Photos of Apple Tablet Back Shell Leaked?

There's the white one for the girls; where's the black one for guys??

lee.anderson said:

It looks amazing

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It does?

Not thin enough!

Photos of Apple Tablet Back Shell Leaked?






With less than two hours to go before Apple's media event, Gizmodo has posted three images that briefly appeared on Chinese website WeiPhone appearing to show the back shell of an Apple device of approximately the tablet's expected size. The photos, which appear to depict several such shells in an industrial setting, quickly disappeared from the site.










Earlier today, Engadget posted what appears to be images of the front of the tablet device, which has been bolted down to a table and partially covered by a black cloth in the images.

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Looks nice. Very thin.

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

that looks enormous. I call b.s.

Square? No one saw that coming.

So, mini-display port there?

Output to HDMI would be sweet. hopefully it handles at least 1080i/p

jav6454 said:

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

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How do you know what methods are deployed in a Chinese factory?

jav6454 said:

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

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Assembly lines often use carriers that have multiple items on them for simultaneous work, particularly when the items are small. I believe it's real.

Personally I think it looks really good. I just hope it's very thin and light, or else it will fail.

jav6454 said:

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

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That's not an assembly line.

flopticalcube said:

Square? No one saw that coming.

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That's the tablet itself. The screen is still gonna be 16X9

macjock said:

How do you know what methods are deployed in a Chinese factory?

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Apple showed us videos how they made the casing for the Aluminum MacBooks back in 2008. Clearly it's a assembly line method. Nothing is done by hand unless something needs to be inspected.

jav6454 said:

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

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Testing facility.....

jav6454 said:

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

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i sooo hope you are wrong just for the actual fact that you think this is some kind of an assembly unit...


Its clearly testing for something, strength or radiation...etc

Most believable pictures I have seen so far. Should look really nice too.

Love the idea of a square aspect ratio. That and a white back instead of black.

Peace said:

That's the tablet itself. The screen is still gonna be 16X9

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I still say no one saw that coming.

And, yes, it looks like a test rig.

The rubberised detail at the top (presumably for the antenna) is leading me to believe they are genuine.

If it is then it's very nice, nicer than I thought it would be.

Assuming (and it is a big if) these are genuine, it is also interesting that the orientation of the Apple logo indicates it will often be used in portrait orientation. I imagine for TV/video landscape will be used though. I kind of expected the Apple to go the other way round.

Maybe the on screen keyboard (if there is an on screen keyboard) is easier to user in portrait?

jav6454 said:

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

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dude, really? did you proof read this? how is doing 4 at a time versus 1 at a time a waste of resources?

not to mention dude, the first picture appears to have a plastic strip at the top for an antenna.... just look

Woah, it's much bigger then expected if this is it...

Looks like the back of the imac's to me...the holes probably respresenting where parts are clipped together.