More Apple iPad 2 Rumors: Smaller Form Factor, Flat Back, And Stronger Speaker

From CRN: Apple's second-generation iPad will have the same size display as its precedessor, but be 3mm physically smaller overall, with a narrower bezel. That's the latest in a recent series of iPad 2 rumors, this time from a Japan-based Apple blog called MacOtakara, which cited an "anonymous Chinese source" for its information.

MacOtakara on Thursday reported that iPad 2 will measure 239mm by 186mm, slightly smaller than the 242.8mm by 189.7mm measuresments of the current iPad. MacOtakara also writes that the back surface of the second iPad will be flat, as opposed to the current iPad's curved back, and that the iPad's Ambient Light Sensor will now be located at the "upper center of the rear panel."

The iPad 2 may be in for a speaker upgrade as well; MacOtakara mentions a "large wide-ranged speaker unit covered with metal mesh."

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