Monday, February 20, 2012

iPad 3 to Get 8MP Camera, More Tapered Back Enclosure?

NextMedia/Apple Daily has posted photos comparing the back enclosure of previous generation iPads with the purported back enclosure for the iPad 3.

The iPad 3 appears to taper more gradually with the camera on the taper itself.

MacRumors relays the Chinese language report:

The iPad 3 enclosure seems to have a more gradual taper to the edges than the iPad 2. The taper is seen better on the top overview photograph. As a result of this longer taper, the iPad 3's camera rests on the taper itself. We saw this before but due to the dark lighting of that image, the taper seemed more exaggerated.

The absolute positioning of the camera doesn't seem that far off from the iPad 2, but the lens does appear larger. According to NextMedia, the new iPad 3 camera will see a significant upgrade to 8 megapixels. The current iPad 2 back camera is 1 megapixel in resolution


Recently the site also posted microscopic images of the purported iPad 3 LCD that showed it to be a Retina Display.