When the iPad 2 was announced just a few days ago, many of us were wowed by its specs. It’s thinner than the iPhone 4, lighter than the previous iPad, it has Apple’s new A5 processor and the battery life is still rated at 10 hours. What’s not to love? Apparently, it’s the rear camera.
We may be disappointed to learn that both are likely less than 1 megapixel each.
The numbers were crunched over at Wired, where the 720-pixel playback will work for video, but take low-quality still images. For example, it would be the same 1-,megapixel photos that my 2003 Motorola Razr could take. (None of this is certain until an iPad 2 makes its way into someone hands first, so expect the teardown some time next week.) My Droid 2 -- which has one of crappiest cameras known to smartphones -- takes 5-megapixel still shots. The iPhone 4's camera is 5MP and the iPhone 3G is 3MP.
OK, I know it's probably not that big of a deal for most would-be iPad 2 owners, plus anyone running around taking photos with their iPad 2 will look like a complete dork, but it's more about the idea that Apple installed a crappy feature. It makes the iPad 2 seem like a rushed, sloppy product created to make a deadline. Perhaps it was.
We may be disappointed to learn that both are likely less than 1 megapixel each.
The numbers were crunched over at Wired, where the 720-pixel playback will work for video, but take low-quality still images. For example, it would be the same 1-,megapixel photos that my 2003 Motorola Razr could take. (None of this is certain until an iPad 2 makes its way into someone hands first, so expect the teardown some time next week.) My Droid 2 -- which has one of crappiest cameras known to smartphones -- takes 5-megapixel still shots. The iPhone 4's camera is 5MP and the iPhone 3G is 3MP.
OK, I know it's probably not that big of a deal for most would-be iPad 2 owners, plus anyone running around taking photos with their iPad 2 will look like a complete dork, but it's more about the idea that Apple installed a crappy feature. It makes the iPad 2 seem like a rushed, sloppy product created to make a deadline. Perhaps it was.
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