Apple beefs up iPad storage to 128GB

Apple said on Tuesday that it will sell a version of its iPad tablet computer with 128 gigabytes of storage, which is twice the capacity of its existing models.

Apple's logo is reflected on a glass panel while a staff of the Apple store explains about the iPad at a seminar at its shop in Tokyo January 18, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Apple, which has sold more than 120 million iPads so far, said that the new iPad will go on sale February 5 in the United States, in black or white, for a suggested retail price of US$799 for the iPad with just Wi-Fi model, and US$929 for the version that also has a cellular wireless connection.

The statement did not reveal when the new model would be available in Australia.

(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)