Alleged iPad 5 Front Bezel Photos Show Narrower iPad Mini-Like Sides

[Ooks]

The ipad mini allows normal functionality while resting ones thumb on the screen. It can distinguish a resting thumb from a pointing finger.

Give it a try. However it only works with the mini at the moment, but I suspect Apple will add this hidden gem to the new thinner bezelled ipad 5

I will take your word for it. I've got an ancient G2 and even with that honking old-timey bezel I still get unintended taps from time to time. Hooray for technological solutions to fat thumbs.

 

[koban4max]

ipad isn't "cool" anymore. How about rather than focusing on black/white ipad, try making it hologram ipad.

 

[jimbobb24]

The software (iOS) takes care of detecting accidental taps ... With the iPad mini I had the same worry first, but it works great, I never had any accidental taps or false alarms for real taps. I wouldn't expect the bigger form factor of the iPad 5 to be an issue.

I just tested this and it works on the home screen but not the games I tested. All of them did not differentiate between resting on edges and touches. This will be a real problem for a smaller bezel unless they figure something out.

 

[h4lp m3]

"Front bezel"??? Looks like a digitizer to me

 

[frosse]

"Front bezel"??? Looks like a digitizer to me

Still shows a bezel, doesn't it?

 

[mdrainey]

I adjusted the image so that the size of the home button and corner radiuses match those of an iPad / iPad mini.

The screen does turn out the be exactly 9.7" after.

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Did you see the Apple homescreen with the 50 billionth download "Thanks"?
That iPad sure looked exactly the same size as the one in your pic. Please take a look when you have time and tell me what you think.

 

[pgiguere1]

Did you see the Apple homescreen with the 50 billionth download "Thanks"?
That iPad sure looked exactly the same size as the one in your pic. Please take a look when you have time and tell me what you think.

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That's definitely just the current iPad mini.
Even if you don't consider the hand size (since it could be a very big hand) you can guess it by the corner radius relative to the overall size.

 

[mdrainey]

That's definitely just the current iPad mini.
Even if you don't consider the hand size (since it could be a very big hand) you can guess it by the corner radius relative to the overall size.

Alright, I figured you would know.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[adnbek]

The software (iOS) takes care of detecting accidental taps ... With the iPad mini I had the same worry first, but it works great, I never had any accidental taps or false alarms for real taps. I wouldn't expect the bigger form factor of the iPad 5 to be an issue.

I guess iBooks doesn't count because I'm constantly flipping pages by accident.