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Redesigned iPhone 5 Coming Next Fall: Aluminum Back, Rubberized Bezel?

Posted in iPhone, News on 27/12/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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A new report from BRG claims that Apple will be releasing a redesigned iPhone 5 in Fall of 2012. The device will reportedly feature an aluminum back surrounded by a rubberized plastic bezel:

It will join the glass iPhone face with a new aluminum back plate. It will also cover a redesigned antenna system that surrounds the device, allowing Apple to build the rear case out of aluminum without having to use a large plastic insert above the antennas as the company does on its iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G.

The new bezel is reportedly similar to the material used in the current iPhone 4/4S bumper cases, and will be surround the front edge of the device, as well as to join glass iPhone display with the new aluminum back.

The iPhone 5 will also feature a new redesigned antenna system, eliminating the need to include a plastic window as with the 3G iPad and iPad 2 and the original iPhone.

Previous rumors have suggested a “teardrop” shaped aluminum unibody design for the iPhone 5. BGR is “confident” that the iPhone 5 will be released next Fall, around the same time that the iPhone 4S was released this year.

 

  • Riggsy

    Oh and so the rumours start. Sounds well below apples design concepts if you ask me. Plastic? Who are you kidding.

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Glenn is Managing Editor at MacTrast, and has been using a Mac since he bought his first MacBook Pro in 2006. Now he's up to his neck in Apple, and owns an old iBook, a 2012 MacBook Pro, a third-generation iPad, 2 iPhones, and a Mac Mini that lives at the neighbor's house. He lives in a small town in Utah, enjoys bacon more than you can possibly imagine, and is severely addicted to pie.