iPad 2 Rumor: Bigger Speaker, Flatter Back, Very Slightly Smaller? [Rumor]

The closer we get to a potential iPad 2 release-and we’re still probably several months away -the more questionably sourced rumors will pop up. This one, from a Japanese Apple-enthusiast blog , not less than explains that weird case from before .

The word over at Kanteidan Blog (translated), from ” sources in China,” is that iPad 2 will feature wide-range speakers for better audio quality (the image above is an artist’s rendering of what said speaker might seem to be, not actual photographic proof). Which helps to give an explanation for the mysterious opening this supposed leaked iPad 2 case :

That blue circle is where the current iPad’s speakers are now-and greater speakers mean an even bigger opening. Is sensible!

Other rumors coming from Kanteidan include a flat, iPod Touch-like back for the iPad 2, and a case that’s 239 mm by 186 mm as opposed to the current model’s 242.8 mm by 189.7 mm. No change in display size, so we could just be watching shaving something off of that unsightly bezel. The iPad is alleged to ship from manufacturers in January, which would roughly line up with the predicted April release.

So! Take all of this with an especially large grain of salt. But in spite of the fact that the ” sources from China” are unreliable or nonexistent, here is at the least a type of rumors that also, mostly, matches up with common-sense. [ Kanteidan Blog via Boy Genius Report ]

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