iPad 2 spotted somewhere in China?

posted by Victor H. / Mar 02, 2011, 2:58 AM

First it was the iPhone 4 found in a bar months before its launch, and now a mere day before the official announcement of the iPad 2, a mockup unit claiming to mimic the next incarnation of the popular tablet showed up in China. While the pictures are by no means official, they look shockingly realistic. Below you can see a significantly thinner looking iPad, with both a rear and front facing cameras and a distinct speaker grill on the back, which is expected to bring an even better audio performance.

The design has evolved and we have a slightly different, sloped power button and angular headset jack. The SIM card slot looks positioned exactly where rumors placed the microSD opening. Could this be it? There is no shortage of images for you to judge and all of them are courtesy of Chinese blog DGtle. It should be hours before we find out, so stay tuned, but in the meantime let us know your opinion of the revamped design!

source: DGtle via Engadget

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8 Comments

1. Arnoud unregistered

Haha, how fake is this. Look at the screen, it does not align with the bezel LOL

posted on Mar 02, 2011, 3:23 AM 0

2. Owlet

Posts: 450; Member since: Feb 21, 2011

That's a screen protector.

posted on Mar 02, 2011, 3:55 AM 0

6. mike unregistered

dont talk about something you dont know that's absolutely FAKE, look at the font it's a printed paper, there's no retroilumination and nothing, and yet you dare to say it's real, GTFO

posted on Mar 02, 2011, 5:51 AM 0

3. nimo

Posts: 72; Member since: Jun 11, 2010

I prefer the old one :s

posted on Mar 02, 2011, 4:12 AM 0

4. Eingild unregistered

I don't think this one's fake. A word came from apple that we should not expect too much from the 2nd generation iPad. Only a dual-core processor and front-facing camera will be added. Perhaps, also an SD slot. The 3rd generation would probably the one to carry significant upgrades.