According to iLounge, Apple is planning to release iPad 1.5 instead of dramatically redesigned iPad 2. iPad 1.5 is said to be a modest upgrade with few more features but same design. Reason for the delay? Sources tell iLounge that Apple is facing some serious production problems that won’t allow it to ship iPad 2 as soon as it wants to.
In any case, our sources aren’t sure whether Apple is going to release the iPad 1.5 now and call it the iPad 2, hold off a few months and release something dramatically better, or hold off a few months and release the iPad 1.5. The sources strongly believe that Apple cannot possibly ship enough truly “new” iPads to meet a late March or early April release date. One expects that Apple will only preview the next iPad at next week’s event, then release it widely around June. A price drop for the current model would keep sales flowing until then.
These bad rumors are making me feel sick as i have been expecting a fresh and newly designed iPad 2 with a bunch of new features on board coming on 2nd March but iLounge has a very good record of leaking Apple news.
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