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Purported video of Apple’s next-gen iPhone back cover/middle plate posted online (with video)

Thursday, June 7, 2012 · 8:41 am · 30 Comments

“Outer frame/Middle Plate of an alleged iPhone 5 model has been leaked which is entirely different from the iPhone 4S signature metal frame,” Mike reports for CydiaBlog.

“The parts, however, have striking resemblance with the schematic photo and the back plate leaked last week,” Mike reports. “The new parts show a different arrangement; if you compare the iPhone 5 metal chassis with other its predecessor.”

Mike reports, “eTradeSupply got their hands-on with the iPhone 5 back plate…”

Read more in the full article here.

[Attribution: AppleInsider. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]

Categories: News, Rumor

Tags: iphone, iPhone (2012), iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone back plate, leaked video, rumor

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30 Comments

Ben Eckenroed

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 8:45 am · Reply

Probably a cheap chinese knockoff that will sell as an “official apple iphone” in China only, and everybody is probably getting all excited at their own countries knockoffs.
- Anon
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 8:53 am · Reply
  
  With a nano-SIM? No.
  
  What you are looking at in the video is the real deal.
  - C
    
    Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:01 am · Reply
    
    To me it lookes a lot like a liquidmetal case
  - danilko1
    
    Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:47 am · Reply
    
    I beg to differ for one reason.
    
    Durring the farmers market last Saturday, Mid Town Manhattan, I saw iPhone 4 cases, metal, with Apple logo, iPhone branding, identical to current iPhone printing on the back, being sold for $10. All different colors. It’s easy to make, and cheap.
    
    On the other hand, this sample piece could be anything. Even Apple could contract to produce enough fake parts and let them leak, in order to confuse what’s actually going on.
    - SillyPutty
      
      Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:47 pm · Reply
      
      Apple claims to be Doubling Down on secrecy.
      Its a trojan iPhorse. It’s fake of course, of horse.
mxnt41

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:03 am · Reply

Headphones on the bottom. I was playing a game yesterday with my headhones in, and I was actually thinking that when holding it in a landscape orientation it would actually be nicer to have them on the long side so they don’t interfere with your grip.
- DRMSSDB
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:27 am · Reply
  
  Unfortunately that would be make it awkward for carrying an iPhone in your pocket with the headphones in. Maybe one with the 90° jack would work in that or your situation.
  - BB
    
    Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:46 am · Reply
    
    By carrying the iPhone upside-down, in your pocket you have a better chance of hearing it ring as the speakers are facing up and are not being muffled by the material of your clothes.
    
    At least for me when waring jeans it makes a difference.
  - mxnt41
    
    Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:51 am · Reply
    
    It’s not enough of a problem to be bothered about ultimately. It just struck me that more and more I use my iPhone in landscape and headphones do inhibit that use somewhat.
  - ed
    
    Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:31 am · Reply
    
    the ipod touch has headphones on bottom. if you’ve used an ipod touch at all and carried it in your pocket, you’ll learn real fast how much better it is to have the headphones on the bottom
    - SillyPutty
      
      Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:52 pm · Reply
      
      Bingo – righteous ed.
- The Spaceman Spits
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:50 pm · Reply
  
  Apple will provide us two MODELS.
  
  1) iPhone HD – which is also a cheaper lower end phone
  2) iPhone new – which is a high end slick holographic keyboard projection phone.
  
  Thats is why they need to ‘double down on secrecy’ as Tim Cook mentioned. Twice the products to protect.
TowerTone

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:07 am · Reply

Wow. I shouldn’t have taken that Viagra….
- CowGirl
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:57 pm · Reply
  
  why, do you not a have a ‘stiffy’ yet over this
breeze

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:11 am · Reply

BS- sounds like a cheap tin part. Speakers not symmetrical, headphone jack on bottom-BS
- SillyPutty
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:55 pm · Reply
  
  Liquid metal sounds similar, drop your iPad (sim) ejector pin on the table and listen carefully. Yup, it’s s made of LM.
- You Be Trollin'
  
  Saturday, June 9, 2012 - 9:49 am · Reply
  
  I don’t like the speaker grilles (grills?) at all. They look cheap, and they’ll allow in dirt and whatever you have in your pockets.
Raymond

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:15 am · Reply

With this leak , I am highly confident iPhone 5 must appear next Monday .
silverhawk1

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:16 am · Reply

Look closely at the back of the purported iPhone. I didn’t see “Designed in California. Assembled in China” or the model # or and CE info. It’s a knockoff from China.
- Lynnw
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 6:04 pm · Reply
  
  i hope you’re right. I think it’s pretty ugly looking. The Ives team is far more capable of designing something more beautiful.
phxdoc

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:28 am · Reply

This looks absolutely legit. It would cost way too much money to fake that video and it jives with the other rumors. With the amount of stuff leaking out about the iPhone 5, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple is already in its production ramp and it will be announced on Monday.

Design looks sweet though.
Ya think

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:44 am · Reply

Hello iPhone 4s…… Goodbye longphone 5!!!!
Jax44

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 9:48 am · Reply

So,could that be an all liquid metal piece?.
I like the headphone jack on the bottom, I put my iPhone in my pocket top first all the time anyway.
rsm

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:02 am · Reply

Gee…..looks to me to be a huge publicity grab for this Etrade outfit. If this were a real Apple part, Apple lawyers would come down on these guys so hard they wouldn’t know what hit them. So the Etrade logo is always predominantly in the background and then when they fire up the iphone…voila!…guess whose company logo is on the homescreen.

This company makes parts…what better way to showcase their capabilities and actually get hits to their webpage than by claiming this part?

B-O-G-U-S
chris

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:23 am · Reply

Knock off!
the tail telling sign is the kerning on the iPhone on the back – not up to Apple standards.

It’s a fake for sure.
C

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:03 am · Reply

To me this looks 100% real, too much detail in the making of a bogus part. Also, it looks a ton like a Liquid Metal material case. Stands to reason too. Additionally, makes sense that the port size is included too, no, this is real.
ed

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:33 am · Reply

I think apple is going to do away with the numbers and just call it “iphone”
Currentinterest

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:57 am · Reply

That will be one beautiful phone. The unibody construction is great, lighter and stronger.
Lordthree

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 2:16 pm · Reply

Dunno where all the hate is coming from. Looks pretty good to me.
- CowGirl
  
  Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 11:01 pm · Reply
  
  im liking it too but Jony wasn’t involved on this one
  this is all engineering decisions made here
  
  Jony is on vacation – knightly