In truth, there is not a great deal to distinguish it from the iPad 2 physically. The New iPad is very marginally thicker, but when you line them up side by side this is barely noticeable as you can see;
What you do immediately notice is the weight however. The new one feels quite a bit heavier to hold and this is the only minor disappointment I could express with the device if I were to be picky! It really isn't a problem though.
The significant difference between the two however is most certainly the display. The New iPad has a retina display consisting of a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution. The A5x processor remains dual-core for CPU functions, but provides quad-core graphics, and you can really tell the difference.
I must admit I was skeptical when I watched the Apple keynote a few months ago as to how much better it could possibly be, but you really have to see this thing to believe how good it is. I am not really a games person, but I immediately tried a few games including FIFA 12, and Angry Birds and it is just simply amazing.
In addition to this, the iSight camera has been improved and is now 5 megapixels, and HD video recording in full 1080p is also now available. There is voice dictation as well, and when iOS 6 is introduced in the latter part of this year there will be many more new features available including Siri!
So all in all, I am very impressed. I did a clean install/setup of the device as opposed to a restore from backup. I always prefer this where possible with new devices, and I find there really is no need to do a restore thanks to App Store purchase history and iTunes in the cloud. As someone once famously said, "it just works".
So I am going to give The New iPad a 9 out of 10 - purely because it's a shame that it's a little heavier than the iPad 2, it should have had Siri from the start, and if the iPhone 4S can have an 8 megapixel camera, then why can't this? I'm just nitpicking now though.
Take care.
Peter
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