Nowhereelse.fr shares some new photos of an "iPad mini" that appeared on Chinese site Bolopad.
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Despite reports from other sites indicating that is likely to be an actual iPad mini, it is clearly a physical mockup and is simply the black version of a white mockup that appeared last week.
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The mockup is consistent with leaked case designs and other mockups, pointing to a somewhat rounded case as opposed to the tapered design seen in the iPad. The design also includes Apple's new Lightning connector and a rear-facing camera.
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Apple is expected to introduce the iPad mini at a media event sometime in October.
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That said, I'm still hoping these mockups are pointing to the real thing!
I do want the device, though, should it ever actually surface.
Gruber (http://daringfireball.net/2012/08/ipad_mini_even_througher) explains a theory for the bezel proportions.