22.10.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Analyst pumps Tuesday's iPad reveal as 'most important upgrade' since 2010

Apple's expected unveiling tomorrow of new iPads will be the "most important upgrade since the original," a bullish Wall Street analyst contended today.The Cupertino, Calif. consumer electronics company will host an event Tuesday starting at 10 a.m. PT, where it will introduce new tablets, according to virtually every analyst and pundit.They expect Apple to reveal a fifth-generation 9.7-in. iPad to replace the year-old model introduced last year at this time, and to refresh the 7.9-in. iPad Mini, as well. On the latter, however, opinion is mixed whether Apple will trot out a new tablet with a high-resolution screen, dubbed "Retina" by the company.Brian White, of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., is one of those who believes Apple will not unveil a Retina iPad Mini tomorrow. But he's still bullish on the impact of Tuesday's event."We believe the retrofitted iPad 5 will prove to be the most important iPad upgrade since the first iPad went on sale on April 4, 2010," said White in a note

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