Ahh, the iPad Mini – we almost feel like good friends, and you’ve not even been revealed officially yet. We’ve seen your innards, your components, and we’ve heard when everybody thinks you’ll be revealed by Apple and sold all around the world. We’ve not seen many real-looking photos of the finished thing though, although Twitter user Sonny Dickson wants us to see the finished product it seems.
Sonny also happens to be a researcher for Apple news site 9to5mac, and by the looks of things he’s somehow gotten his hands on a finished iPad Mini, or at least a model that’s very close to the real deal. In several pictures Sonny has shown off the miniaturised tablet, compared to both the iPad and the iPhone 5. In the image above we see the rear of the 32GB iPad Mini compared to a full sized iPad, which looks to confirm the size and design. Below we see the two compared on the back, denoting the difference in dock connector.
As has been rumoured many times, the iPad Mini looks set to include the newer 8-pin Lightning dock connection and micro drilled speaker holes either side of it, mirroring the design of the iPhone 5. The Mini also looks to be slightly thicker than the full-sized iPad, with edges more rounded and thick rather than the sleek, tapered edges on the original.
Of course, the tablet in Dickson’s pictures could be a dummy model that several Apple fan sites managed to obtain a short while back through sources in the far east. Either way, looking at these images and the recently leaked images of the black iPad Mini casings, we think this design is nigh on the final one from Apple.
The iPad Mini is widely expected to be revealed at an event around October 17th, with invites said to be going out tomorrow – October 10th. Recent reports suggest that Apple has already ordered 10 million devices to be made in time for the Christmas rush. Will you be wanting one under your Christmas tree?
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Via: Pocket-lint