We kind of have to post this fake picture of the next-generation iPhone. That we’ll see new iPhone hardware in the summer is almost certain — the last two years have set a pattern for summer unveilings. But the shape of that phone is less certain: How can Apple change the layout of something already so simple? I mean, it’s little more than a frickin screen.
That will not, of course, stop Apple-heads firing up the Photoshop and designing their own. This unattributed shot shows the first of these speculative efforts, a rather slimline iPhone which reintroduces the metal back of the original and puts a rather clunky looking speaker grill between the bezel and the screen.
There is one hint of authenticity, though. The bezel has grown. This follows the larger-looking, prominent black bezels of the newest unibody MacBooks.
One question is raised by this fakery: What will the new iPhone be called? The nomenclature is already confused — the second generation iPhone is called the 3G. IPhone 4G has a rather ridiculous and meaningless ring, reminiscent of the MP4 players available in all junk-vendors around the world. Our guess? A return to the simple “iPhone", just like the iPod of old, and leaving the way open for the inevitable iPhone Nano.
Is This The Next iPhone Photo? [Dotdosh via BBG]
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