iPad 3 Rear Shell Measures in at 9.5 mm Thick, 0.8 mm Thicker Than iPad 2

[OverSpun]

I already mentioned calipers....

Yea, I think its a complete false after looking at the images...

"Ipad 2" actually looks thicker. If you look at the white screen which looks to be stretched in photoshop.

However- The "Ipad 3" looks that the aluminum base was stretched that makes them look the same size.

Its just terrible photoshop job and including a terrible angle to prove anything. Thats why its called a "rumor".

If it was a legit 'leak' then they should have shown some calipers to prove that the ipad 3 is actually thicker, or any dimensions than some terrible comparison image between 2 vs 3.

Upvote for you.

I still don't believe the hype until it comes out or more legit data. How would we know if they stacked a couple business cards to create rumors?

Nobody cares about only the dimension changes. If someone actually has an iPad 3 in their hands, they would have dropped a LOT more info than only caliper measures.

 

[troop231]

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?

Asking people with current cases, the case I'm interested in (sena leather) probably won't be updated in time for iPad 3.

 

[OverSpun]

Asking people with current cases, the case I'm interested in (sena leather) probably won't be updated in time for iPad 3.

Maybe; waiting a ~week? I'd assume that some cases will fit, but nobody can prove that and this caliper measure is still a 'rumor'.

 

[RoccoFan]

What?

This screen better be amazing for me to upgrade

What kind of Apple fan are you? You upgrade because it's there! Period. End of story. The new version is available...you extend hand with credit/debit card...you buy...you go home. That simple.

 

[zylander]

Probably will NOT actually be thicker

from notesonapple.com
Lots has been made of the 'thicker' iPad 3, but the front glass will be thinner and flush with the back case, bringing it in at the same thickness as iPad 2.

 

[tjmPollex]

What kind of Apple fan are you? You upgrade because it's there! Period. End of story. The new version is available...you extend hand with credit/debit card...you buy...you go home. That simple.

THe question here is what kind of fan are YOU? why would you buy something just because its the newest version without looking at the changes made to the device? You either have lots of money or you are extremely stupid.

 

[GeeYouEye]

So it'll still fit in my hard drive bay? Good.

 

[Shrink]

I'm surprised you weren't voted down by people who don't understand sarcasm... ;-)

You spoke to soon.....-2 and counting.

 

[emjey]

Typo

Dear MacRumours,
86.9mm stated on your image is 8cm 6,9mm, that is thicker than my forearm.
Please correct the typo, I just hear jon4lakers citing your website and saying to million people on youtube that iPad will be over 9cm thick, RIDICULOUS!!

 

[MacCurry]

If you look at the iPad2 dimensions: 241.2mm (h) x 185.7mm (w) x 8.8mm (d)
And 601g weight for the wifi model, you can calculate what 0.81mm extra depth will give you.

It works out to about 656.3 grams for the iPad3. The original iPad was 680 grams. To control the weight, Apple could reduce the height and width dimensions each by a some mm. It could in fact turn out to be lighter than the iPad2.

 

[OverSpun]

Dear MacRumours,
86.9mm stated on your image is 8cm 6,9mm, that is thicker than my forearm.
Please correct the typo, I just hear jon4lakers citing your website and saying to million people on youtube that iPad will be over 9cm thick, RIDICULOUS!!

Haha. good call.

Punctuations are important.

 

[Jibbajabba]

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"Is that an iPad or are you just excited to see me"

 

[Asclepio]

Those pictures are a bit of a fail.

95MM = 9.5 CM. That's one thick iPad! My TV's thinner than that!

95 mm= 0,95 CM

 

[bgribin]

I've got an iPad 2 Dodocase - think there's any chance the iPad 3 will fit?

 

[tbrinkma]

95 mm= 0,95 CM

No, he was right. 95mm = 9.5cm. The error is in the images where they seem to have accidentally written 95.0mm and 86.9mm instead of 9.50mm and 8.69mm respectively. The article title gets it right, only the images are wrong.

Either that or the guy with the calipers is 10x the size of a typical human.

 

[sazivad]

Well, that settles it. No one's going to buy it.

 

[RoccoFan]

Tough crowd

THe question here is what kind of fan are YOU? why would you buy something just because its the newest version without looking at the changes made to the device? You either have lots of money or you are extremely stupid.

I see sarcasm is lost on some folks around here. Sorry.

 

[mrxak]

The calipers clearly show the measurement correctly, I don't really know why they even bothered putting the blue characters over it. I guess it was to avoid confusion by people not seeing the decimal on the screen (it's there if you have good eyes), but it's only caused more confusion .

Anyway, I'm not entirely convinced they did the measurement correctly, looking at the photos, but it really doesn't matter. The glass we already know is thinner, based on the leaked retina display. When we see the entire thing put together, we'll know for sure.

What matters is the weight! I expect if somebody were to put both these rear shells on a proper scale, the iPad 3 case is lighter, due to the changed bevel and perhaps other changes to the rear shell design. Obviously weighing the rear shell alone will not tell us too much about the internal weight, but it would be nice if somebody with an alleged iPad 3 shell would bother to weigh it already.

I'll tell you, if I had one of these in my possession, MacRumors would know the thickness at multiple points, the weight, the volume, and the internal volume, along with a host of other measurements.

 

[Kentochan]

Totally worth the trade off!

 

[GenesisST]

You spoke to soon.....-2 and counting.

ok, everything is now back in order...

From someone's quote around here:
sar·chasm ('sär-"ka-z&m) : The giant gulf (chasm) between what is said and the person who doesn't get it.

 

[Shrink]

ok, everything is now back in order...

From someone's quite around here:
sar·chasm ('sär-"ka-z&m) : The giant gulf (chasm) between what is said and the person who doesn't get it.

LOL...literally.

 

[Laird Knox]

Will our current iPad 2 cases fit? Such as leather/folio/soft cases?

Fabric has extra wiggle room. Also, I don't have my cases any more.

I would say your non-existent case will fit just as well on an iPad 3 as it does on an iPad 2.

 

[JAT]

All you people saying you wouldn't notice .8mm must have something wrong. You should be able to notice a change like that if you compared two devices that are already less than 1cm thick. It's easy to differentiate 16#, 20#, and 24# paper, and that difference is far smaller than .8mm. Now, if you were talking about a 1' thick device, .8mm would be almost impossible to notice without a caliper.

Not that it should matter for an iPad. As many have said, weight is more of a key metric for this device.

 

[striker33]

All you people saying you wouldn't notice .8mm must have something wrong. You should be able to notice a change like that if you compared two devices that are already less than 1cm thick. It's easy to differentiate 16#, 20#, and 24# paper, and that difference is far smaller than .8mm. Now, if you were talking about a 1' thick device, .8mm would be almost impossible to notice without a caliper.

Not that it should matter for an iPad. As many have said, weight is more of a key metric for this device.

No. Just no.

 

[Tiger8]

iPad's obsession with thinness became an eating disorder, it was sent to rehab and came back thicker