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I think the back face is smaller in area than the front face, so the angle is tricking your eyes.

It's something like 9 mm "thick" for the Windows RT version.

It's .2mm thinner than the iPad.

Only if you don't count all the important bits they've crammed into the "cover" (e.g., the accelerometer).

The fact that the cover has an accelerometer shouldn't be interpreted to assume that the tablet doesn't.

Well it's big enough for a USB port.