iPad 2 (or something) shows up in the wilds of China

[bzz]

More at Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/ipad-2-or-something-shows-up-in-the-wilds-of-china/

 

[henrikrox]

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It's so ugly

 

[iPad 2nd Gen]

Fake

 

[Chilean.Miner]

where is my carbon fiber back!?

 

[bzz]

More pics here:
http://www.dgtle.com/article-29-1.html

 

[puppyflightclub]

Official

 

[sammich]

So...why isn't there a decent front side to all these pictures?

 

[bzz]

So...why isn't there a decent front side to all these pictures?

Check more pics here:
http://www.dgtle.com/article-29-1.html

 

[jmpnop]

The white band on the back for 3G is so ugly! Hope this isn't true..

 

[mickbab]

Looks semi believable but it's not running iOS. At least not in its current form. Check out the status bar.

 

[yly3]

Original is a beauty
This "remix" is iPad made by Samsung

WTF

 

[Orange™]

Hmmm

Camera not centered (that or the clock isn't centered). I think it looks nice, I'm down to buy.

 

[nomad01]

Looks semi believable but it's not running iOS. At least not in its current form. Check out the status bar.

It's a dummy screen by the look of it. Looks like a paper insert to me.

They do suggest that it's just a mock-up.

 

[Cougarcat]

Looks semi believable but it's not running iOS. At least not in its current form. Check out the status bar.

The text also looks wrong, and there is no "iPad" in the top left. Also, the screen looks crooked. Very odd.

Edit: Yeah, nomad01 is probably right. Paper insert.

 

[XieoBebe]

More at Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/ipad-2-or-something-shows-up-in-the-wilds-of-china/

It is so darn ugly it almost made me cry. We'll know if this is the real thing in a few hours.

 

[jimN]

Can't believe no-one's complained about the recessed head phone jack yet.

The physical appearance is fine - tablets are pretty hard to differentiate. More interested to see what hardware changes there are internally and what they manage to do with the OS. I think we are going to see a 4.4 release with some iPad specific changes and some (long overdue) improved MobileMe integration.

 

[OllyW]

Apple Model A1218 is the 1st generation Apple TV.

 

[Cougarcat]

Apple Model A1218 is the 1st generation Apple TV.

Doesn't mean it's fake. As Engadget says:

We've looked into the digits on the back of the device and the model number is one for the original Apple TV while the FCC ID is for a WiFi-only iPad, but those could be mere placeholders on what is, once again, a mockup and not a real working tablet.

 

[t0rr3s]

Could just be a placeholder but the real iPad 2? I'm not having it.

 

[OllyW]

Can't believe no-one's complained about the recessed head phone jack yet.

The angled dock port also looks like it's too deeply recessed for it to work with any current accessories.

 

[impact_blue]

"It's fake, because it's ugly!"

 

[ClutchThese]

yeah, i'm not digging the angled edges. maybe i won't be as excited if this is the new look. i sure hope the internals make up for it.

 

[impact_blue]

Can't believe no-one's complained about the recessed head phone jack yet.

Didn't the EDGE iPhone have problems with fitting certain head phone jacks because of the same reason? C'mon Apple!

 

[amammad]

Apple Model A1218 is the 1st generation Apple TV.

We know! It was already mentioned in the Endgadget article.

 

[Orange™]