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ont video recording vga up to 30 frame s with audio vga quality still camera 0 3 mp 3 back video recording 1280x720 up to 30 frame s with audio 960 720 still camera with 5 digital zoom 0 7 mp 6 connectivity wi fi 802 11 a b g n bluetooth 2 1 edr wi fi 3g gsm model also includes umts hsdpa power internal rechargeable non removable 3 8 v 25 w h 6 944 ma h 7 online services itunes store app store ibookstore game center icloud dimensions 9 50 in 241 mm height 7 31 in 186 mm width 0 345 in 8 8 mm depth weight wi fi model 1 33 lb 600 g wi fi 3g model gsm 1 35 lb 610 g predecessor ipad 1st generation successor ipad 3rd generation related ipad iphone ipod touch comparison website www apple com ipad at the wayback machine archived july 19 2011 this article is part of a series on the ipad 1st 2 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th air 1st 2 3rd 4th 5th m2 m3 m4 mini 1st 2 3 4 5th 6th a17 pro pro 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th m4 m5 list of ipad models v t e the ipad 2 is a tablet developed and marketed by apple compared to the first ipad it gained a faster dual core a5 processor a lighter build structure with a flat rather than curved back and was the first ipad to feature vga front facing and 720p rear facing cameras designed for facetime video calling the device was available initially with three storage sizes 16 32 and 64 gb and two connectivity options wi fi only or wi fi cellular each variation of the device is available with either a black or white front glass panel the ipad 2 shipped with ios 4 the ipad 2 was first released on march 11 2011 in the united states and in other countries throughout march may 2011 the device received generally positive reception from various blogs and publications although it was praised for its hardware improvement such as the new apple a5 chip the software restriction on the ipad 2 and ios in general drew criticism from various technology commentators the device sold well in its first month of sales with 2 4 2 6 million units sold and 11 12 million units were sold in the third quarter of 2011 following the release of the ipad 3rd generation in 2012 the 16 gb model remained in the ipad lineup as an entry level ipad model for three years until march 2014 the ipad 2 received updates up to ios 9 the ipad 2 s design formed the core of the first ipad mini which had the same screen pixel count chip and similar features at a smaller size history edit the ipad 2 was announced at the yerba buena center for the arts on march 2 2011 apple sent invitations to journalists on february 23 2011 for a media event on march 2 8 9 on march 2 2011 ceo steve jobs unveiled the device at the yerba buena center for the arts despite being on medical leave 10 upon the announcement of the ipad 2 the original ipad was discontinued from sales online and at apple authorized retail stores 11 apple began selling the ipad 2 on its website on march 11 12 and in its u s retail stores at 5 pm local time on that date many stores in major cities such as new york sold out within hours 13 online shipping delays had increased to three to four weeks on sunday and four to five weeks by tuesday 14 15 the ipad 2 was released internationally in 25 other countries on march 25 2011 the countries included australia austria belgium canada czech republic denmark finland france germany greece iceland italy ireland hungary luxembourg mexico netherlands new zealand norway poland portugal spain sweden switzerland and the united kingdom 16 the april 29 2011 release date for japan was postponed due to the earthquake and tsunami which struck the nation on march 11 2011 the ipads were delayed due to the nand flash storage chip used in the ipads being created by toshiba which was affected by the earthquake and tsunami thus resulting in the suspension of operations for an indefinite period of time 17 the slowdown caused analysts to downgrade apple s stock 18 the ipad 2 was later released in hong kong india south korea singapore philippines malaysia and other countries including japan on april 29 2011 19 it was then released in numerous other nations which include china estonia thailand brazil russia and taiwan on two major release dates may 6 and 27 20 21 the 32 and 64gb models were discontinued on march 7 2012 upon the introduction of the third generation ipad the 16gb wi fi and 16gb wi fi 3g models were discontinued on march 18 2014 22 features edit software edit main articles ios ios 4 ios 5 ios 6 ios 7 ios 8 and ios 9 the ipad 2 initially shipped with ios 4 3 23 24 25 the ipad 2 comes with several applications by default including safari mail photos videos music itunes store maps notes calendar photo booth and contacts 26 the app store a digital app distribution for ios allows users to download more applications such as those created using the ios sdk or more apple applications such as garageband imovie and the iwork apps pages keynote and numbers 27 28 like all ios devices the ipad 