Apple accidentally leaks screenshots of new iPads

[HansV]

As expected, Apple will soon unveil the iPad Mini 3 and iPad Air 2, with Touch ID sensor. No sign of the iPad Pro yet...

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[Rudi]

Quoted from Engadget (refering to the image above...:

An official user guide for iOS 8 and 8.1 has appeared on the iTunes Store, inadvertently leaking the iPad Air 2 and Pad Mini 3. The guide comes ahead of any official notification of the new models and includes screenshots, including revelations of Touch ID fingerprint recognition.

We can't tell much from the image, but it does confirm that Cupertino's tablets will be getting Touch ID. A later screenshot also details burst shooting mode, which will be coming to the iPad Air 2, but not the mini 3, according to the document. However, downloading the book didn't reveal any additional info. In fact, there's no trace of the content leaked via the preview screenshots at all.

While the leak may seem like a careless mistake, the more cynical out there will note that this happened just moments after Google announced its latest Nexus devices. It might be a coincidence, or the notoriously media savvy company might be trying to push the competition out of the news cycle as fast as possible.