iPad 3 parts are supposedly cropping up all over China. Following up on yesterday’s spyshots of a purported iPad 3 enclosure (here and here), Japanese blog Macotakara today published the above photo allegedly depicting a high-resolution panel manufactured by Sharp. According to the blog, the part was obtained by parts reseller Eye Lab Factory, meaning you should take this with a few pinches of salt. It looks as a 9.7-inch panel and Macotakara observes its flat cable seemingly corresponds to a similar cable connecting the iPad 2′s LCD panel to the motherboard.
The display is said to be of a XQGA variety, meaning a 2,048-by-1,536 pixel resolution. Macotakara claimed last month that Foxconn and Pegatron Technology began assembly of next-generation iPads for an early-March launch (and iLounge concurs). Unnamed sources also told Macotakara that Sharp would supply 2048-by-1536 resolution panels for iPad 3, a notion in line with earlier reports by DigiTimes and the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, another source reveals new iPad 3 replacement parts, more on this right below.
Chinese parts reseller TVC-mall posted images said to depict iPad 3 replacement parts. Specifically, what you’re looking at below is an internal earphone audio jack and a Bluetooth antenna flex cable. Both are available on the reseller’s site and are claimed to be replacement parts for WiFi iPad 3. While the latter looks virtually identical to its iPad 2 counterpart, the former reveals some differences in how different audio jack components are composed relative to one another. As is always the case with such leaks, it’s entirely possible this particular parts reseller is exploiting the iPad 3 hype in order to get some attention.
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