With bothbig media,Chinese blogsand everyone and their mother in between seemingly betting on the arrival of Apple’spolycarbonate-mademid-range handsetlater this year, small wonder purportedspyshots of the device’s casinghave been leaking out from Far East.
iOS developerSonny Dickson, who has previously proven himself a reliable source of information about unreleased Apple products, has been on a roll these days tweeting out a number of purported plastic iPhone images. The newest series of authentic-looking images depict several colorized plastic iPhone shells, including one comparing the current iPhone 5 to the purported less-pricey model…
Check out the following side-by-side shot (an iPhone 5 on the right isAnoStyle’d). From what we could tell, the plastic iPhone probably has the four-inch Retina display because these shells match the iPhone 5’s height and width, though they appear slightly thicker than the iPhone 5.
And right below is the green plastic iPhone with buttons.
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If this is a fake, it’s certainly elaborate enough to fool many people.
For instance, notice the Apple logo and branding on the back and the SIM card tray on the left, along with the volume up and down and mute buttons.
Of course, there’s no way of telling whether the shots depict the real deal or just some replacement plastic shells a third-party vendor might have produced based on the rumor-mill chatter.
Dickson previously posted shots of the alleged budget iPhone shells in blue, red, yellow, white and green.
