Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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What’s different about this iPad:
• 8GB NAND (never offered at retail).
• Runs Apple’s internal factory testing software SwitchBoard instead of regular iOS.
• K93aAP means it is an 2012 iPad 2 (iPad2,4) model.
• It is a 2012 iPad model that was manufactured in 2011
• The iPad is an EVT (Engineering Validation Testing) prototype.
• The iPad (as decoded from its serial number DN6GW02ZDY80) was manufactured on Week 51 of 2011.
Physical aspects:
• Back housing has the “8GB” capacity pill.
• The iPad has X’d out markings on the back, with the model being “AXXXX”, EMC: XXXX, FCC ID: BCGAXXXX and IC: 579C-AXXXX. This is common on EVT Apple prototypes.
• Asset sticker (鸿富锦精密电子(成都)有限公司) from Foxconn on the back, along with the internal Foxconn asset tag.
What it means in Apple History:
• The 2012 rumor of an 8GB iPad was long forgotten and even joked about, ended up being real, and this single piece of long-lost Apple hardware proves it 13 years later.
DISCLAIMER: This video is 100% free to use, however only under the condition that the appropriate credit is given, being from "Apple Demo" and a link to this video.
Thank you for watching, and if you enjoyed my video please leave a like and consider subscribing! It really helps motivate me to create more content! Thank you again! :)
What’s different about this iPad:
• 8GB NAND (never offered at retail).
• Runs Apple’s internal factory testing software SwitchBoard instead of regular iOS.
• K93aAP means it is an 2012 iPad 2 (iPad2,4) model.
• It is a 2012 iPad model that was manufactured in 2011
• The iPad is an EVT (Engineering Validation Testing) prototype.
• The iPad (as decoded from its serial number DN6GW02ZDY80) was manufactured on Week 51 of 2011.
Physical aspects:
• Back housing has the “8GB” capacity pill.
• The iPad has X’d out markings on the back, with the model being “AXXXX”, EMC: XXXX, FCC ID: BCGAXXXX and IC: 579C-AXXXX. This is common on EVT Apple prototypes.
• Asset sticker (鸿富锦精密电子(成都)有限公司) from Foxconn on the back, along with the internal Foxconn asset tag.
What it means in Apple History:
• The 2012 rumor of an 8GB iPad was long forgotten and even joked about, ended up being real, and this single piece of long-lost Apple hardware proves it 13 years later.
DISCLAIMER: This video is 100% free to use, however only under the condition that the appropriate credit is given, being from "Apple Demo" and a link to this video.
