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Apple to Launch a White iPad 2?
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Why do people like white so much? It's a horrible color to frame a screen with as a light color tends to make colors not pop out as much (sure, some colors might look better but the thing is a computer screen doesn't keep the same colors at all times cause it's constantly changing what is on it).
On top of that, it's a very bland color. It's boring. I just don't understand why there's this big deal about white products, especially when it comes to framing monitors/displays with.
On top of that, it's a very bland color. It's boring. I just don't understand why there's this big deal about white products, especially when it comes to framing monitors/displays with.
No, they're not.
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I know this is fake because there is no FaceTime camera.. but I really hope Apple looses the home button.
It's called style.
What sort of shoes are you wearing? Are they the same thing everyone else around you is wearing?
As I mentioned earlier, white is a very popular color for consumer electronics is certain parts of the world (Europe, southeast Asia). As over 60% of Apple's revenue comes from international sales, it would beneficial if they released products that international consumers would find attractive.
It's not just about you, you know.
If you want to understand the world better, it would be more effective to adopt a more global worldview, not one so USA-centric. Up to you.
Thinking that the hole cutout is for the ambient light sensor is funny. It's a camera hole. iPad 2 screen protectors also have this cutout in the same spot.
If it WAS for the ambient sensor, why do the iPad 1 protectors not have a cutout?
This may be a 3rd party part but it IS based off the final iPad 2 bezel.
If it WAS for the ambient sensor, why do the iPad 1 protectors not have a cutout?
This may be a 3rd party part but it IS based off the final iPad 2 bezel.
Thinking that the hole cutout is for the ambient light sensor is funny. It's a camera hole. iPad 2 screen protectors also have this cutout in the same spot.
If it WAS for the ambient sensor, why do the iPad 1 protectors not have a cutout?
This may be a 3rd party part but it IS based off the final iPad 2 bezel.
The iPad 1 doesn't have a cutout because it is BLACK - this also goes for the BLACK iPhone 4. Notice the various websites that offer white iPhone 4 conversion kits; all have perforated cutouts for the proximity sensor.
*sigh* now we are going to have to listen to people complain about where the white iPad is just like the white iPhone 
These rumors of 'just a crappy modest upgrade' totally kills my interest of getting one. And I have been eagerly waiting for the iPad 2 since the first one was announced. Guess I will have to wait another year. Sorry Apple but you have to work harder.
What I find curious and funny is all these people are saying that they are waiting for iteration of the iPad and how Apple has dropped the ball but NO ONE knows yet what is going to be in the new iPad. Making a decision about buying a product and/or flaming a company for not including certain features in a product, ALL before that product has been officially announced and no specs have been realeased, is just plain stupid. Wait for Apple to announce the iPad and the specs and then flame them if you want if it doesn't have retina or 1GB RAM, etc.
I for one am curious what the specs are going to be. I know that Apple does tend to throw curve balls out there sometimes and include things that no one thought of before, or no one has implemented before and it takes the market by storm, so that could be the case. Apple could announce an iPad with features that makes all these naysayers flock to them to purchase it.
I'll be buying the iPad 2 regardless since I finally made the decision to purchase. I would have purchased the iPad 1, but since the newer one is coming out soon (or so we all think) I figure to just wait to the upgrade. There are features I'd like to see but since even the first gen is good enough for my uses, the features on the 2 or the lack thereof are not that important to me.
That might work if on the MBPs they make the keyboard white too and on the iMacs if they made the Apple logos white...
It's fake because it doesn't have a facetime camera! (sarcasm)
http://gizmodo.com/#!169886/apple-patents-screen-with-camera-inside-display
It doesn't need a cutout for the camera. The iPad is designed to be viewed in all 4 rotations, not just where the camera is on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4g.
The camera is most likely going to be the in-screen camera, like I said earlier. Why? because then it's in the middle of the screen itself, and you don't have to worry about the orientation of the entire device just to use facetime on it. What better device to implement it into than the iPad?
So the "fake because it doesn't have the camera hole" argument is most likely invalid.
http://gizmodo.com/#!169886/apple-patents-screen-with-camera-inside-display
It doesn't need a cutout for the camera. The iPad is designed to be viewed in all 4 rotations, not just where the camera is on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4g.
The camera is most likely going to be the in-screen camera, like I said earlier. Why? because then it's in the middle of the screen itself, and you don't have to worry about the orientation of the entire device just to use facetime on it. What better device to implement it into than the iPad?
So the "fake because it doesn't have the camera hole" argument is most likely invalid.
I remember people were puking when they first saw white iPhone 4. LOL
Now everybody still wants it even after almost a year of delays.
Now everybody still wants it even after almost a year of delays.
Never thought of it happening, but now that's it been mentioned; I'd buy one.
To add, it seems as though they would have the make the back White too, because aluminium and White don't go well together I feel, so I can imagine having 2 pieces of glass on the front and back, like on the iPhone, becoming essentially a large iPhone, in white. And it would feel really solid in the hand and good quality. AND make it really thin.
I can definitely imagine it, but apple are going with the tapered edges now so that original idea is thrown out the window.
To add, it seems as though they would have the make the back White too, because aluminium and White don't go well together I feel, so I can imagine having 2 pieces of glass on the front and back, like on the iPhone, becoming essentially a large iPhone, in white. And it would feel really solid in the hand and good quality. AND make it really thin.
I can definitely imagine it, but apple are going with the tapered edges now so that original idea is thrown out the window.