No. Looks screwy. The word iPad and the dock connector are nowhere near the center of the pad. The site logo on the left helps to offset the asymetrical-ness but yeah, it looks pretty fake.
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No. Looks screwy. The word iPad and the dock connector are nowhere near the center of the pad. The site logo on the left helps to offset the asymetrical-ness but yeah, it looks pretty fake.
Most likely fake, there's no Apple logo cutout. Remember that this is where the Wi-Fi antenna goes since it can't go through metal.
No cutout = No WiFi.
It should have a cutout like this:
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EDIT: The Wi-Fi antenna could still go somewhere else, such as in the front bezel.
It's also weird that the "iPad" logo appears to have a reflective finish. All products names on aluminium are usually laser engraved in black, like this:
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No cutout = No WiFi.
It should have a cutout like this:
EDIT: The Wi-Fi antenna could still go somewhere else, such as in the front bezel.
It's also weird that the "iPad" logo appears to have a reflective finish. All products names on aluminium are usually laser engraved in black, like this:
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I'm glad to see it's widescreen. Movies are gonna look awesome on this!
Most of the leaked designs show a 4:3 screen with large bezel above and below the screen and a narrower bezel on the left and right sides. That's why the case looks like a different ratio than the normal iPad.
As an engineer, this looks like a mood. Maybe even something that's been made on a 3d printer. If this is supposed to be the alu back plate there's very litte signs of machining. Compare a iPad 2 rear shell and see how much more detail there is in it.
Or the iPad mini will have a plastic rear sheel which I can't see happening.
Aren't the holes for the mute/screen rotation lock button an volume rockers on the wrong side? Shouldn't they be on the opposite side to the camera?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the iPod touch has a cutout for black plastic in one of its corners. This is where the antenna goes: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-iPod-Touch-4th-Generation-Wi-Fi-Antenna/3640/1
You mean kind of like the same way there is no glass on the of the current ipads? NOt sure why you would need glass on the back. I 'm really not following your logicon this at all.
True, I actually never noticed until now that the iPod touch lost its black plastic corner on the back in the latest gen. Does anybody know why they don't put it in the current iPad's bezel?
I take it this is the wifi version. Will 3G or LTE be offered too? Can't recall reading anything regarding that? I don't see where the black plastic strip at the top goes to pick up the signals.
Also, if one were to add it to their shared dta plans... Would a mini iPad be only $5 bucks versus the larger one at $10?
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Also, if one were to add it to their shared dta plans... Would a mini iPad be only $5 bucks versus the larger one at $10?
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Huh, I thought it was closer to the bezel, but it remains there is no more black cutout for the WiFi antenna on the iPod touch 4th generation (nor a plastic Apple logo).
By my calculation (based off this picture), the iPad mini would be approximately 8.1" x 5.5" (instead of 9.5" x 7.3")
Accounting for the 7.85" screen, the side bezels would be approximately half the width of the current iPad (0.4" instead of 0.75").
The top and bottom bezels would be the same as the iPad.
Accounting for the 7.85" screen, the side bezels would be approximately half the width of the current iPad (0.4" instead of 0.75").
The top and bottom bezels would be the same as the iPad.
Just because Google and Amazon are willing to sell at a loss doesn't mean Apple should go down that foolish path.
I take it this is the wifi version. Will 3G or LTE be offered too? Can't recall reading anything regarding that? I don't see where the black plastic strip at the top goes to pick up the signals.
Also, if one were to add it to their shared dta plans... Would a mini iPad be only $5 bucks versus the larger one at $10?
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No.
It does look very simple/clean for a finished shell - and it is missing the apple logo.
Perhaps it is a 3D print concept or some such... it really doesn't really look like machined aluminium.
Flanking speaker grill?
That is not on the iPad3.
Sign of move to stereo sound, or mic and speaker layout like iPhone.
That is not on the iPad3.
Sign of move to stereo sound, or mic and speaker layout like iPhone.
If flash storage is really only $1/GB doesn't that only prove Apple is bilking people on their storage capacities when they charge $100 more on each tier of storage on the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch and refuse to add a MicroSD card slot so you can upgrade the capacity yourself?
That's up to $6.25 per gigabtye for more storage on the middle tier products (32 GB).
It looks pretty much like those prototypes we saw in the court case. It's not that it looks un-Apple so much as it looks un-iPad 2.
First of all, that's an ignorant comment.
You're not taking into account the hundreds of millions of dollars they spent on R&D. (And then there's shipping fees, rent to pay on all their worldwide locations, electrical bills, employees to pay, etc.)
Second of all, why are you targeting "Apple" and "iPad/iPhone/iPod" about 'milking' the customer, when every single company does this?
My dream iPad mini: 64GB with 3g. If they offer such a model, I'll sell my iPad 3 and pounce
You've got to be kidding me, this is just going to be a cheaper replacement for the iPad 2 but smaller, no way will it have the same retina resolution as the iPad 3. I really don't see the purpose in this device for current owners of an iPad.