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Leaked Photo of New 9.7-Inch iPad Rear Shell With Lightning?

Leaked Photo of New 9.7-Inch iPad Rear Shell With Lightning?

Posted October 21, 2012 at 1:34am by
A photo allegedly depicting the new rear shell for the tweaked 9.7-inch iPad has surfaced online.

The only visible change is the new Lightning dock connector replacing the 30-pin connector.


The photo was posted on the Apple Museum Taiwan Facebook page which appears to be affiliated with Apple.pro.

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Leaked Photo of New 9.7-Inch iPad Rear Shell With Lightning?
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ehhmad
ehhmad - October 21, 2012 at 6:02am
Well it seems like it was badly photoshopped, check out the apple logo
Eremita
Eremita - October 21, 2012 at 3:50pm
I think it's just a tape over the logo :) just like on the cameralens aswell.
Ed
Ed - October 21, 2012 at 1:45am
Return it ASAP.
Scully
Scully - October 21, 2012 at 1:37am
Well that sucks. I only just bought an iPad.
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