Will iPad 3 actually be iPad 2S?

Only minor upgrades to feature this yearTablets News By John McCann January 20th | Tell us what you think [ 2 comments ]

Tweet Chinese case maker sets pace in iPad race

An iPad case maker in China, Chinee, has started to sell a cover for a device it's calling 'iPad 2S'.

Case manufactures have a good history of being on the money when it comes to pre-empting Apple's hardware plans, with last year's iPhone 5-gate being an exception to the rule.

There is no confusion of where the iPad 2S name derives from – following the way of the iPhone as we saw Apple announce the iPhone 4S last year.

Piling on the pounds

According to several rumours the iPad 3 (or iPad 2S?) will sport the same look as the 2, with a boost in internal gubbins but slightly more portly in depth.

Chinee claims to of received information along these lines via a source from within Apple and has produce its case to fit an iPad (be that a 3 or a iPad 2S) which is 1mm thicker than the current iPad 2.

This particular case seems to have a slightly larger hole in the rear for the camera, which backs up other reports which suggest the iPad 3/2S will pack an improved snapper, but the hint of a flash has not been supported in the Chinee design.

You can get a full run down on all the essential iPad 3/2S gossip in our iPad 3 rumours: what you need to know feature.

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January 20th

2. @bradavon

Lol, you can't really be serious surely.

In terms of sales yes of course you're correct, they were first to market (in terms of a viable Tablet only as there were others before it) and have a fanatical following so will clearly have the largest market share by default.

In terms of hardware and Tablet specific software, items like the Asus Transformer Prime are far ahead of the current iPad2 and in coming years the sales of non Apple tablets will begin to match and most likely surpass those of Apples as they did with Mobiles.

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January 20th

1. Apple is so far ahead in the tablet race it's not as if they need to release an iPad 3 yet.

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