Display specifications
The iPad (3rd gen) was released on 16 March 2012. Its display is 9.7 inches, 768 × 1024 points, which at 2x is 1536 × 2048 pixels. Pixel density is 264 PPI and the aspect ratio is 4:3.
Points are the unit an app's layout is written in; pixels are what the panel has. How to read these numbers.
| Release date | 16 March 2012 |
|---|---|
| Logical width | 768 pt |
| Logical height | 1024 pt |
| Physical width | 1536 px |
| Physical height | 2048 px |
| Diagonal | 9.7 in |
| Pixel density | 264 px/in |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3 |
| Scale factor | 2x |