Confirmed: iPad 3 Event Set for March 7th – Retina Display, Quad-Core, and Possible LTE Support

According to sources speaking to iMore‘s Rene Ritchie, Apple is planning to hold their highly anticipated iPad 3 announcement on Wednesday, March 7th. The device will reportedly feature a Retina display and a quad-core processor, as well as possible LTE support.

According to sources who have been reliable in the past, Apple currently plans to hold theiriPad 3 announcement on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Along with the 2048×1536 Retina display, the iPad 3 will feature a quad-core Apple 6 system-on-a-chip, and possibly 4G LTE networking.

This date lines up well with AllThingsD‘s recent report, and claims of a quad-core processor line up well with multiple credible reports, as well as with code discovered in iOS 5.1 beta.

iMore is traditionally a very reliable source of such information, having correctly predicted the launch date and information on the features of the iPhone 4S.

* Update: The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple, well-known for being informed of the goings-on at Apple, has confirmed that the iPad 3 event will be held on March 7th, offering a simple “Yep” in response. Once Dalrymple speaks out on an Apple event, it may as well be confirmed. 

J. Glenn Künzler

Glenn is Managing Editor at MacTrast, and has been using a Mac since he bought his first MacBook Pro in 2006. He lives in a small town in Utah, enjoys bacon more than you can possibly imagine, and is severely addicted to pie.