2 can sync music videos apps and photos with a mac or pc using itunes although when using ios 5 and later the user does not have to connect the ipad to the computer 29 icloud also allows users to backup and sync their data with other compatible ios devices via the internet game center is available as a native social gaming platform on ios games downloaded via the app store that have this feature enabled are able to integrate their achievement points high scores and bonus system across all ios devices into a single accumulative points and social platform 30 although the tablet is not designed to make phone calls over a cellular network a user can use a wired headset or the built in speaker and microphone and place phone calls over wi fi or cellular using a voip application 31 on october 12 2011 upon the release of the iphone 4s the ipad 2 was upgradable to the ios 5 which brought over 200 new user features to ios compatible devices including notification center imessage reminders and an updated notifications system using a new banner style instead of the previously used pop up alert style 32 on september 19 2012 shortly after the announcement of the iphone 5 the ipad 2 was upgradeable to ios 6 33 which contains two hundred new features including apple maps the clock app and facebook integration among other new features and tweaks 33 the ipad 2 is also compatible with ios 7 albeit with limited features 34 for example like the iphone 4 the notification center and the control center use the transparent style instead of the translucent style in later ios models airdrop which was first released in ios 7 requires the ipad 4th generation or later 35 the ipad 2 can run ios 8 making it the first ios device to run five major versions of ios 36 like ios 7 many features are not available and the update was criticized for running slower than its predecessor 37 the ipad 2 can also run ios 9 as with previous releases though several features were unavailable on the ipad 2 including siri translucency effects split view slide over and picture in picture multitasking and the health app 38 on june 13 2016 with the announcement of ios 10 apple dropped support for the ipad 2 due to hardware limitations and performance issues 39 on july 22 2019 apple released ios 9 3 6 for the cdma model of the ipad 2 to fix issues caused by the gps week number rollover the issues would impact accuracy of gps location and set the device s date and time to an incorrect value 40 broadpwn exploit vulnerability edit the ipad 2 is one of many computers tablets and mobile devices susceptible to the broadpwn exploit which was publicized in july 2017 41 apple quickly released an update for ios 10 to fix the problem but a fix was never released for ios 9 or earlier versions of ios as a result older apple devices incompatible with ios 10 including the ipad 2 were left vulnerable indefinitely this has raised concerns of potentially widespread attacks using the exploit particularly in locations of concentrated ipad 2 deployment such as certain primary and secondary schools 42 hardware edit see also ipad hardware apple a5 chip used in the ipad 2 the ipad 2 features an apple a5 package on package pop system on chip soc which comprises a 1 ghz dual core 32 bit cortex a9 cpu 512 mb of ram and a dual core powervr sgx543mp2 gpu 3 43 other features include front and rear cameras a three axis gyroscope headset controls proximity and ambient light sensors microphone magnetometer accelerometer and a 9 7 inch multi touch screen with a maximum resolution of 1024 768 hence resulting in 132 ppi 3 the ipad 2 has four physical switches including a home button near the display that returns the user to the home screen and three plastic physical switches on the sides wake sleep volume up down and a third switch for either screen rotation lock or mute the home button on the ipad 2 is easier to double tap than the previous generation of the ipad 44 apple reduced the size of the ipad by eliminating the stamped sheet metal frame from the display integrating new thinner glass technology for the touch screen overlay and slightly reducing the space between the display and battery 45 the ipad 2 s screen is thinner lighter and yet stronger than the original ipad s 46 the ipad 2 also supports screen mirroring via the digital av adapter 47 and through airplay as of ios 5 the ipad 2 has a 25 w h rechargeable lithium ion polymer battery 3 that lasts 10 hours like the original ipad it is charged via usb or included 10 w 2 a power adapter the battery is 2 5 mm thick 59 smaller than the original and has three cells instead of two the improvements allowed the injection molded plastic support frame to be omitted 45 the 10 w usb power adapter provides 4x the power of a conventional usb port 3 the tablet has an audio frequency response of 20 hz to 20 khz without third party software it can play the following audio formats he aac aac protected aac mp3 mp3 vbr audible formats 2 3 4 aea aax and aax alac aiff and wav 3 the revised tablet adds