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The iPad 2 is the second generation of the iPad. It was announced by Apple on March 2, 2011 and first available in the United States on March 11, 2011. The iPad 2 features both front and rear facing cameras, and comes in both while and black.

It features multi-touch interaction with print, video, photo, and audio multimedia, internet browsing, and runs most iPhone OS apps. The device has an LED-backlit 9.7-inch color LCD display and uses a virtual keyboard for text input, although one of the optional accessories offered by Apple is an iPad keyboard dock.

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Specifications

Announce date: March 2, 2011

Color display: 9.7 inches (25 cm) LED backlit in-plane switching LCD,

Processor: 1 GHz dual-core Apple A5 system-on-a-chip

Graphics: 1024×768 pixel (XGA resolution), 20cm × 15cm, 132ppi

RAM: 512MB

Storage: 16, 32 or 64 GB flash memory

Wireless: Integrated 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Battery: Built-in lithium-polymer 25 W·h (10 h usage, 1 month standby)

Weight: 1.33 pounds (603 g)

Dimensions: 9.50 inches (24.1 cm) x 7.31 inches (18.5 cm) x 0.34 inches (.086 cm)

Weights

Glass/Digitizer: 120.7 grams

LCD: 141.8 grams

Battery: 131.5 grams

Headphone Jack: 1.2 grams

Speaker Assembly: 8.2 grams

Volume Control and Sleep/Wake Board: 1.3 grams

Volume Controls and Sleep/Wake Buttons: 1.4 grams

Case (with smart cover magnets): 163.9 grams

Logic Board: 20.6 grams

Front-Facing Camera: 0.8 grams

Dock Connector: 1.9 grams

Display Cables: 3.3 grams

Wi-Fi Board: 0.6 grams

Chip IDs

Main processor: Apple A5

DRAM: Samsung 512MB RAM

Flash memory: Toshiba TH58NVG7D2FLA89 16GB NAND

Power management: Apple 343S0542 (Dialog Semi chip

802.11n WiFi + Bluetooth 2.1: BCM43291HKUBC

I/O controller: Broadcom BCM5973

Capacitive touchscreen controller: Broadcom BCM5974

Touchscreen line driver: Texas Instruments CD3240B0

Power management: S6T2MLC N33C50V

Audio codec: Apple 338S0940 A0BZ1101 (manufactured by Cirrus)

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