iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars server logs

Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by w1ntermute on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:18PM (#3657632)

Given the fact that this has happened repeatedly with the launches of past Apple products, I find it difficult to believe that Apple would have made this "mistake" again unless:

a) They want news about the iPad 3 to leak out

or:

b) It's faked, something which, as several posters here have demonstrated, is trivial to accomplish.

I think b) is the most likely answer.

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by youlost_thegame on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:45PM (#3657755)

If I remember well, last year we stumbled upon a similar case. We'll know after the announcement. As far as I know there have not been any iOS 6.0 rumors, so this is a high bet.

If 6.0 is unvelied next week, then Apple is doing that on purpose, as they know Ars checks their logs for that kind of content. However, if they stick to 5.1, then we'll know it's some kind of prank, and Ars will probably think twice before publishing the same article next year

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by djtriptych on Friday March 02, 2012 @06:48PM (#3658828)

You think b) even though Apple printed and sent out hundreds of invitations featuring prominently an iPad3 with a clearly visible retina display?

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by ja27 on Friday March 02, 2012 @02:02PM (#3657837)

or:

c) Of the few hundred employees with access to iPad 3s, at least one slipped up and visited public websites with it.

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by khafra on Friday March 02, 2012 @02:18PM (#3657906)

> Given the fact that this has happened repeatedly with the launches of past Apple products, I find it difficult to believe that Apple would have made this "mistake" again

This is the part that excludes (c). If they didn't want to leak, they would've configured the prototype units to report themselves as normal iPad 2s.

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