iPhone 5 Release: Video of First Prototype Leaked?
A video has been posted by 9to5 Mac that contains footage of someone supposedly testing an iPhone 5 prototype which the site believes is most likely staged.
The video was found on a Chinese forum by 9to5 who gave it to someone who is running it by some higher ups at the moment for clarification.
The iPhone 5 prototype in the video resembles an iPhone 4, not the tear-drop shaped drastically altered version that has been rumored to be coming out for quite some time now.
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In the short film, the user seems to be pointing out features to prove that is an updated iPhone and not the last generation version.
There is also a possibility that the smartphone being used could be the iPhone 4S.
Back in the early summer, 9to5Mac reported on two new iPhones that were being produced including a drastically new designed iPhone 5 and an updated version of the iPhone 4.
The updated iPhone 4 went on to inherit the name iPhone 4S and the redesigned model was coined the tear-drop shaped iPhone 5.
The iPhone 4S is rumored to maintain mostly the same body type as the previous model, but may take a step down in specs to make the device more affordable.
The iPhone 5 is rumored to be thinner, sleeker, and sport a larger screen which Apple is incorporating to compete better with the current smartphone market leader, Android.
Apple is holding a media event on October 4 at its Cupertino, California Campus headquarters.
The company is supposed to reveal its new iPhone on that day.
Some analysts are predicting and iPhone 4S release for this year and maybe a iPhone 5 one next year.
Others are confident that Apple will be pulling out the big guns at the event and unveiling its “Android killer” the iPhone 5.
