Apple iPad 4 Philippines 128GB WiFi Only and WiFi Plus Cellular Variants, Out Now! Official Price Schedule, Complete Technical Specifications!

Earlier, I visited Apple Online Store Philippines and I found out that the Cupertino company has officially brought its new iPad4 WiFi Only and WiFi plus Cellular 128GB variants to the country.

128GB is already double the largest storage option that Apple used to offer in its tablet category. You can get the iPad 4th Generation WiFi Only 128GB variant for Php 38,990 while its WiFi plus Cellular counterpart goes for Php 44,990.

I have the New iPad. Should I upgrade to iPad 4?

The Fourth Generation iPad looks almost exactly like the New iPad with little changes here and there. If you ask me, I think that the new slate would a fitting upgrade for iPad2 owners (more so, for 1st Gen owners) but if you're currently using the New iPad, then you might want to give it a pass and just wait for the next generation release.

When you place the iPad4 beside the New iPad, you'll find that the most noticeable cosmetic difference between the two comes in the form of the new slate's smaller 9-pin Lightning port, which altogether replaced the 30-pin dock-connector on the previous release. Just a side note: Apple is expected to make more than $200 Million of additional revenue from accessories made for this redesigned port. So there you have it.

But the more important changes are found under the shell and in terms of a few multimedia features. The refreshed tablet is powered by the new Apple A6X processor, which is said to have twice the processing power and graphics performance of the Apple A5X chip inside the New iPad. Additionally, the 4th generation release comes with an upgraded 1.2 MegaPixel front-facing camera with back-illuminated sensor that also lets you make high definition FaceTime video calls.

TechPinas Tablet Technical Specs Table (TTabTST)
Name	Apple iPad 4th Generation
Type	Tablet
Price Category	High-End (Flagship Release)
Dimensions and Weight	WiFi Only Version: Height: 9.50 inches (241.2 mm) Width: 7.31 inches (185.7 mm) Depth: 0.37 inch (9.4 mm) Weight: 1.44 pounds (652 g) WiFi Plus Cellular: Height: 9.50 inches (241.2 mm) Width: 7.31 inches (185.7 mm) Depth: 0.37 inch (9.4 mm) Weight: 1.46 pounds (662 g)
Available Colors	Metal Finish - Anodized Aluminum at the back. Front - White, Black bezel options
Operating System	iOS 6, upon release
Display	9.7-inch, 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution Retina Display Capacitive Touchscreen, 44% greater saturation than iPad2 display
Processor	Apple A6X custom-designed, high-performance yet low-power system-on-a-chip processor with quad-core graphics
RAM	1 GB
Camera	Back camera: 5 MegaPixel iSight Camera with Backside Illumination, Five-elements lens, Hybrid IR filter, ƒ/2.4 aperture, Front Camera (FaceTime Camera): 1.2 MegaPixel with Backside Illumination
Video Capture	Back camera: Video recording, Full HD 1080p up to 30 frames per second Front camera: Video recording, 720p to 30 frames per second with audio
Audio and Video Playback	Audio: HE-AAC (V1 and V2), AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV Video: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Ports	3.5 mm audio jack, Lightning port, microSIM card tray for the 4G version
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Personal Hotspot, Bluetooth wireless technology 4.0 + EDR, 3G, 4G LTE
Memory	option of either 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, or 128 GB of non-expandable internal storage
Sensors	Digital Compass, Accelerometer, Gyroscope
Battery	Li-Po 11,666 mAh (to be confirmed)
Uptime	Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on watching video, Wi-Fi, or listening to music, Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using 4G cellular data network
Announcement	Worldwide: October 24, 2012
Availability	Philippines: December 2012, 128GB Variant: February 2013
Price	Official SRP: WiFi Only Variants 16GB - Php 23,990 32GB - Php 28,990 64GB - Php 33,990 128GB - Php 38,990 WiFi + Cellular Variants 16GB - Php 29,990 32GB - Php 34,990 64GB - Php 39,990 128GB - Php 44,990