front and rear facing cameras which allow facetime video calls with other ipad 2s the third generation ipad iphone 4 and 4s fourth generation ipod touch and macintosh computers running mac os x 10 6 6 or later with a webcam 48 the 0 3 mp front camera shoots vga quality 30 frame s video and vga quality still photos 3 the 0 7 mp back camera can shoot 720p hd video at 30 frame s and has a 5 times digital zoom 6 both shoot photo in a 4 3 fullscreen aspect ratio the rear camera shoots video in 16 9 widescreen to match the 720p standard although only the central 4 3 part of the recording is shown on the screen during recording 49 the forward facing camera shoots in 4 3 50 the apple a5 chip doubles processing speed and has graphics processing that is up to nine times faster than the previous ipad 51 52 however benchtests and hardware assessments performed by various third party news sources and technology blogs indicate that those claims are exaggerated the benchmark assessment conducted by anandtech showed that the gpu of the ipad 2 is only 3 times faster than that of the original ipad 53 cpu benchmarks conducted on the ipad 2 by iosnoops indicate a 66 performance increase compared to the original ipad 54 55 3g versions of the ipad 2 offer cdma2000 support for customers using the device on a cdma network or gsm umts support for customers using the device on a gsm umts network the ipad wi fi 3g model includes an a gps receiver for tracking the user s location given permission also the ipad 2 3g model includes a plastic cap like band at the top on the back for the 3g antenna the metallic grille for the microphone is replaced with a matching plastic black grille on the 3g model 56 gsm models of ipad 2 use a sim card while cdma models use an esn to connect to the cellular network the device is 15 lighter and 33 thinner than the original ipad it is thinner than the iphone 4 by 0 5 mm 57 the wi fi version is 1 33 lb 600 g both the gsm and cdma versions known respectively as the at t and verizon versions in the us differ in weight slightly due to the mass difference between the gsm and cdma cellular radios with the gsm model at 1 35 lb 612 g and the cdma model at 1 34 lb 608 g the size of the ipad 2 is also less than the original ipad at only 9 50 in 7 31 in 0 34 in 241 2 mm 185 7 mm 8 8 mm 3 compared to the original ipad s size at 9 56 in 7 47 in 0 5 in 242 8 mm 189 7 mm 13 4 mm 58 after the announcement and release of the third generation ipad the ipad 2 which continued to be available for purchase received a hardware upgrade the upgraded variant of the ipad 2 features a smaller version of the apple a5 soc which is able to reduce battery consumption 59 benchmark tests conducted by anandtech concluded that the upgraded variant is able to last longer by at least an hour and a half depending on the task that is conducted on the device 59 the maximum temperature that the device heated up to was also less than original ipad 2 tests conducted by the same organisation revealed that the upgraded variant was able to operate at 1 degree lower when performing intensive tasks performance difference between the two variants according to anandtech is negligible 59 accessories edit main article list of ipad accessories the smart cover first introduced with the ipad 2 is a screen protector that magnetically attaches to the face of the ipad the cover has three folds which allow it to convert into a stand which is also held together by magnets 60 while original ipad owners could purchase a black case that included a similarly folding cover the smart cover is meant to be more minimal easily detachable and protects only the screen smart covers have a microfiber bottom that cleans the front of the ipad and wakes up the ipad when the cover is removed there are five different colors of both polyurethane and leather with leather being more expensive than the polyurethane version 61 62 apple offered several more accessories for the ipad 2 63 most of which were adapters for the proprietary 30 pin dock connector the ipad s only port besides the headphone jack 64 a dock holds the ipad upright at an angle and has a dock connector and audio line out port the ipad can use bluetooth keyboards that also work with macs and pcs 65 the ipad can be charged by a standalone power adapter wall charger also used for contemporary ipods and iphones and a 10 w charger was included with the ipad 64 reception edit the ipad 2 received generally positive reviews praising its apple a5 processor and 720p camera joshua topolsky of engadget said that for those of you who haven t yet made the leap feel free to take a deep breath and dive in the ipad 2 is as good as it gets right now and it s really quite good 49 jason snell of macworld said the following though the ipad 2 is an improvement on the original ipad in numerous ways it s still an evolutionary product not a revolutionary one if you re happy with your current ipad there s no reason to dump it just 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