I was thinking this but doesnt the face and glass rest inside the thicker shell? The glass will be a factor. I can see this getting to within 0.5mm of the iPad 2 though
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iPad 3 Rear Shell Measures in at 9.5 mm Thick, 0.8 mm Thicker Than iPad 2
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I was thinking this but doesnt the face and glass rest inside the thicker shell? The glass will be a factor. I can see this getting to within 0.5mm of the iPad 2 though
Not sure. The only one I've had an opportunity to play with was an iPad 1, so I'm not sure about how the iPad 2 is put together. It just seems like a pretty big coincidence if the thickness differences I'm remembering are right. (I haven't been able to find the reference I'm remembering though, so I might just be getting two other bits of info mixed together incorrectly.)
If I can fit my iPad 3 in my iPad 2 case I'll be very happy. I hate flushing $ down the toilet on accessories and also ilke my iPad 2 case.
.8mm ?!?!?!?! 
Seriously though, glad Apple didnt let the "thinness" race dictate their product. If the battery life and user experience delivers, ill be tickled pink. Cheers!
Seriously though, glad Apple didnt let the "thinness" race dictate their product. If the battery life and user experience delivers, ill be tickled pink. Cheers!
yes, because they just designed the iPad 3 last week. Steve had no idea what they were planning on doing with it, and he had no say in the device's development...
Seriously people.... stop saying steve would not have allowed the iPhone 4S, he wouldn't have let the iPad get thicker, etc. You live under a rock if you think steve was not involved with the development of Apple products and services for the foreseeable future.
yeah, let us all go grab our iPad 3's from the closet and try to throw them in our iPad 2 cases to give you an answer..
but you had to ask the question? So where's that simple logic at?
You ever try to fit a 9mm bolt in an 8mm socket? Doesn't work....
I don't think that it will be any thicker. You are all forgetting that you are only measuring the back shell! With the iPad 2 the screen sits slightly raised from the back shell. What if the new screen is thinner, using different glass? maybe resulting in iPad 3 being the same thickness as the iPad 2
It's not an autobiography. It's an authorized biography. Steve Jobs didn't write the book, therefore it's not an autobiography.
so i'm still curious.... if it was a question that can be answered with common sense and no need for an iPad 3, why are you asking us? Do you not have enough common sense to answer it yourself?
Steve was a complex man yet a funny one
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Outrageous!
Big, fat, piece of crap.
Imagine trying to sell us a chubby tablet.
Raise a cry to the heavens...this shall not be!!!
The nerve...
Lol i see tablets that are from 10mm to 13mm. My dad has the Asus transformer and its pretty close to 13mm so... 9.5mm is pretty nice for me
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main thing is weight, i hope iPad 3 has lost 100 grams.
iPad 2 Lost around 91 grams... so don't expect nothing more than 50 grams
although i wish it could happen 
Outrageous!
Big, fat, piece of crap.
Imagine trying to sell us a chubby tablet.
Raise a cry to the heavens...this shall not be!!!
The nerve...
"This POS will never sell! I am never going to buy one." Hmmmm, I remember all the postings for the iPad1. So remind me how many of these unsellable iPads have been sold? lol
iPad name changed to iBrick
yes.... I am still on my rev 1 iPad, and I was thinking about upgrading to iPad 3 but I don't think I'll be interested now. I wonder how much of it is battery... maybe with it being almost 4 inches thick it will have a battery life of weeks instead of hours.
The photo's show the iPad 3 to be 95mm thick, that's about 3.75 inches. I think we may not be able house our old iPad 2 cases
yes.... I am still on my rev 1 iPad, and I was thinking about upgrading to iPad 3 but I don't think I'll be interested now. I wonder how much of it is battery... maybe with it being almost 4 inches thick it will have a battery life of weeks instead of hours.