Case is the clue but yes its literally the same case. They're now so similar in capability and form that Apple could probably save quite a bit of resources bui

Case is the clue but yes its literally the same case. They're now so similar in capability and form that Apple could probably save quite a bit of resources building them as different variations of the same common platform vs the old custom Airport platform that shares nothing in common. They're already making a ton of the hardware necessary and it's already $99, margins are probably even higher here without the GPU and with a smaller amount of ram.