The packaging may be an indicator it is bogus, but that case's dimensions appear to match other cases known to be too big for the iPhone 4.
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The packaging may be an indicator it is bogus, but that case's dimensions appear to match other cases known to be too big for the iPhone 4.
I'm sorry- if this "alleged evidence" is solely these photos, you've got to be kidding me. This person could easily have printed "iPhone 5 case" on that cardboard in the blister pack. All the original cardboard insert says is "cell phone accesssory". It seems as if the "iPhone 5" part was printed with someone's consumer inkjet printer.
Plus, look at the case! It is simply wobbling around in a 3-inch deep plastic bubble with a piece of foam inside of it! This is not legitimate, people, come on now.
Plus, look at the case! It is simply wobbling around in a 3-inch deep plastic bubble with a piece of foam inside of it! This is not legitimate, people, come on now.
Evidence enough for me! No way AT&T would actually ship iPhone 5 cases to stores by chance!
WE WILL SEE A COMPLETELY REDESIGNED IPHONE!
October 14th will launch!
iPhone 3GS - Discontinued
iPhone 4 - Marked down and discontinued due to faulty antenna design.
iPhone 4S - iPhone 4 with new antenna design, A5 Processor, 8MP Camera.
Will be avaliable on AT&T/Verizon and Sprint at Launch!
Avaliable in 16GB and 32GB models. $99 and 149.99 respectively.
iPhone 5 - Brand new tear drop design with 4" screen, A5 Processor, 8MP
Camera, with HSPA+?
Avaliable in 32GB and 64GB models. $199 and $299 respectively.
2 Year Contract Price and Upgrade Prices shown!
June/July 2012 will introduce iPhone 5S with 4G LTE!
That would be sweet!
Are you serious? Macrumors is a site about rumors do you realize how ridiculous that statement sounds.
some people
very very good observation and that would make perfect sense.. !!!
Why would they do that when the volume up button already functions as a camera shutter button in iOS 5? That'd be redundant.
I +1'ed you. I don't know who -1'ed you but you're dead on. I love the Volume Up as a camera button in iOS 5 and would be confused by this proposed change.
Because this isn't the same technology. It's something new that appears to require a lot more processing power and/or memory.
confirmed!!! :d time to go camp out in front of the apple store :d .... See ya!!!
Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!
However, the packaging is suspect.
I just continue to believe that this wait isn't for a simple revamp of the same phone. We got the iOS5 tease months ago. So why the big delay? Unless the earthquake threw off the release but I'm not sure that it did.
All speculation, but the push Apple showed at the iOS5 intro to fix and improve iOS over the Android system makes me believe that they plan on attacking the hardware as well. That means the big HTC, LG and Motorola phones have the cross hairs on them.
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Evidence enough for me! No way AT&T would actually ship iPhone 5 cases to stores by chance!
WE WILL SEE A COMPLETELY REDESIGNED IPHONE!
October 14th will launch!
iPhone 3GS - Discontinued
iPhone 4 - Marked down and discontinued due to faulty antenna design.
iPhone 4S - iPhone 4 with new antenna design, A5 Processor, 8MP Camera.
Will be avaliable on AT&T/Verizon and Sprint at Launch!
Avaliable in 16GB and 32GB models. $99 and 149.99 respectively.
iPhone 5 - Brand new tear drop design with 4" screen, A5 Processor, 8MP
Camera, with HSPA+?
Avaliable in 32GB and 64GB models. $199 and $299 respectively.
2 Year Contract Price and Upgrade Prices shown!
June/July 2012 will introduce iPhone 5S with 4G LTE!
I hope this is how it plays out. I thought about getting the iP4 but eventually didn't because of the tiny screen and instead got the Atrix4G (which is a great phone by the way). Since I have an iMac, a Macbook Pro and a 4th Generation iPod Touch - I would really like to complete the circle and get an iPhone - but it has to have at least a 4" screen to get me to jump platforms.
If all Apple does next Tuesday is roll out a spec bumped iP4...I will be very disappointed.
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They probably moved the mute switch so it feels better when taking a picture with the shutter/volume up button? As your finger won't be touching it too.
They probably moved the mute switch so it feels better when taking a picture with the shutter/volume up button? As your finger won't be touching it too.
Yeah, the packaging in the OP looks like the products in those mall "kiosk" type stores. If they're selling AT&T service they're authorized, but a world of difference vs. a corporate store.
That's not to say this isn't still a potential preview of the case (and matching Apple product), but it's a good bit less credible than the product packaging chris975d posted.
