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'iPhone 5' Silicone Sleeves Already Arriving at AT&T Retail Stores

FreeState said:
So when your in a meeting or the movies and you forgot to silence your phone you have to take take it out of your pocket and turn it on and navigate to an area to mute it? I don't see that happening, sorry, that would be a very stupid move.
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Well, I gotta say, Android has a good thing. Just swipe in the opposite direction as unlocking to mute. No need to completely turn on and log in, etc.

But still, one more gesture than the iPhone. But one less button too.
 
monaarts said:
Am I the only one who doesn't want a tapered iPhone? It will be strange holding it in landscape mode, slightly larger grip required by one hand? IDK


- Joe
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I think you mean the tear drop design, and not the tapered design. The tapered design is really helpful in my opinion for holding the phone while texting/surfing the Internet since it follows the curvature of your fingers smoothly, and gives you multiple contact points so you don't drop the phone. That's the #1 reason I stuck with my 3GS and didn't get a 4. :)

Tear drop design... I'm reserving my judgement until the day I hold it.


By the way Arn, change your opinion about only 4S being released already! :)
 
I don't see any evidence that this case is for an iPhone.
It could be any other smartphone.

What am I missing? :confused:
 
these are fake

that's not an att package for accessories, these are not from an att retail store. possible a dealer who placed an order but not likely either
 
MacRumors have gone off the deep end!

Really who is this growing feeling of negativity with? Certainly not AT&T, not many on MacRumors either. After this very long delay it would be a complete surprise that IPhone 5 does not appear at all.

As to iPhone 4S that can come too. Would it surprise anybody that Apple would want to reduce the phones cost? In effect it will replace the 3G as an entry level device.

I would have to say that all the data adds up to a new iPhone in a few days.
 
Either they know something, or the markup on those cases is so high that they can afford to buy a bunch that may be worthless in a week.
 
Take that, this (http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-5-case-mate-cases-turn-up-in-att-inventory-29184185/), the China Unicom Executive leaking the fact that a 21Mbps HSPA+ iPhone 5 was to be released in 2011, Al Gore saying that Apple had "New iPhones" coming out this month, the CaseMate case leaks, the thousands of cases in china, the hundreds of consumer reports that claim that the iPhone 5 is happening next week, and the fact that Apple hasn't updated it's iPhone in over a year and four months, and tell me if you honestly believe that they'd have nothing more that a spec-bumped iPhone 4 next week, which happens to be Cook's first event as CEO, and what people are going to judge him upon for how he will act as CEO.
 
brodas said:
You been on the forum a week and now you are a pro? AT&T sells cases from many sellers
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What does the amount of time he's been on the forum have to do with him being correct or not? I think what he might be saying is that these cases are from an authorized retailer. Not a corporate AT&T store. I would be in a position to know....seeing as I sell them everyday and a large part of my paycheck is based off it. And not one package in a corporate AT&T retail store looks like that at all. Anyways I still believe we are going to get a 5. I just don't think this picture is from a corporate store is all.
 
hbenitez09 said:
that's not an att package for accessories, these are not from an att retail store. possible a dealer who placed an order but not likely either
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Why are you so negative let people get all happy and keep your negative coments to your self
 
strausd said:
Just additional evidence of a redesigned next gen iPhone.

One thing that stood out in the forums for the mock-up is that so many people keep saying these mock-ups look awful and they hope it looks the same as the iPhone 4.

It sounds to me like these people are just trying to feel better about their past purchase. They have an iPhone 4 and don't want to feel like their phone sucks in comparison so they are against it. And they seem to be ignoring the obvious problem of such a fragile device with an antenna problem.

Also, this is the exact same thing that has happened with the iPhone 4! People were saying "oh glass on both sides is so fragile, Apple would never do that!" But look at what these people are saying now. So all these people saying that need to shut up.

Face it, whatever the fifth generation iPhone looks like and whatever it does, you will all love it. It happens time after time.

That is just a mock-up and will look different from a re-designed iPhone 5, but I think people, for whatever reason, seem to think it will look EXACTLY like that.

Personally, I don't know what will come out on the 4th. Whether or not it is a redesign, I think it will be called the iPhone 5. They wouldn't say "Here's the new A5 chip, here's the new iOS 5 operating system, here's the new iPhone 4S." That would just be stupid. The 3GS lined up the numbers, they wouldn't mess it up. So if it is the same design or a new design, it will be called the iPhone 5.

But I don't care too much, I will be getting one either way. If there is a redesign there will be a larger screen. Which most likely means lower piel density. Other than that, a redesign doesn't mean anything because they will put the 8MP camera, A5, and 1GB RAM in whatever phone comes out.

The up side to there being no redesign is that you will have more cases to choose from at the start.




I think you are thinking the tapered design will be as tapered as a MacBook Air. And in that case, you are completely wrong. It would be awkward if it was a MAJOR taper. If it is a major taper, less room for components and the iPhone 4 is stuffed enough as is. If there is a redesign, the taper will be EXTREMELY minimal. It will still lay flat on a table, much like the iPad 2 does even with its round curves.

Their best selling mobile devices are the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Two of which now have curved edges and I think Apple likes uniformity. Don't associate these kinds of curved edges with the ones on the iPhone 3G/3GS because those are totally different. I am talking about curved edges, like the iPad 2, that allow for the device to lay flat on a flat surface.
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Very nice post, and I completely agree with your points.

It will be extremely disappointing to see just an iPhone 4S this year after everything we've been seeing so far.

Do you think there will be two new iPhones? Or 1 new iPhone and 1 internally upgraded one?
 
As far as Im concerned, this iPhone 5 rumor has officially been CONFIRMED as true. There is no way ATT would stock ip5 cases on a "hunch" that it may come out, they obviously know Apple has made it.
 
Reach9 said:
should we take this as a grain of salt?
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I think a pinch would be enough

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Roofy. said:
As far as Im concerned, this iPhone 5 rumor has officially been CONFIRMED as true. There is no way ATT would stock ip5 cases on a "hunch" that it may come out, they obviously know Apple has made it.
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How many people at AT&T know about it? All of them? Store managers? Inventory guys? Who ordered the cases and high high up the chain is he?

These questions need to be asked and they need to be answered SOON
 
Roofy. said:
As far as Im concerned, this iPhone 5 rumor has officially been CONFIRMED as true. There is no way ATT would stock ip5 cases on a "hunch" that it may come out, they obviously know Apple has made it.
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After looking around the inter webs I'm wondering if those really are AT&T cases. Even though I vaguely remember seeing packaging with stickers on them in an AT&T store the only one I could find looked like this

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1080p said:
Oh my God!
Apple... I'll take an iPhone 5!

Here:
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Phoenix, AZ 85031

VISA:
4377 8322 2229 4599

Exp. 7/14
SID: 776

Charge me whatever you feel is necessary for this phone Apple! :apple:
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I just placed the order for you
AND a brand new Lexus!

Did you know you can buy cars on-line, you can!
 
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