How can third party manufacturers produce and sell iPhone 13 cases before the iPhone 13 becomes available to them?!

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It is still 4 days till iPhone 13 becomes available in the market, yet some people have already purchased cases from 3rd parties! How those 3rd parties were able to find out the exact dimensions of every button and hole on the new iPhone to make perfect fitting cases?!

 

[DieselFiend1989]

They are given or obtain said device’s release specifications…

 

[raab]

They’re given dummy units that have the exact dimensions, and placements of things to design the cases around

 

[lagflag]

They’re given dummy units that have the exact dimensions, and placements of things to design the cases around

Who provide them that? Apple?! So Apple leaking their own model design beforehead? Let alone that Apple sell cases and those 3rd parties would be considered competitors

 

[Gin Gin]

Same way they do every single year.

 

[azhava]

Who provide them that? Apple?! So Apple leaking their own model design beforehead? Let alone that Apple sell cases and those 3rd parties would be considered competitors

Who else besides Apple would have all the exact dimensions and button placements so the case manufacturers could make them fit?

 

[WNYX]

Who provide them that? Apple?! So Apple leaking their own model design beforehead? Let alone that Apple sell cases and those 3rd parties would be considered competitors

I wouldn't consider third party case makers as competitors to Apple. That would be like claiming WeatherTech is a competitor to Lexus since Lexus also sells floor mats for their vehicles.