Katie Marsal
The new cases are now available for purchase form China's TVC-Mall.com, and were first publicized on Wednesday by Cydia Blog. In addition to a taller screen and smaller dock connector, the cases also show a headphone jack that has been moved to the bottom of the device.
The online store also gives customers a warning that it cannot "guarantee this product can be used in iPhone 5." Last year, third-party case manufacturers bet — and lost — on a redesigned iPhone and began selling products based on a design that never came to be.
The cases do not offer any new details on Apple's anticipated next-generation iPhone, as the design matches previous rumors, which have been supported by pictures of alleged prototype parts that have leaked online. Reports have claimed that Apple's sixth-generation iPhone will feature a 26 percent larger 16-to-9 display, along with a smaller 19-pin dock connector that will replace the 30-pin design currently found on Apple's iOS devices.
More leaked parts that surfaced online this week suggest the next iPhone will have a centered FaceTime camera, while the home button below the screen will remain unchanged. Numerous reports have also claimed Apple plans to adopt new in-cell touchscreen that will allow the display on the next iPhone to be thinner than its current glass-on-glass solution.
Industry watchers suspect that Apple will release the next iPhone about a year after the launch of the iPhone 4S, September or October. That would allow Apple to take advantage of the lucrative holiday shopping season, which helped result in record breaking sales of the iPhone 4S at launch last year.
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So the display is longer but how much longer is the device? It could stand to be slightly longer without negatively affecting the user experience but I assume that the forehead and chin will also be reduced to help minimize that additional length.
Smart. They have nothing to lose. I'm sure they'll recoup costs based on demand for anything Apple related. These cases are so cheap to design and make, they can easily tweak when the real specs come out.
[quote name="SolipsismX" url="/t/151356/case-makers-bet-on-taller-4-screen-for-apples-next-iphone#post_2149070"]So the display is longer but how much longer is the device? It could stand to be slightly longer without negatively affecting the user experience but I assume that the forehead and chin will also be reduced to help minimize that additional length.[/quote] If we go by the hardware shells that were photographed, they showed reduced bezels that indicate the next iPhone should be almost the same size as the current one: [URL=http://forums.appleinsider.com/image/id/172557/width/600/height/299][IMG]http://forums.appleinsider.com/image/id/172557/width/600/height/299[/IMG][/URL] They might sharpen the corners slightly so it doesn't look odd but very little noticable difference. They shouldn't make it wider so at worst it will be a little taller.
That's terrible, the 16:9 aspect ratio sucks. Keep it how it is now. Widen it as well as lengthen it.
Lol that's exactly the case I have on my 4... only they removed the hole for the apple logo? Maybe they don't know where it is yet?
Interesting detail if this case is "correct": notice how the volume and mute switch have a larger gap from the top of phone than the current iPhone. To maintain easy reach with your thumb I guess?