Alleged image of Apple iPad 4 screen shows a bigger hole for FaceTime camera

Is a bigger FaceTime camera coming to the Apple iPad 4

It seems strange to be talking about the Apple iPad 4 when tomorrow the Apple iPad mini will be introduced, but a site called Apple.pro was able to obtain a picture of what is allegedly the front screen of the next full-sized Apple tablet. According to the source of the picture, the Apple iPad 4 screen uses optical bonding which is a process that glues glass in front of a display to improve its readability in areas with high humidity. It also reduces glare and allows the screen to be thinner. It is a process that is also being used on the screen of the Microsoft Surface tablet.

In addition, the picture of the screen shows a larger cutout for the FaceTime camera. That could mean that Apple plans on bringing a larger camera sensor to its next 9.7 inch tablet.The front-facing camera on the third iteration of the Apple iPad is .3MP. On the Apple iPhone 5 and 5th gen Apple iPod touch, the FaceTime shooter is 1.2MP would gives us a clue of were Apple may go with the feature in the iPad 4.

The tablet wars are just beginning to heat up. You have Apple competing in the low price 7 inch category with the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Google Nexus 7. You have Microsoft competing in the full size space with the 9.7 inch Apple iPad. What will be next?

source: Apple.pro via BGR

Optical Bonding will make the Apple iPad 4 screen thinner

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posted on 22 Oct 2012, 22:38

1. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)

Next will be UBUNTU on Nexus, On Acer etc .... competition is always good for those who hate monopoly :)

posted on 22 Oct 2012, 22:49

2. Ninetysix (Posts: 2622; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)

Is that why Ubuntu is so popular on desktop? OOohhh..can't wait!

posted on 22 Oct 2012, 23:08 1

3. arsenaljimenez (Posts: 185; Member since: 03 May 2012)

WHO CARES!

posted on 22 Oct 2012, 23:20

4. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)

i dont think apple will announce iPad 4 coz as far as i know they only announce one iDevice per year! so iPad 4 will be 2013....

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 02:21 1

13. mrllano (Posts: 91; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)

Nobody said apple will announce ipad 4 this year

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 03:33

14. andro. (Posts: 1999; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)

its the New ipad$

posted on 22 Oct 2012, 23:22

5. techguy22 (Posts: 227; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)

meh!!

posted on 22 Oct 2012, 23:45 1

6. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)

Maybe the chinaman put a bigger drill bit by mistake?

posted on 22 Oct 2012, 23:47 1

7. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

Ipad 4, a.k.a. the newest new ipad.

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 01:19

9. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Actually, it is a red herring used by Apple to find the source of a leak. Someone is going to be out of work soon....

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 01:32

10. Reverence (Posts: 224; Member since: 16 Jul 2012)

ipads can only have holes nothing else!

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 01:54

11. tiara6918 (Posts: 2110; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)

Leaks are coming in early, looks like Tim Cook isn't doing a good job in preventing these things from happening. We even might see what the iPad 4 might look like sometime around this year if this keeps on going.

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 02:11

12. chunk1x (Posts: 248; Member since: 25 Jun 2011)

Bigger hole in the face time camera is need because of bigger heads of iPad users. :P

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 05:06

15. fistigons (Posts: 353; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)

The Notion Ink Adam 2 will be next.

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 05:22

16. frydaexiii (Posts: 1475; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)

So this is what Apple rumors have amounted to...From liquid metal to bigger camera hole =_="

posted on 23 Oct 2012, 05:35

17. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)

"its also reduces glare"

lmao my gnex screen doesnt have any glare at all....deep black