We’ve been seeing ostensible iPad 2 cases for about the month right away, all of them with a same telltale cutouts: a camera hole in the back, a camera hole in the front, as well as a large ol’ speaker hole. Today’s find beats them all, however: we only found the box with the machined aluminum iPad 2 mockup inside. Dexim is the fervent exhibitor, with an actually very appealing box pattern involving a Bluetooth set of keys which magnetically adheres to the front cover of the book-like sleeve, allowing for a laptop-style setup, or a keyboard-free case when you want to shave a couple of ounces. It was so appealing which we asked to put our own iPad inside, which is when we were told it wouldn’t fit, given a box was written for a subsequent iPad. Indeed, the mockup which we found inside a case was the tad bit slimmer than a first-gen iPad, with a finish leading to a edges which reminds us of a iPod hold, and the home symbol positioned nearer a bottom edge. We found all the typical cutouts on the box, and their mirror upon a machined mockup, including the vast block for the orator.

So, what does it all meant? Well, there’s certainly a unchanging iPad 2 have which these Chinese manufacturers seem to be designing against, as well as whilst there’s always the off chance which their info is wrong, it seems odd they’d go so far as to actually make the cases if they were unsure about their sources. It additionally equates to the slimmer iPad with cameras and the bigger orator, which is never the bad thing. Check a cinema in the art studio below and have up your own thoughts.
iPad 2 box shows up at CES, packing a mockup iPad 2

Via Engadget