With the new Apple A5 dual-core processor under the hood, the iPad 2 offers a huge power upgrade that offers some seriously improved performance on the most powerful apps.

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As well as under-the-hood improvements that make the iPad even better for gaming, video and browsing, Apple added the front- and rear-facing cameras that users had been screaming for.

With a lighter, thinner, sleeker and quite frankly mind-blowing new design, the second Apple tablet even tempted a sizeable number of first-gen iPad owners into an early upgrade.  

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