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A Possible Photo of the Back Part of the iPhone 5

legacy fan said:
I'd like to see the apple logo on the back illuminate in call etc like my MBPro. Otherwise the ip4 is rolling fine for me. Bring on iOS 5
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I thought the same thing at first, but then thinking about it more it doesn't make sense. The light would come from the screen, and that shuts off when you're talking on the phone anyway, and when the screen is on, the Apple logo would be facing the ground if you're just holding it in your hand.

Plus there's all that electronic stuff blocking a "hole" in there unlike in a MBP it's just the screen (no battery, logic board, memory)
 
wordoflife said:
It's hard to see the flash on the iPhone in the Apple logo ... maybe it was shot with an iPhone 5 :eek:
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The reflection does look similar to the part being photographed. If you look between the "w" and the "." of the "Www." writing, there is the reflection of a dark dot in the same place as the flash on the new cover :eek:
 
Fakes, flakes

Ok loyal MacRumors readers, I just have to ask. Over the years I have seen several form factors, front photos, back photos, cases, shells, etc, etc, which have proved to be "fakes", and I am not just talking about protoypes or design exercises which, indeed, may have had some lawful purpose. I am talking about fakes. Now, think about it, who would just sit around building / photo shopping fake, iPhone or iPad, or what have you parts which are just plain fabrications? That activity just appears to be odd. Back in the day did Car and Driver print photos of vehicles which some basement dwelling dweeb, hacked with a number 2 pencil? Did Popular Science print Photos of some futuristic RCA radio with "moving picture" embedded within? If they did, the rendering was clearly noted as a concept, not a rumor. You have to wonder where these "leaks" which are later found to be fake, come from.
 
Yawn,

Why do they have to make these stupid photos that are just adverts for their web sites?

You've got a part. Take a photo from front/back and side on so we can see it properly.

Not some slightly off focus, poorly exposed rubbish.
 
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Mike Oxard said:
wordoflife said:
It's hard to see the flash on the iPhone in the Apple logo ... maybe it was shot with an iPhone 5 :eek:
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The reflection does look similar to the part being photographed. If you look between the "w" and the "." of the "Www." writing, there is the reflection of a dark dot in the same place as the flash on the new cover :eek:
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Nice find. But that means it's not actually a flash, because flashes aren't usually black. ;)

I wonder if it's an iPhone 4S back installed on an iPhone 4? If they're the same size/basic external design, the back covers might be interchangeable, although the flash obviously wouldn't work.
 
arn said:
looks like the photo might have been taken with a white iphone?

arn
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I don't see a flash on that one, maybe this photo was taken by a prototype?

Either way, I'll take this. It looks legit and it jives with what we know about the camera and the form factor is very similar to the iPhone 4 like we've expected.
 
propynyl said:
I think this stuff is real. Lately the prelaunch leaks (ala iPad 2) have been dead on. But, this is a boring design. Each new iPhone makes the last one look old and retro. How can they ever do that to the stunning iPhone 4? I guess larger screen would work.
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Yea, an extra 0.5" on the display (and/or edge-to-edge) would help give it a more modern feeling. A slightly tapered design, similar to the Magic Mouse or recent iPod Touches, combined with iPhone 4 glass back would look really sweet IMO.

Other cool/frivolous features inspired by the Mac
-MagSafe connector
-invisible/near invisible speaker grills (or behind the display)
-light-up Apple logo, as someone mentioned
-FaceTime camera indicator
-Perforated Sleep indicator light (or notification light?)
-invisible battery life indicator

But, perhaps the iPhone has reached a plateau of external design. Not that it can't get ANY better/cooler, but that its initial phase of radical redesign has passed. Not unlike the iMac (once it reached its flat panel G5 look), MacBook, Mac Mini, Mac Pro, iPod Classic, etc.
 
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haruhiko said:
Who cares about the back? Some previous "leaks" have already shown that the iPhone 5's camera flash is on the other side of the back. What we do care is whether there will be a larger edge to edge screen or any curved glass on the FRONT! :D
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Uhh...
 
I could care less if the flash has moved. This can easily be faked as arn states.
I'm waiting for a bigger screen!
 
What a stupid place for the flash; it's too easy to cover it with your hand when taking pictures in landscape.
 
I'm no engineer or whatever but that flash just seems too far away to be effective on a phone.
 
scott523 said:
It could be a hole for the wi-fi/bluetooth antenna? The band could then support all of the frequencies?
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This makes no sense.

If the glass back attenuates radio frequencies, then such a small round hole would be a definite downgrade from the relatively large antennae on the current iPhone (the metal bands circling the perimeter of the handset).

Besides, on the current iPhone, WiFi and Bluetooth both run in the unlicensed 2.4GHz frequency. Please explain what you mean by "all of the frequencies."
 
cvaldes said:
This makes no sense.

If the glass back attenuates radio frequencies, then such a small round hole would be a definite downgrade from the relatively large antennae on the current iPhone (the metal bands circling the perimeter of the handset).

Besides, on the current iPhone, WiFi and Bluetooth both run in the unlicensed 2.4GHz frequency. Please explain what you mean by "all of the frequencies."
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Oops, I mean that if the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth antenna is moved to the Apple logo, the steel band could support all of the frequencies of Qualcomm's radio chip (MDM6600?).

From that picture, however, that could very well be a white prototype iPhone taking the picture
 
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the phone that is used to take the pic.

if you pay attention to the phone that was used to take the picture you can tell that it has the same back that is used to take the pic. if you see the camera hole there is no flash next to it and it has the flash on the opposite side. ;)
 
It's sorta obvious that the iPhone 5 has a similar design. First off, it's a great design, so if it isn't broke... etc, etc.

Secondly, by only revamping the design every other iteration or so (3G/3GS as an example), they save money as there is less to retool. Making a slightly larger window for the front glass, or moving the hole for the flash on the back glass, isn't really that hard. The internal components will likely change (and by the rumors, a capacity bump, larger screen, the A5 and new GPU in the iPad, and better camera hardware are pretty much shoo-ins) but retain the current design. Probably seams and all. I just hope my bumper still fits this new model.
 
Just saying: The flashes are placed differently on the "leaked" images.

The iphone-case has the flash centered on the same height as the center of the camera, while the new image both instead share the same margin from the phone's top (resulting in the flash being placed too high for the case to work).
 
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