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Purported 'iPhone 5' case reveals minor changes in next iPhone

by Michael Grothaus May 14th 2011 at 7:00PM

On Friday, a rumor broke that the next iPhone will be called the iPhone 4S and it will primarily retain the same form factor with a few minor cosmetic changes and some new interior parts. Now today, GadgetsDNA posted a photo of a case purportedly for the iPhone 5, which shows a re-located camera flash.

Besides the camera flash, the case also shows a much thinner bezel. However as MacRumors points out, the manufacturers matching current case for the iPhone 4 also has a thin bezel, so that can't necessarily be taken as sign that the "iPhone 5" will have a thinner bezel. If this case is correct, its "iPhone 5" attribution is likely nothing more than a guess or easy identifier by the manufacturer. Jeffries & Co. analyst Peter Misek claimed Friday that the fifth-generation iPhone that will debut this fall will be called the iPhone 4S.

The image of the "iPhone 5" case showed up on Asian parts supplier site Alibaba. Other cases from manufacturers have shown up on the site purporting to be for future models of iOS devices and they have ended up being correct. Usually when a manufacturer is able to build proper cases for unannounced Apple products, they have gotten the dimensions and specs of the upcoming products from people at Asian manufacturers such as Foxconn. As always, there is no way of telling if this case represents the next iPhone Apple will launch, but it wouldn't be the first time case manufacturers stole a bit of Apple's thunder.



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Asad Quraishi

Looks like a fake.

May 16 2011 at 9:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
howie

Should we REALLY make a big deal out of this crappy photo?

May 15 2011 at 11:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
davjaxn

I love the phrase "On Friday a rumor broke...". It's to the point now that any time a rumor starts it is treated like breaking news. Pretty funny.

As for the phone,I expect it to have a larger screen and a moved flash. Why wouldn't it?

May 15 2011 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
xsilverhammer

I'll get one if:

- A5
- upgraded camera
- increased screen size
- 64GB available
- improved OS
- same form factor

May 15 2011 at 9:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

That would be great. The flash is so close on the iPhone 4 to the image sensor that there is enough refracting constructive interference of the waves to make the images hazy. It's really annoying and I've always wondered why Apple did that, since I immediately noticed that is sucked due to that.

May 15 2011 at 12:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FlatDog

Maybe it is a 2nd camera, for 3D pictures / video?

May 14 2011 at 8:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Tim

That's what I was thinking, but you'd need a third camera if you were in landscape mode.
Wouldn't it be bad to move the flash away from the lens? I'd think that would make the shadows all be projected off in the background.
I guess it would help give some contrast on curves and not wash out stuff...

May 14 2011 at 10:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ben

LOL, I didn't even notice the apps themselves. It's like they Frankensteined an iPad screen (the background image, relative size of the app icons, and the number of rows of apps) with a mish-mash of apps from other iOS devices (both past and future apparently).

May 14 2011 at 8:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
drumrobot

Not buying it (no pun intended)... The screen looks incredibly fake (as does the home button), and they can't decide what to call the phone. The actual phone might end up looking vaguely like this, but it definitely won't be the mess in the photos.

May 14 2011 at 8:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lindsey Kemp

@Ben - LOL - yeah man, I see what ya mean... Awful bit of photo-shopping....

check this: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/14/iphone-5-camera-parts-show-no-attached-flash/

May 14 2011 at 7:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
twoeightnine

I know the benefits of moving the flash away from the lens but damn is that going to be in an inconvenient place for taking photos in landscape mode.

May 14 2011 at 7:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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