[Discuss] My God! It's Full of Batteries!

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)]

On Mar 16, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Nilanjan Palit wrote:
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> Chips with more features or faster frequencies don't weigh more :-)

They do.  The A5X CPU in the The New iPad is physically larger than the A5 CPU in the iPad 2.  Both use the same process.  Bigger + same = heavier.

But seriously, the new display panel is slimmer and lighter, but the new battery packs (there are three in each The New iPad) are thicker and heavier.  That's how Apple did it "without making the thing significantly heavier".  The The New iPad is about 50 grams heavier and 0.6 mm thicker than its predecessor.

--Rich P.