iPad 3: Why not call it the iPad 2s or iPad 2 HD?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief February 20, 2012 · 1 min read

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With the announcement of the next-generation iPad tablet from Apple, a lot of rumors and leaks have surfaced identifying the hardware and design that will be used for the next iPad. Everyone refers to it as the iPad 3. This, despite the fact that we’ve already seen how Apple named the supposedly iPhone 5 as the iPhone 4S last year.

We’ve already established how Apple uses their naming convention with the iPhone — starting with iPhone 3G to 3GS and then from iPhone 4 to 4s.

It’s almost logical that the new iPad that will be announced this March will follow a similar nomenclature. It will probably have almost the same design and form factor but with a more improved hardware specification.

Hence, we’re more inclined to name this new iPad to be the iPad 2S or the iPad 2 HD or maybe even just the iPad HD and not the iPad 3.

Let’s put this to a vote — what do you think will Apple name its new tablet that they will reveal this March? My money is on iPad 2 HD.

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Abe Olandres

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92 Comments

Malds · 14 years ago

hehe it’ll probably be called ipad 3 because of all the hype it’s already created. From a marketing perspective people would be more inclined to buy a new device that they feel isn’t just a simple upgrade from what they already own.

sinasil · 14 years ago

RJ de leon- much ado about your ugly face.

Edwin C · 14 years ago

Eh, kahit na bang anong pangalan niyan bibili pa rin ako. Kahit na pangngalanan nila iyan ng Apple of my eye, bibili pa rin ako. Hinde importante kung ano kaganda ang pangalan. Ang importante kung ano ang bago niyang nagagawa. My HD – HD ka pa.

alainL · 14 years ago

It will probably be called iPoops or something.

Jake · 14 years ago

i think it’s ipad 3..

sherwood · 14 years ago

I’ll go for iPad 3.

The Truth · 14 years ago

Ipad 3(April) and Iphone 5(October) period, its already been talk of the town is U.S. especially my friend who is working at an Apple store in L.A.

Marc · 14 years ago

iPad 3, HD or 2S doesn’t matter to me. As long as you have an Asus Prime, iPad what? haha

roiji · 14 years ago

iPad 3 pa rin :D

Leo Lyndon Flores · 14 years ago

iPad 2 HD makes sense

MVP · 14 years ago

iPad 3

RJ De Leon · 14 years ago

Ipad 2 much ado about nothing

James · 14 years ago

i’ll go for iPad 3 :)

rafsison · 14 years ago

yung mga utak-talangka dyan, ano ngayon kung may maling grammar,

“kapag si sir yuga, perfect agad? di ba pwede magkamali?”

Pilipino tayo hindi kano. Mga “GRAMMAR FANBOY” ;P

loser · 14 years ago

igay for ipad fanatics

karlfriedrich11 · 14 years ago

Yung nagsabing mali ang grammar, bakit perpekto ba ang balarila mo sa Filipino kaya dapat perpekto din ang Ingles? Yun ngang mga Amerikano hindi sinusunod ang grammar nila, tayo pa na nakikigamit lang sakanila. Ungas. Wag na kasi magcomment kung walang magandang sasabihin.

karlfriedrich11 · 14 years ago

Whatever happened to Apple? http://blog.gsmarena.com/ipad-3-leaks-continue-8-megapixel-camera-and-a5x-chipset-spotted/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Masyado kasing mag-market ang Apple, tingin ko iPad 2.5

tofu_boy · 14 years ago

iSuck…

right-back-at-ya · 14 years ago

Indeed you do, tofu_boy.

tofu_boy · 14 years ago

yeah i know right shit face… ^_^

boo · 14 years ago

/\ ulol NA ulol ah

Anti_koreans · 14 years ago

* it’s. Damn spell check.

Anti_koreans · 14 years ago

iPad 3.
Since its not yor language you don’t give a crap about grammar. I wish my government would stop caring about you and giving you tax payers money.

;-) · 14 years ago

kainis. maluluma na kaagad ung ipad 2 ko ;)

R2 · 14 years ago

i go for ipad3. :D

booboo · 14 years ago

iPad 2012. Parang ASAP lang na every year nagpapalit ng name pero same old same old. :p

Tolits · 14 years ago

IPAD SJ In Heaven :)

Benchmark · 14 years ago

Di ba may kaso yung name na Ipad sa China…parang patented yung name doon…binili daw ng Apple pero sa subretailer lang or something, kaya yung name na Ipad, hinde pa talaga nakukuha base sa news. Well that’s what I read about it. (Sorry I don’t have the link…)

Anyway I heard it’s much ticker than the Ipad 2… I think that would be something near Ipad 2 HD or 2S….same kasi ng design daw eh, yung mga laman loob lang daw ang naiiba.

EarlZ · 14 years ago

I dont really care what the name would be but what I would love to see is more hardware decoding support for media files, this would easily make me transition from samsung to apple when it comes to my portable media device.

quick brown fox · 14 years ago

Let’s look at some rumors please.
-quad core
-LTE
-double the res, 4x the pixels
-8MP cam

That’s not just speedy and not only high def. If the rumors materialize, my money’s on the iPad 3. Or maybe some crazy name like iPad EX or professional-sounding like iPad Plus.

shacer · 14 years ago

iPad 3.2 honeycomb… upgradable to ice cream sandwich 4.2… haha

simplynice93 · 14 years ago

My guess are: iPad Pockethole and iPad $$$

garz · 14 years ago

a leaked picture of the new iPad’s logicboard has an A5X chip. Not A6. So I guess ‘iPad 2HD’ fits..

Lolz · 14 years ago

Lol grammar nazis. As long as he bring the goods nicely, minimal grammatical errors should have leeways. He’s not even paid for these e lol

Num Lock · 14 years ago

Content over grammar. Pwede na ngang lumaban ito sa engadget hehehe. On topic, for marketing purpose iPad3. But if they will just give us a nicer screen with no notable added features, iPadHD then.

I believe the S naming convention is for iPhone only which means speed?

pinoy persuasion · 14 years ago

Mas maraming grammatical errors ang Engadget. On topic: iPad 2S AND iPad HD. Techies say that one new iPad with same resolution but LTE radio, and one new iPad with higher resolution.

Housten · 14 years ago

Ganyan si Sir Abe mag blog minsan.May maling grammar. He will correct it later. Ok.

Fleeb · 14 years ago

Perhaps iPad 2S. At least they can keep people excited for iPad 3.

Dredd · 14 years ago

This site seriously needs an editor

Ditto · 14 years ago

Ditto

Stickler · 14 years ago

Fix your grammar first.

Num Lock · 14 years ago

Come on, this is not an English subject site. What is important, Yuga is giving us the latest gadget news and reviews.

Ry · 14 years ago

You have a serious problem, dude. English is not the main point here. If you’re into that, go to an english tutorial site and start teaching. What the hell.