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New Photos Claim to Show Purported Rear Shell of iPad Air 2

Taiwan-based accessory maker Yi Lin Enterprises has posted new photos (http://weibo.com/2617540103/BgrhCb0Hg?mod=weibotime) on Weibo showing the purported rear shell of Apple's iPad Air 2 (Google Translate (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://weibo.com/2617540103/BgrhCb0Hg?mod=weibotime), via Mac Otakara (http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/rumor/entry-24196.html)). The images show off a gold housing with a number of design changes, including a new speaker grille with larger holes and a relocated rear microphone alongside the iSight camera.
 
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 Last month, an alleged "perfect replica" (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/17/ipad-air-2-touch-id-volume-speaker/) of the iPad Air 2 surfaced, showing off a Touch ID home button for the device and recessed volume buttons along with the same refined speaker grille. The prototype followed the leak of a supposed front panel (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/18/ipad-air-2-panel-display/) from the iPad Air 2 this past April, which showed an integrated display that may hint at a thinner form factor for the tablet.
 
 Apple's iPad Air 2 is expected to launch alongside the iPad mini 3 (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/22/next-generation-ipad-mini-depicted-with-touch-id/) later this year, and is expected to include a faster A8 processor in addition to the aforementioned Touch ID fingerprint sensor and refined physical features. Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/22/apple-testing-screens-for-a-larger-iphone-and-a-13-inch-ipad/) have also suggested (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/09/apple-2014-product-roadmap/) that Apple is working on a larger, 12.9-inch iPad Pro, however recent reports have indicated that plans for the tablet may be on hold (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/14/ipad-pro-shelved/) for the foreseeable future.
 
 
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Source: New Photos Claim to Show Purported Rear Shell of iPad Air 2 (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/03/purported-rear-shell-ipad-air-2/)