera and a 0.7MP rear camera. This change is a big evolution, as the original iPad didn’t have a camera.
And with the dual-core A5 processor, the CPU is up to twice as fast, and the GPU is up to nine times faster than the A4 chip on the original iPad. Despite the evolution of the iPad 2, it started at $ 499, the same as the original iPad.
At that time, the Apple store was crowded with users who wanted to touch the iPad. The iPad was still a new genre of products, so it was a product that you mightn’t understand its wonders without actually touching it.
And like the original iPad, the iPad 2 was a huge success with over 2 million units sold in a month.
The iPad 3 was released in March 2012.
For the first time, the 3rd generation iPad is equipped with a Retina display, greatly improving the screen resolution.
The iPad 3 packs four times more pixels than previous iPads, more than a million more pixels than similar devices from other companies, into a 9.7-inch display.
Pixels are made up of red, green, and blue subpixels, each of which is controlled by a signal when and how much it glows. The iPad 3 compresses that pixel four times. As a result, the colors might overlap or be distorted.
To solve that problem, Apple raised the pixel to another plane and separated it from the signal. As a result, we were able to make the pixels smaller and closer.
It is thanks to this technology that characters and other characters look sharp on the iPad 3.
In addition, the rear camera has also been improved to 5MP, and it is now possible to shoot 30 frames / sec video at 1080p. And the iPad 3 is equipped with a new A5X chip, which has up to twice the GPU compared to the A5 chip. The iPad 3 is also the last model to use a Dock connector.
However, the iPad 3 was discontinued just seven months following its launch, making it the shortest-running iPad model.
