“We’ve just been sent an image of AT&T’s inventory system, and iPhone 5 cases are starting to appear ahead of the device’s launch some time next month,” Jonathan S. Geller reports for BGR.
“Case-mate, the company that slipped up earlier this month and posted iPhone 5 cases and renders before quickly removing them after we published the images, is the manufacturer of this first round of cases in AT&T’s system,” Geller reports.
Read more and see the image in the full article here.
[Attribution: 9 to 5 Mac. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
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Wait… there is a new iPhone coming out! Why is this the first I’ve heard of it. /S
Am I the only one to notice the iPhone 4G case as well. I do have a hunch that there will be a 4G iPhone in this announcement. I think Sprint for one would require it since that has been their marketing cry.
Whoops! I guess you beat me to it!
To answer your question, no, you weren’t the only one to notice it.
Apple really excels in keeping a secret!
http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/15/iphone-5-to-have-radical-new-design-according-to-case-mate-images/
iPhone 4G is listed as well.
…For whatever that’s worth.
We already know the iPhone announcement is coming next week, so what’s the big deal about “images” of the inventory system showing listings for new cases?
(As a side note, I never cover Apple’s beautiful designs with cheap cases. Part of the user experience is seeing and feeling the device.)
That’s why I dont wear rubber gloves when I stroke off on your mom.
It must have proven difficult to handle small things and a photo while wearing rubber gloves.
My case is not cheap (where cheap=$5 plastic or rubber vanity covers). I’ve dropped my 3GS several times, without my silicone case I either would’ve had to replace it or put up with a dented and damaged iPhone.
Or… because I have no case on my iPhone, I am consciously more careful when I pull it out of my pocket, or pick it up. 🙂
(As another side note, the rubbery “silicone” type is my least favorite type of case. I tried one for an iPod a few years ago, and it made removing from my pocket more difficult. That extra effort may be why you have dropped your iPhone “several times.”)
I sure as hell hope that we won’t need any kind of stupid case to get the phone to make, receive and maintain phone calls like we had to with iPhone 4. Maybe this time, function over design will win out and we’ll get what we pay for.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: S.T.F.U.
I think it’s highly unlikely that AT&T will buy random cases from a manufacturer if they have no idea that it’ll be the right type, potentially wasting tens of thousands (or more) dollars. However I don’t think a case redesign means it’s necessarily a major step, they might not change anything inside, but it does say iPhone 5 on the case though, so I have no idea 🙂