Rumor: next-gen iPad due April 2011, CDMA-GSM compatible
Such a move would mean the device could run on the cellular networks of all major U.S. wireless carriers, including Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T, as well as on the networks of carriers in Europe and Asia. Naturally, Apple doesnt comment on future products, but Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blairs sources claim the company is preparing to build approximately 48 million iPads in calendar 2011. It will be made out of a single piece of metal, adopting a manufacturing process similar to the one it uses for its unibody MacBooks.
If accurate, this would tie in well with recent information from Digitimes that Apple has already named three suppliers for iPad printed circuit boards -- TTM, Tripod and Ibiden -- and will start shipping any layer HDI boards for the iPad 2 in small quantities in December.
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