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Questionable Tablet Bezel Image Surfaces

The Mac Observer reports that it has received an image from a source showing what is claimed to be the "glass" for Apple's much-rumored tablet device, although the image actually depicts a front bezel.


With no sense of scale for the image, the report relies on the source's claim that the "glass" (presumably the bezel opening for the screen) measures in at 10 inches. The bezel has a nearly-identical appearance to that of the iPhone aside from the claimed size, with a home button at one end of the screen and a slot similar to that of an iPhone's speaker at the other end. The image also depicts a small hole at the top left corner of the bezel, with speculation centering on it possibly being for a camera lens.

We aren't positive about how this device would be presented, but we thought it made the most sense in a vertical alignment. If it is legit, one wold think that the slot at the top is for a speaker, while the hole in the upper left could be for a camera lens. The button on the bottom, of course, would likely be a Home button, the same with the iPhone.

As for the reliability of the source, The Mac Observer notes only that it is trusted. We, however, are extremely skeptical of the claims, and barring additional evidence, we are posting this item on Page 2 merely for interest and discussion.

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27 months ago
Fake. I'd be very very surprised if this turns out to be true.
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27 months ago
Why would a tablet need a ear speaker slit? That would look silly to use it like a phone.
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27 months ago
Without any indication of size or scale huh? So this could be the 4th Gen iPhone bezel. That would make much more sense.:confused:
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27 months ago
Scale, size of the button relative to the speaker slot, etc... all make this look like the iPhone 4G. Looks like there's a bit more room on the bottom and the corners are slightly more beveled.
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27 months ago
Apple would reinvent the idea... Not reuse it as a giant iPhone. Plus where is the camera going to go? (If there is one) and what's with the earpiece?
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27 months ago
If my new Tablet looks like an over-sized iPhone, I will have lost all hope in Apple's creativity.

It's fake through and through. A slot to...? Swipe your credit card through for iTunes Store purchases? The hole on the bottom is a speaker? :p
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27 months ago
This is clearly an iPhone bezel for God's sake!

Why on Earth are we saying it's a tablet. It's identical to the iPhone and with nothing for scale - you have to say it's an iPhone. Occam's razor!
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27 months ago
This doesn't really appear to be a potential 4th gen iPhone bezel to me. I know we don't have any sense of actual size here, but look at the size of the home button cut-out in proportion to the width of the screen opening. On current iPhones, the screen is about 2 inches wide, with the home button being about 1/2 inch in diameter (screen is roughly 4 times as wide as the home button). This things screen width looks to be 8 to 10 times the width of the home button. That's either a huge screen, or Apple shrunk the home button down to about half the diameter of the current home button(look at your iPhone and imagine the home button being half that diameter---seems way too tiny). So I say this is neither the 4th gen iPhone bezel, nor the Apple tablet bezel (because of the ear-speaker slot).
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27 months ago
guys. the home button area looks smaller because they're replacing the home button with a useless scroll ball!

but really, this strikes me as more of a 4th gen iPhone front rather than the tablet. It makes no sense for the tablet to look like that. If this were a valid apple product at all, I would pin it to the next iPhone. Perhaps they'd be doing something new with the home button. That little dot in the top left corner? Please say it's a notification light.
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27 months ago
This looks exactly like a fake "leaked" image of the new iPhone from last year. Don't know where the image is but I've seen it.
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