Technology | Apple Apple to Launch High-Rez iPad 3 Early Next Year Next installment expected to have twice the resolution By Tim Karan Posted Aug 19, 2011 3:15 PM CDT Copied Apple is reportedly already at work on its next version of the iPad. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth, File) Still saving up for that iPad 2? You might wanna hold off a couple more months. Apple is already in development of the iPad 3 and hopes to release it early next year, reports the Wall Street Journal. The device is expected to have twice the resolution for its 9.7-inch screen as Apple looks to stay ahead of competitors' tablets. One unnamed source says Apple has ordered parts to build 1.5 million of the devices. Read These Next SCOTUS sounds skeptical about law banning gay conversion therapy. 'Bizarre' move leaves CIA's No. 2 with a lot of power. Trump and Putin appear in agreement on nuclear arms treaty. Lawyer: Footage disputes official account of Border Patrol shooting. Report an error