Assumptions that Apple would release iPad 3 this March or April are based on the previous release dates of iPad and iPad 2; April 3 2010 and March 11 2011 respectively. As of this writing, iPad 3 production has yet to shift into high gear. Key Apple executives and managers responsible for iPad productions have not visited Foxconn China factory since the beginning of the year 2012. Back in December 2011, sources within Apple were saying that they are looking into March 2012 for the release of the next iPad which might be named iPad 3.
Based on partial information from an Apple employee who is not Phil Schiller, iPad 3 will not have “Retina Display”. According to the specs if the next iPad would have double the horizontal and vertical resolutions while maintaining its screen size, it would have lower than 300 pixels-per-inch density.
