Recently, it is said that the photo of the next-generation iPad mini metal back cover is exposed. Although the appearance does not change much, it is obviously thicker than the current iPad mini.
The netizen named "250441095" released a total of 9 photos. Although no description of the pictures, it is obviously not a component of the iPad mini. Judging from the photos, this metal case is thicker, but from the point of view of the punching holes of the camera, speaker, and interface, there is not much change.
The body is obviously thicker than the current iPad mini
The most obvious difference is that the blue Apple LOGO and the word "iPad" are used, but it can be seen from the edge of the fuselage that this is just an initial model, not the final product, so the appearance of the blue LOGO cannot be ruled out to be used to produce a mirror effect One of the processes.
Judging from the inner edge of the back cover, this is not the final product
If the thickness of the fuselage increases as shown in the picture, it is likely that the aircraft will use the ReTIna retina screen and increase the battery capacity to ensure standby.
In addition, the netizen also posted another post on December 6th, saying that although everyone is familiar with Foxconn as an assembly plant, it also needs suppliers of other spare parts, and he is shooting the iPad mini back cover. Production factory, and emphasized that this factory began mass production in September.
The factory packaging box clearly shows the word "Kecheng Group"
From the box of one of the photos, the word "Kecheng Group" can be clearly seen, and Kecheng Group has three branches of Kecheng Technology, Kesheng Technology, and Keli Technology, and Kesheng Suzhou is previously supplied by Apple. Named an enterprise on environmental pollution issues.
The company was previously a manufacturer of the Apple MacBook Air metal case, and there is also news that in the previous bid for the iPad mini body case, due to the high yield rate, it won from three competitions including Hon Hai Group and Pegatron, becoming the main iPad mini Rear cover supplier.
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