Not even the source of these images is absolutely certain that the device in his possession is a recognized iPad 2, but we can’t very well leave you spending your entire day anticipating that Apple has launched its new tablet. The above designed tablet has been procured over in China and seems to tally closely with rumor we’ve been hearing about this hardware refresh — kind of a slimmer profile, an almost entirely flat back, big speaker, and rear- and front-facing cameras. We’ve looked into the digits on the back of the tablet and the model number is one for the original Apple TV while the FCC ID is for a WiFi-only iPad, but those could be mere placeholders on this mockup and not a real working tablet. The SIM card slot looks to have been repositioned to a slot that was once expected to be an SD card reader. Other area’s of interest here include the 3G antenna, whose white cover is expected to be black on final units, and the sloped power button and headphone jack, bringing those “jumbo iPod touch” jokes to mind. So reality or something else do you find in the design? Take a look at some more snaps after the break:
