So the iPad 2 is been launched now and will be available for sale soon. If you own iPad and are too excited by the launch of iPad 2, go on reading the difference between iPad and iPad 2, from which you can find the details.

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Here are the main differences between iPad and iPad 2

iPad vs iPad 2: Dimensions and Weight

The first thing that you’ll notice between iPad and iPad 2 is the size. iPad 2 is thinner and smoother on the edges, being also a little bit smaller. The huge difference is the weight, where iPad 2 manages to be lighter than iPad, making it easier to handle and less solicitation for your hands if you are using it for a long time without putting it down. At this point iPad 2 has the advantage, while iPad stands behind with a little more weight and over-sized dimensions.

Battery lifetime

When it comes to battery lifetime, we have a tie situation because both iPad and iPad 2 shares the same battery which can provide 10 hours of continuous usage without recharging. It is a pretty good value, if you think that those 10 hours actually means uninterrupted usage of the processor by surfing on the internet, playing games, running different applications or just watching videos. In a stand-by mode, both iPad and iPad 2 can provide a 1 month period before recharging.

iPad vs iPad 2: Display

Even if iPad 2 is a little bit smaller than iPad, they share the same 9.7 inch display making it again a tie. It can display a 1024 x 768 resolution and it’s made from a fingerprint-resistant and scratch-resistant glass with a great response at the commands. The 9.7 inch liquid crystal display has two important sensors that adjust to ambient light and also the brightness so that you will see the same high quality images even if you move from indoors to outdoors. Nobody wins at this section, let’s move forward.

Operating System

iPad vs iPad 2:Processor

As we can see from the table above, iPad 2 is equipped with new processor from Apple, which can only mean that it is faster. Its dual-core processor can make the difference when it comes on running multiple applications or playing games, but if you add the upgraded version of iPads Apple A4, Apple A5 system on a chip then you have a warranty of this new iPad 2 performance. After you will play a little bit on the new iPad 2, you’ll start to refer at iPad as ancient. This section is won by iPad 2!

Memory

Here, Apple didn’t specify any exact info about the new iPad 2 memory, but we an assume that it will be equipped with at least 256 MB of RAM ( which will bring a tie at this section ) or we can hope for more and ask for a 512 MB of RAM ( in this case making iPad 2 to win this section, and if we consider that Apple upgraded the processor, we can afford to be 51% sure that iPad 2 will have the 512 MB of RAM). But because we don’t have an official statement of this spec, we are going to consider this section a tie.

Camera

With no doubts iPad 2 wins this section because, as you know iPad has no front or rear cameras and iPad 2 is equipped with a VGA front-facing camera and a 720p HD rear-facing camera, being optimized for video-calls.

Storage

Both models, iPad and iPad 2 can be purchased in a 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB version, so nothing new here. Without any further comments at this section: TIE!

iPad vs iPad 2: Wireless and Geolocation

Both models have the same specs at this section, Apple sharing the tech from iPad to iPad 2. This can only mean one thing: if it was applied for the iPad 2 it can assure us that it works well as you probably noticed on the iPad, if you used this function often.