《华尔街日报》（The Wall St. Journal）的沃尔特•莫斯伯格：比高清电视还要高出百万像素。“主要是对核心功能的升级——9.7英寸屏幕以及蜂巢网络上的数据速度。这些升级非常重大。使用新的屏幕就像是新配了一副近视眼镜——你突然意识到自己之前觉得已经很清晰的视野原来可以再清楚很多。”

    《纽约时报》（The New York Times）大卫•波格：对上一版本的改进。“假如你打算购买一部平板电脑，令人高兴的一面是：现在只需花同样的价钱，就可以买到一部升级版iPad，它依然比其他所有竞争产品外观更漂亮、整体更协调、设计更连贯。但是，假如你已经拥有了一部iPad 2，那就更值得高兴了：因为这一次你至少不用像以前那样觉得自己已经过时了。”

    科技网站The Verge的乔舒亚•托珀尔斯基：平板电脑之王iPad能否卫冕成功？“把那些小小的抱怨放到一边，说到设计和材质，iPad仍然是平板电脑这一类别中最出色的产品。其他平板电脑可能拥有更多的端口更多或者更大的屏幕，但iPad的精致、美观和坚实可谓无人能及。”

    苹果资讯网站Macworld的杰森•思耐尔：苹果升级了产品，屏幕、摄像头和无线网络连接的品质都得到了提升。“何谓全新iPad？就是在新的一年，为数以百万计iPad用户打造的升级版iPad。它并没有变得更小巧或是更轻便，但却拥有一块难以置信的屏幕和效果更出众的后置摄像头，还能支持更先进的无线蜂窝网络，速度和Wi-Fi不相上下。它还是成千上万用户青睐的产品，但是时隔一年，品质得到了进一步的提升。拥有iPad 2的用户也不必焦虑，他们的iPad依然能再挺一年。但他们可能不愿意太近距离地欣赏全新iPad的屏幕。一旦仔细鉴赏了视网膜显示屏，就很难再把眼睛移到别的屏幕上。”

    福克斯新闻（Fox News）的克雷顿•莫里斯：苹果全新iPad真机实测。“全新iPad拥有更优秀的显示屏、更快速的处理器、更出色的摄像头，当然，也少不了生机勃勃的全新操作系统。这些乍看起来可能只是平板电脑领域的一小步。但当我亲身体验了全新iPad一周后，我可以明确告诉你，这是互联网世界向前的一大步。”

    科技博客Daring Fireball的约翰•格鲁伯：像素像素像素，电池电池电池，速度速度速度。“在这么大的视网膜显示屏上阅读，感觉真是棒极了。你可以试试在几个小时后转回iPad 2上看看，那感觉就像回到了上个世纪。在像素较少的屏幕上，反锯齿文字的效果很模糊；在中等像素的屏幕上，反锯齿文字的效果不错；但在像素如此之高的全新iPad上，反锯齿文字的显示效果简直超乎想像——你之前所看到的效果很好的文字（例如iPad 2上的文字），如今看来都模糊不堪，可谓‘曾经沧海难为水’。”

    The Wall St. Journal's Walt Mossberg: A Million More Pixels Than HDTV. "The key upgrades are to those core features — the 9.7-inch screen and the data speed over cellular networks. These upgrades are massive. Using the new display is like getting a new eyeglasses prescription — you suddenly realize what you thought looked sharp before wasn't nearly as sharp as it could be."

    The New York Times' David Pogue: A Polishing of the Old. "If you're in the market for a tablet, here's the bright side: For the same price as before, you can now get an updated iPad that's still better-looking, better integrated and more consistently designed than any of its rivals. And if you already have the iPad 2, here's an even brighter side: At least this time around, you don't have to feel quite as obsolete as usual."

    The Verge's Joshua Topolsky: Does the tablet king retain its crown? "Minor gripes aside, the iPad remains best in breed when it comes to design and materials. Other tablets may have more ports or larger screens, but few can match the elegance, sleekness, or solidness of this device."

    Macworld's Jason Snell: Apple advances the ball with a better screen, camera, and cellular connection. "The new iPad is just that: The iPad, updated for a new year and millions of new iPad users. It's not smaller or lighter, but it's got a remarkable screen, a much better rear camera, and support for cellular networking that can run at Wi-Fi speeds. It's the iPad that millions of people have embraced, only one year better. Users of the iPad 2 shouldn't fret: Their iPad investment is certainly good for another year. But they might not want to look too closely at the new iPad's screen. Once you get a load of that Retina display, it's hard to go back to anything else."

    Fox News' Clayton Morris: Hands-on with Apple's new iPad. "The new iPad includes a better display, faster performance, better camera, and a snappy new operating system. Those may seem like small steps in the tablet space. But having used the new iPad for the past week now, I can tell you it's a giant leap for connected mankind."

    Daring Fireball's John Gruber: Pixels pixels pixels. Battery battery battery. Speed speed speed. "Reading on the big retina display is pure joy. Going back to the iPad 2 after reading for a few hours on the iPad 3 is jarring. With bigger pixels, anti-aliased text looks blurry; with smaller pixels, anti-aliased text looks good; but with really small pixels like these, anti-aliased text looks impossibly good — and what you thought looked pretty good before (like text rendered on older iPads) now looks blurry."