Purported 'iPad 3' front panels show identically placed home button and camera
Further disputing continued speculation that Apple could do away with the home button on its next-generation iPad, a new picture claiming to show glass panels for black and white third-generation iPad models show the home button and front-facing camera located in positions identical to the iPad 2.
The pictures of the so-called "iPad 3" digitizer and front glass panel were posted on Thursday by Fix-iPhones.com. The black and white front panels appear to be the same part, complete with redesigned ribbon cable, that surfaced out of the Far East last week.
The front panel once again suggests that Apple's third-generation iPad will look largely identical to the iPad 2, with a home button at the bottom of the device and a hole for a forward-facing camera at the top.
The leaked component should also help to dispel speculation that Apple could do away with the home button entirely on its next iPad. That idea cropped up again this week after Apple sent out invitations for a media event next week that showed an iPad Calendar application icon being touched at the bottom of the screen without a home button.
But since the iPad home screen can be operated in any orientation, it's more likely that the pictured iPad included on the invitation is simply an iPad being used in landscape mode, explaining why there is no home button to be seen.
That the parts shown on Thursday are available in both black and white also suggests that Apple will offer the same two color options it had provided customers with since last year's iPad 2 launch.
While the front panel of the next iPad is expected to look largely identical to the current iPad 2, the new device could be slightly thicker than its predecessor. One measurement of a purported "iPad 3" rear panel publicized earlier this week found that it is 0.81 millimeters thicker than the same part on the iPad 2.
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Hope the UI is updated.
I'll indulge your nonsense. Do you mean "updated" as in "something that isn't an iPod touch interface made bigger" or "updated" as in "logical, rational UI tweaks that streamline what the iPad already has going for it"?
It looked like portrait. The invite is probably a mock-up and the home button got left out.
How could you possibly say that? The image doesn't show anywhere near enough of the device to make that determination. And Apple doesn't use fakes for their product photos. It's a real device.
Also, I think I'm going to do this myself for all future Apple invites.
Or it could just be a modified iPad 2.
I think the 'purported' part can be confirmed or eliminated based on that connector thing matching up with the current iPad's or the also purported iPad 3's that we've seen.
I don't suppose that's an actual response, so I'll just ask, "Why would they modify the iPad 2?"
And the invitation most likely does not have any hidden meanings, we just love to theorize
http://www.cultofmac.com/149770/appl...ould-hit-1000/
I'll indulge your nonsense. Do you mean "updated" as in "something that isn't an iPod touch interface made bigger" or "updated" as in "logical, rational UI tweaks that streamline what the iPad already has going for it"?
How could you possibly say that? The image doesn't show anywhere near enough of the device to make that determination. And Apple doesn't use fakes for their product photos. It's a real device.
Also, I think I'm going to do this myself for all future Apple invites.
Isn't the hand shown making an obscene gesture?
Isn't the hand shown making an obscene gesture?
Pointing with your index finger is an obscene gesture?
I'll indulge your nonsense. Do you mean "updated" as in "something that isn't an iPod touch interface made bigger" or "updated" as in "logical, rational UI tweaks that streamline what the iPad already has going for it"?
How could you possibly say that? The image doesn't show anywhere near enough of the device to make that determination. And Apple doesn't use fakes for their product photos. It's a real device.
Also, I think I'm going to do this myself for all future Apple invites.
Good stuff. I guess that settle everything!
Oh, look. Home Buttons. What a surprise.
Agreed. No one in their right mind thinks that the iPad 3 will lack a home button.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=9s2oYUy_cVY
No home button, software enabled virtual bezel... Perfect gadget!
Still, LTE and HD is good enough upgrade for me anyways.
Anybody who thinks otherwise is probably the type who believes in crackhead conspiracy theories.
And also, the spacing between those icons doesn't mean shit, as the spacing changes depending upon how many icons somebody puts down there.
I really hoped for something edge-to-edge like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=9s2oYUy_cVY
No home button, software enabled virtual bezel... Perfect gadget!
That is cool for a Sci-Fi perspective because it's flashy but it's practical for real world use even if that tech was feasible.
It looked like portrait. The invite is probably a mock-up and the home button got left out.
It was a mockup. If you look at the lighting under the index and thumb, the thumb has very white light, yet it is sitting on the black edge where no light is emitted. Also, a dark background doesn't emit so much light that the fingers would be so lit up from underneath!
Plus, if you leave your finger on that calendar icon for longer than 3 seconds, the icons would start wobbling! And it takes longer than 3 seconds for a professional photograph to get this shot...
EDIT: ok, someone beat me to it! Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that Tuesday!!!
Misdirection...
In many ways this reminds me of the original iPad launch...
All these little rumors about this feature or that were circulating and being debated...
Then Apple demoed the iPad including many of the rumored features...
But, the thing that all the rumors had agreed upon (and not being debated) -- that was "settled law" -- was that the price would start at $1,000-$1,100...
Then $499 dropped with dust and a resounding thud...
Boom!
...And every competitor went back to their drawing boards... for more than 2 years now...
I don't know if there will be something earthshaking at the iPad³ announcement -- but I suspect we are all missing something, by focusing on the details.
Pointing with your index finger is an obscene gesture?
Some, here, think everything I do is an obscene gesture