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iPhone prototype N94 leaked, possibly to be an iPhone 4S

by Mike Schramm Aug 29th 2011 at 4:30PM

There are lots of crazy rumors flying around about the new iPhone announcement coming later on this year (or as soon as next month), but this is one of the more credible. The picture above comes from a site called UbreakIfix through our friends at Engadget, and purports to show a prototype for the iPhone called the N94. It's a long story (which you can click through to read yourself), but essentially, the latest rumor says that this device is the latest testing version of what may become an "iPhone 4S," a slightly cheaper version of the iPhone 4 set to be introduced right alongside the iPhone 5.

Of course, these are all still rumors, and Engadget admits the timing isn't quite right on this one -- this is apparently an "Engineering Verification Test" piece from last March, which makes it older than some of the other prototypes that have reportedly leaked out. It's unknown whether this is the real thing or just another test unit.

But the wheels are clearly in motion on a new iPhone. And if the rumors play out as predicted later on next month, we might see not one but two new iPhones available for purchase.



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Zerkaboid

Please stop saying 4S. It will be the 5, or some non-number.
iPhone = 1st
iPhone 3G = 2nd
iPhone 3GS = 3rd
iPhone 4 = 4th

If they use iPhone 4S for the 2011 model then they can't use 5 later because it will be the sixth, and consumers would be confused it if went from 4 to 6. Also, why does everyone assume that the bargain phone will not just be exactly what the iPhone 4 is now? The bargain phone now is the 3GS, they didn't go and make a different model, they just kept making the old one.

August 30 2011 at 11:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pigmyturnipvole

I'm pretty sure the iPhone 4 that was released was code-named N95. This is probably an unreleased prototype for an earlier variation on the iPhone 4.

August 30 2011 at 3:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mikehild

Why's everyone always insisting on calling an iPhone with no HUGE changes over the iPhone 4 a 4S? Apple didn't call the 3GS a 3GS because it was only a slightly upgraded 3G, but because it was the third iPhone and they very well couldn't call it the iPhone 3 because then people would be confused about whether the 3 or 3G was the better model. But simply adding a letter, making it 3GS, eliminated that confusion. They should have called the 3G the iPhone 2, technically.

August 30 2011 at 1:16 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
John Zabba McLean

idiots... thats a samsung phone ;)

August 29 2011 at 10:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Codeine Extorts

If there is, in fact, a cheaper iPhone 4 model adjacent to model 5- I will consider finally getting off the iPhone 3GS.

August 29 2011 at 8:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
digitalsedition

The wheels are clearly in motion on a new iPhone? Seriously? That's like saying the sun is going to rise tomorrow.

August 29 2011 at 8:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt S

I really hope this is a phone to be launched along side the iPhone 5. There was something about the iPhone 4 that I never found pretty. Sure, from an artistic standpoint its very pretty, but it overall was not a phone that I felt contoured to the hand. I loved the way the 3gs, and 3g felt. It was just perfect when I had one. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

August 29 2011 at 5:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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