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IMPROVEMENT NOT INNOVATION' v. N! y* [, v" g
" S" o2 u4 v9 Z) o2 x6 ~# ~The third-generation iPad is seen more as a collection of incremental improvements, such as a high-definition "retina" display and a better camera, rather than a major innovation.. ~9 W7 l/ [, p7 Y% u4 H! D
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The inner workings of the iPad are similar to previous models, based on a "teardown" by a tinkerer from California gadget-repair firm iFixit, who queued up in Australia to get one of the new tablets and quickly took it apart for a Web blog.3 p/ I( n4 K+ _8 g
5 |; }' m/ w& r5 k1 \ ZiFixit cofounder Luke Soules' pre-dawn teardown at a Melbourne computer shop found Apple suppliers Qualcomm, Broadcom and Samsung had maintained their key roles in the newest iPad.( h* o6 f j4 W
' \2 _1 m) ^3 @+ UThe iPad includes a Qualcomm LTE cellphone chip and a Qualcomm wireless modem for 3G and 4G. Broadcom supplies a semiconductor handling wireless tasks like WiFi and Bluetooth, according to iFixit.$ F4 O( G6 l5 R$ w/ m+ J
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The iPad's new A5X application processor, with improved graphics horsepower, is based on energy-efficient technology licensed from Britain's ARM Holding and is manufactured by Qualcomm, as in past Apple devices.1 T& c# I, Q; x n/ {: H
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