iPad 3 will have a quad-core CPU

Created by PseudonymousUser on 2012-01-14; known on 2012-03-08; judged wrong by PseudonymousUser on 2012-03-07.

• PseudonymousUser estimated 80% on 2012-01-14
• PseudonymousUser said “By iPad 3, I mean the next iPad announced by Apple. At least one model of next iPad must have a quad-core CPU for this to be Right.” on 2012-01-14
• gwern estimated 50% and said “quad-cores eat batteries and the ipad is optimized for one app at a time; is there a particular reason for thinking this?” on 2012-01-15
• PseudonymousUser said “the rumor mill says so, and the Samsung A6 is almost definitely quad-core” on 2012-01-16
• lavalamp estimated 75% on 2012-01-20
• PseudonymousUser changed the deadline from “on 2012-02-25” on 2012-02-28
• RandomThinker estimated 35% and said “People overhype things too much. I think they are mostly focusing on the screen. ” on 2012-03-06
• PseudonymousUser said “it comes with an A5X, which is a dual-core CPU” on 2012-03-07
• PseudonymousUser   judged this prediction wrong on 2012-03-07.