iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Engineering Sample Photos

A "trusted source" inside the Apple supply chain sent images of the metal iPhone 5 design, showing a slightly taller, slightly thinner phone, and about the same width as the iPhone 4S.

Apple’s iPhone 5 has been rumored to be coming with a metal back, and whilst the sample doesn’t provide any conclusive evidence, it does show that there could be two materials on the back of the iPhone 5.

The sample is just over 120mm tall, whereas the iPhone 4S is 115.2mm tall, showing the added height of the larger screen.

The front panel shows a 4-inch edge-to-edge display without drastically increasing the overall size of the device.

Rumored features of the iPhone 5 include:

• A 4-inch display that will replace the device’s usual 3.5-inch display.
• A thinner design rumored to be 7.9mm up to the current 9.3mm found on the iPhone 4S.
• A metal back that might replace the glass Apple used with the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
• A taller design to accommodate the device’s larger display
• An improved front-facing camera, possibly HD in quality
• 4G LTE data connectivity
• Quad-Core Processor, possibly the A6 chip
• Smaller 19-pin dock connector

iPad Mini Design

If the following leak is true, then the new iPad will be the thinnest Apple tablet yet. The sample in the below photos is a plastic mold that may be used to hone the production process and test accessories for the new iPad, which shows the Mini will be a little bit thinner than the current iPad, but it is only about two-thirds the size.

The bottom of the Mini shows the smaller 19-pin dock connector that's been rumoured for a while, with two speakers on either side of the dock connector, where current iPads have only one speaker. As current iPad speakers are almost rear-facing, moving them to surround the smaller dock connector would mean it would be harder to cover them with your hands when holding, which happens with the current iPads.
The sample doesn’t include markers for the display size, but rumors suggest that the iPad Mini display will be 7.85-inches.

The Mini is also rumoured to having a IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) display from Sharp, which apparently handle 330 ppi which means that the display on the iPad Mini could very well be a Retina Display.

Rumored features of the iPad Mini include:

• A 7.85-inch display with 1024×768 resolution. The display is also rumored to possibly be an IZGO display from Sharp
• $299 iPad Mini price
• October release date alongside the iPhone 5
• 16GB model

Source: gottabemobile- iPhone 5, iPad Mini