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so the same thing kind of always happens when a new phone is announced the media gets the device ahead of time maybe a couple days a couple weeks if we're lucky and we get to use it while we're preparing our review then the date and time of the press embargo arrives the embargo lifts everybody posts their review at once and it is a giant big frenzy of activity there's commenters going nuts and defenders and attackers and it's just a huge explosion for about a day and then everything disappears ensure there's follow-up coverage and stuff as people find bugs people have other stuff to say about the devices they wear a min over the course of a day or so but really nobody ever goes back and revisits these devices after that initial blast of a review to see how they feel after a couple weeks so let's do something about it let's look at a device several months after its release when it's no longer shiny and new I'm Brad a minimun from pocketnow.com and this is the new iPad and this is episode three of after the bus it was back when I received the first iPad that I immediately began dreaming of the new iPad that is an iPad with a higher resolution display you see the iPad became so intertwined with my life that it actually caused me eye strain I'd use it to check email read The Wall Street Journal browse the web watch videos and so much more for me the iPad is a third device between smartphone and laptop or desktop fulfilled my needs for a more casual computing experience I don't mean this to sound corny but the iPad changed my life and allowed me to get more work done in more places subsequently all of this time in front of the original iPad which amounted to several hours per day hurt my eyes because of the low resolution display text was fuzzy the same was true on the iPad 2 text looks fuzzy then the iPad 3 was announced with an insane resolution of 2048 by 1536 a resolution higher than the 24 inch monitor I used for work was it the end of my eye strain well let's talk about hardware first in a rare move that defies apple's ongoing design philosophy of thinner and lighter the new ipad is thicker and heavier than its predecessors to allow for a bigger battery does this matter absolutely in fact the new ipad is awkward to hold because of its weight and thickness using the smart cover to prop the device on a table does help but when you're reading in a bed or while leaning back there's nothing to rest the smart cover on you're just holding it in the air as with dirt and fingerprints the new ipad is resistant to both thanks to the materials used just be sure not to drop your ipad on a hard surface as it's likely to crack the display in fact in our official pocket now drop test we found the new ipad to be particularly front heavy so it's likely to land on the glass should you drop it accidentally you're definitely gonna want to get a case with a new iPad inside the new iPad as a beefier process or the a5x with quad-core graphics any dual-core CPU it would seem the new GPU is designed to push all 3.1 million pixels and allow the new iPad to provide a snappy experience but in reality it's gaming that's highly impressive if you're playing a title optimized for the new Retina display as you can see here textures are console quality and rates are very high beyond gaming there's a little to no difference between the iPad 2 and new iPad in terms of day-to-day performance which is really disappointing apps open a little bit faster and webpages come in a little bit more swiftly but only by a very small margin let's talk about apps by now we're happy to report that most popular apps have been optimized for the Retina display which is a great thing because apps that aren't updated look green on the iPad 2 or iPad 1 reading text on the new iPad is an absolute joy words look printed on the page reading digital magazines newspapers and websites on the new iPad is literally a revolutionary experience the clarity of the display is at at times indistinguishable from the quality you would get with print publications this is how tablet computing should be and my eye strain is gone I'm happy to report even after hours of reading on the new iPad also we're really loving how iPhone apps look much better on the iPad even one blown up a double-sized thanks to the new iPad taking advantage of the 960 by 640 resolution iPhone apps instead of 480 by 320 resolution that we saw for blowing up apps on the iPad 2 an iPad one we're loving the LTE connectivity on the new iPad I opted for the Verizon version not only because Verizon's LTE network is more ubiquitous than 18 T's but because the Verizon LTE iPad has the unique ability to work on AT&T s 3G network if you pop in an AT&T Micro SIM we also love how easy it is to buy data on the iPad no contracts here just input your credit card information in the cellular data setting and you're ready to go if you're trying to choose between the Wi-Fi and 4G version of the iPad we encourage you to spring for the 4G version even if you don't think you need it right away you'll be glad you have it for when you do need it and it will help to increase your resale value now on to battery life Apple promised unchanged a battery life between the iPad 2 and the new iPad and they were right on average I charge my iPad every 5 to 7 days and that's after about 1 to 2 hours of usage per day remarkably over LTE battery life seems to decrease at the same rate as one over Wi-Fi now because the iPad is such a large bed it takes much longer to charge up to seven hours to be exact this has changed my usage a bit whereas before I take a break from using the iPad and stick it on the charger to get a good 40 to 50 percent charge but the new iPad an hour isn't enough to get much above the 15 or 20 percent mark I try to charge the new iPad at night so he can get a full 100% power we can say that with confidence now three months after its release and after the bus has worn off that the new iPad is the best tablet money can buy right now it's got the X it's got the display and while it's not the thinnest or lightest tablet and/or the most customizable you'll want to look to Android for that it's unparalleled in its ability to offer the most well-rounded user experience and with iOS 6 coming up iPad buyers can be confident that there's a fair amount of new and exciting stuff coming to the iPad in just a few months it's just a bit disappointing that iOS 6 has the same look and feel as it has had for years now with rows and rows and rows and rows of icons this has been branded in a min with pocketnow.com if you like this video please give us a thumbs up and if you have any comments about using the iPad after several months please leave a comment down below thanks for watching and that's it for now