iPhone or something else?

80-yr-old painting shows American with smartphone? (Times of India)

The 'Mr. Pynchon' in Romano's mural is William Pynchon, who's known as the founder of the present-day town of Springfield, Massachusetts, says the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. The painting shows Pynchon in a pink suit. Sitting to his left, below him, is a bare-chested Native American looking as if he's, well, taking a 'selfie'.

In 2001, a space Odyssey, there is a very visible and almost 100% identical device as the iPad.

What do you all make of it..