AppleInsider Staff
A new video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday combines two parts purportedly bound for Apple's next-generation iPad, the front digitizer and rear casing, and compares the dummy model with the current version of the tablet.
While the supposed "iPad 5" parts appear to be identical to those already been seen in multiple "leaks," Tuesday's video offers a better look at how the rumored device's iPad mini-like design stacks up against the fourth-generation iPad.
As seen previously, one of the most significant changes are the side bezels, which are substantially thinner than the current full-size iPad. In the clip, Lewis Hilsenteger of YouTube channel Unbox Therapy lays a white version of the purported iPad 5 digitizer on top of a current iPad, illustrating the greatly reduced bezel size.
With the current iPad, the bezel width is nearly uniform on all four sides, but Apple's latest tablet, the iPad mini, sports a sleeker profile that cuts down on these "handles." The result makes the full size iPad seem taller when used in the portrait orientation.
The purported rear aluminum shell is also redesigned and cuts down on width by about 1.5 centimeters, while depth is nearly the same. Rounded edges terminating in a sharp chamfered screen surround replace the tapered design of the fourth-gen iPad.
Not much can be gleaned from the video concerning internals, as there are none to speak of, though the shell does have dual loudspeaker ports, suggesting the next-gen unit will adopt the iPad mini's stereo design.
Apple is not expected to announce a new iPad or iPad mini at its upcoming special event on Sept. 10, at which a next-gen iPhone, possbile low-cost handset, and iOS 7 are thought to be unveiled.
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I want one.
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Does any consumer care about Apple's iPad anymore? All the pundits say consumers are more interested in buying a cheap plastic Android tablets that are just as good as an iPad and cost almost $150 less than Apple's iPad. Wall Street seems to think most consumers prefer plastic over metal cases. So far it appears the generic $200 Android tablet is getting all the tablet market share as Apple continues to lose tablet market share in huge chunks. I've heard most of the Android market share numbers are based on shipments, not actual sales, but the way the news media looks at it, those cheap Android tablets are the ones ending up in everyone's hands. Google is still bragging about millions of Android activations a day, so there has to be consumers buying Android devices in high numbers. A thinner bezel seems to be no match for a $150 cheaper Android tablet. I wonder if Apple is also going to have to go to a plastic iPad for increased tablet sales in China.
...I'm just confused as to why you are here on 'Appleinsider' reading articles on an 'iPad' when you don't seem to have any interest in them? You love android tablets and your not a fan of Apple, perhaps stop visiting Apple forum pages and go find an Android one....
Your response is why he/she is here, not to contribute but seeking attention. Stop taking the bait and hopefully it will slink off elsewhere to look anew for attention there.
Haha I love the bickering between fans and trolls :) I'm a fan, so bog off troll.