It’s been almost a year since the iPad 4 arrived in October 2012, just six months after the launch of the iPad 3. Although that was something of a surprise. Its introduction made sense from Apple’s point of view, as it added the same Apple A6 (technically, the A6X with quad-core graphics) and lightning connector as used on the iPhone 5, putting Apple’s mobile products in line with each other. It now seems that Apple is ready to move back to a yearly schedule with more work and tech going into the upcoming iPad 5.

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