I have to develop an iPad app and I don’t actually own an iPad, so I’m buying one now, ideally the iPad3 since it’s the latest and greatest. But probably many of the potential users of the app will be using their old iPad2 for a while. And since the iPad3 is so much better than the iPad2 (double the resolution, for one thing), I’m concerned that if I test on the iPad3, I won’t get any sense of what the app will be like on the iPad2.
So the question is: is it possible to do things like set the resolution to non-retina display settings and, in general, to make the iPad3 behave like the iPad2 for app testing purposes?
Except of the resolution I don’t see major difference between the iPad 2 and 3.
And the simulator can cover the resolution differences . As for the processor and speed etc’ unless your app is a “memory monster” I don’t see a big problem.
BTW you can always use services like Test Flight to get to users with other devices and run a beta.