The world will be disappointed. But at least our hopes are realistic. Just yesterday I had a guy telling me about the iPhone 5 concept he saw on YouTube. The one where it has a holographic screen shooting out of it.
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Who would put new case designs in packages 4 days before the event just to trick people? Haha you guys are great seriously. These are real, whether they know if the iPhone will come out in this form factor remains to be seen, but these are real.
Who would put new case designs in packages 4 days before the event just to trick people? Haha you guys are great seriously. These are real, whether they know if the iPhone will come out in this form factor remains to be seen, but these are real.
Seriously??
I work at an AT&T Store and I can tell you that whoever posted that is either lying or confused, all of our accesories except for some Otterboxes have the AT&T logo on it, that package it's from an authorized retail store, not from a AT&T Corp Store like us.
By the way, we haven't got any iPhone 5 cases yet.
They really need to get their facts straight.
I work at an AT&T Store and I can tell you that whoever posted that is either lying or confused, all of our accesories except for some Otterboxes have the AT&T logo on it, that package it's from an authorized retail store, not from a AT&T Corp Store like us.
By the way, we haven't got any iPhone 5 cases yet.
They really need to get their facts straight.
We've only seen the one in a package (not a convincing package either)... with no proof of it being at an actual store... with suspicious packaging... given to MacRumors days before when speculation is the highest. I'd say plenty of people who want attention would bother placing a Chinese case in a generic blister pack and create a label in two seconds.
Oh, or ... um.... maybe he ordered a box of them from eBay? Big shock, I know!
Seriously, people? Here is how he got a case/s:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...+5+case&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
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Well if you say this then you have to say the same for anything said about a 4S, in other words no matter what anyone says/does, it is purely for raised hype and attention. It is just sad that people can't wait 4 days without stating that one will come out like they have any idea what they are talking about.
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Well if you say this then you have to say the same for anything said about a 4S, in other words no matter what anyone says/does, it is purely for raised hype and attention. It is just sad that people can't wait 4 days without stating that one will come out like they have any idea what they are talking about.
The only other thing I'll say about this all... I'm pretty sure that if this redesign wasn't happening - Apple would make sure the appropriate news outlets new to avoid gigantic disappointments. ESPECIALLY with so many rumors, cases, et cetera circulating. INSTEAD - reputable news site, blogs, et cetera ... are reporting a likelihood of 2 new iPhones.
Meh. Probably a plant by Apple to fake out all the rumor sites.
I get that this is a joke, but why bother going through all trouble for a fake? Apple would then plant a false rumor for everything they did and that hasn't happened.
Why would I say this about the 4S? Half of the "rumors" out there are hoaxes. I have a feeling that this is too simple to pass off as a rumor if one wanted to pull a hoax. Did this guy send MacRumors a picture of a confirmation shipping label that says the box was sent to an AT&T store? (All he had to do was block out the specific address) That would have at least given a bit more credence to the claim. As it stands now, he could have been standing in the back of JCPenney's stockroom after hours and opened this box... or maybe at his own house. Shocker, I know.
IMO there is more at play here than the iP4, and this event will be an important one on many fronts, for example: how will the presentation be the same or different than what everyone has become accustomed to with Steve Jobs being the spokesperson. Many have tried to replicate what he does so well only to fail. Then again, who and what will be presented? Will the iOS take center stage (pulling attention away from the hardware updates)? Will there be unannounced small updates to the shuffle or other products or will they make big news out of them to take up time? Will time be taken up with a retail store updates or some game publisher yet to be released work? Will pushing out the iOS update at the end of the event take people's minds off the hardware updates? Will the servers come crashing down when everyone tries to update?
As for the iP4 update it is anybody's guess. And that is all it is, a guess. Experience says a great many people will be satisfied and a great many people will be disappointed. It's your choice. I'm waiting to see how it comes off as a potential clue as to how things will be run at Apple in the near future.
oh brother, here we go again...
I don't care if it looks like the iPhone4 or redesigned... I'm in it for the spec bump and I'm ready for cloud sync'ing!
(Also, I plan to get it through work to replace my company sponsored smartphone this year -- so it doesn't matter -- might get one for my wife though).
I don't care if it looks like the iPhone4 or redesigned... I'm in it for the spec bump and I'm ready for cloud sync'ing!
(Also, I plan to get it through work to replace my company sponsored smartphone this year -- so it doesn't matter -- might get one for my wife though).