Case Leaks

iPhone 5 cases appearing in AT&T reseller inventory lists?

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Sep 24, 2011 a 11:19 pm

TiPb received the above screenshot today which purports to show Case-Mate Barely There cases for iPhone 5 in an AT&T reseller point-of-sale system (POS). We've seen a lot of case leaks before, even Case-Mate leaks, and it's not hard to imagine case makers gambling on leaked designs, but retail systems stocking them already?

Seriously, October 4 can't get here soon enough.

Case-Mate shows off iPhone 5 cases, pulls the page shortly after

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 a 2:55 pm

Case-Mate published a page today featuring iPhone 5 case designs and pulled it just shortly after. If the case designs are the real deal we may be seeing an overhauled design for the iPhone 5 after all.

Case-Mate recently claimed to have inside info regarding the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S. (Which we are still a bit skeptical about.) As we get closer to an announcement we typically see a lot of case leaks but they don't typically come from a manufacturer as reputable as Case-Mate.

And the alleged iPhone 5 case leaks begin... [Updated]

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 14, 2011 a 4:53 pm

We're still probably 4 or 5 months away from an iPhone 5 launch but that hasn't stopped the annual tradition of... case leaks! iPhones are produced in China, iPhone cases are produced in China, Apple won't reveal details of their next generation phones pre-launch, but if the factories get chummy and some information changes hands... Well, the workers might get prosecuted later, but the cases leak now.

If this one is genuine -- and we never know until Apple shows the actual, final iPhone off on stage -- it seems to show the LED flash has been relocated from its iPhone 4 spot beside the camera to the opposite side of the back plate.

Curious.

What do you think, real, fake, or really fake?

UPDATE: Some camera parts have surfaced that seem consistent with the LED Flash position in the case above. Picture after the break. [Apple.pro, thanks everyone!]

UPDATE 2: That's a distorted iPad screen shot used as a place holder. Nothing indicative of iOS 5 there.

[Gadget DNA, thanks Josh!]