It's not that much of a stretch of the imagination to believe that Apple (http://techcrunch.com/tag/Apple) might unveil gold, or "space gray," iPads (http://techcrunch.com/tag/ipad) in the upcoming month(s). That's why it's quite interesting that Chinese tech site DoNews (http://m.donews.com/201309/1952261.shtm) has posted photos of a champagne iPad mini 2, complete with TouchID sensor.
Not enough evidence? Sonny Dickson (https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson), the same fellow who released the most accurate pre-release photos of the iPhone (http://techcrunch.com/tag/iphone) 5s and iPhone 5c, has today tweeted out his own information regarding the inevitable iPad mini launch, as well as a photo of an unassembled iPad mini 2 in "space grey."
From the unconfirmed photos, as well as Dickson's predictions, it seems that there are quite a few similarities between the latest flagship iPhone and the forthcoming iPad mini. As you can see in the images above and below, the next-gen iPad minis will allegedly come in champagne gold and the same space grey we've seen with the iPhone 5s.
Dickson also tweeted (https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/383475331010555904), without revealing photos, that the iPad mini will be available in silver as well. Furthermore, we may see (https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/383465095369461760) a TouchID fingerprint scanner on the Apple tablets, also shown in images.
No word yet on whether or not the iPad mini will sport a high-res Retina display.
As with any Apple leak, these images are far from confirmed, but Dickson has a solid track record and the details seem to make sense in terms of Apple's evolution. After the iPhone 5 came out in the anodized aluminum black "slate", so too did the iPad mini.
Dickson also mentioned that, according to his sources, the iPad mini 2 would include Apple's new A7 64-bit chip, the M7 motion coprocessor we're seeing in the iPhone 5s, along with 1GB of RAM. As for the 9.7-inch iPad 5, Dickson's sources revealed (https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/383480255370891264) that it will pack 2GB of RAM under the hood, presumably sporting the same specs as little brother.
Again, we haven't even received an invitation to the iPad/iPad mini launch event (expected to go down sometime in October), so it's far too early to tell the legitimacy of these claims and/or photos.
Still, these aren't too far outside the realm of possibility.
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