Accessory Makers Prepare Cases for Next-Gen iPhone
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The folks at HardMac have received an image purporting to reveal protective skins for the next-generation iPhone. The shape of the skin and the round holes for buttons come in line with the characteristics of the prototype iPhone leaked by Gizmodo last month.
Third-party cases have provided clues about unreleased Apple hardware a number of times in the past — sometimes they were legitimate, and sometimes they weren’t. Former Wired.com news editor Leander Kahney explained that the third-party accessory industry has historically been a leaky boat because the people who create the plastics that come with the iPhone are likely connected to the companies making third-party protective cases. (They are all in the plastics industry, after all.)
This time around, however, it could be the case that third-party manufacturers are confident that the prototypes leaked by Gizmodo and a Vietnamese website are the near-final product. MacRumors’ Arnold Kim did a quick search and found additional cases for an “iPhone 4G.”
Via HardMac
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