Here are your Apple Rumors for today:
iPad: A new sketch claims to show the design of the rumored iPad Air 3 from Apple (AAPL), reports MacRumors. This design shows a device that seems to pull some of its features from the iPad Pro. This includes the iPad Air 3 being equipped with four speakers, with two located at the top and bottom of the device. It also suggests that the device could have a flash feature for its rear-facing camera. It’s been rumored that the iPad Air 3 will be shown off at AAPL’s march event.
Camera: A new patent could pave the way to thinner iPhones, 9to5Mac notes. The patent was filed in 2013 and recently granted to Apple. It shows a system that would use a curved sensor to allow the camera of a mobile device to be made smaller. This would typically result in a distorted image, but the patent mentions a special lens that would be used to get around this issue. It’s unknown if this patent will ever make its way into the tech company’s devices, but if it does, it could result in the death of the camera bump that is present in the iPhone 6 and 6s family.
Watch: A new rumor claims that the Apple Watch 2 will enter mass production during the second quarter of 2016, reports AppleInsider. This rumor claims that Quanta Computer will be the only supplier of the Watch 2, as it was with the first generation of the smartwatch. There has been talks that AAPL would reach out to supplier Foxconn for Watch 2 production, but reports claim that it will scale back production of the new device due to weaker sales of the Watch during 2015 than what the company was hoping for.
