Alleged iPhone 5S prototype pictured, is it the real deal?

04 April, 2013
The device has a rounded shape and almost bezel-less front with no home button.

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  • AnonD-70209
  • 8yU
  • 04 Apr 2013

I'm not going to lie, IF this really is how the next iPhone is going to look, I'll be very, very impressed.

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    • user
    • utr
    • 04 Apr 2013

    this is totally fake image ,

    look on literature this is not curve & other thing is

    if apple discover something then publicity on high but

    nowadays nothing dont expect more then u thing ..

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      • MisterCats
      • j8L
      • 04 Apr 2013

      Anonymous, 04 Apr 2013noooo.. photo shopped. 5s is going to be like 5. It's a... moreRemember the last 700 times a phone was "leaked" before launch and ended up looking/being named something entirely different?

      Of course you don't!

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        • does it matter
        • nx5
        • 04 Apr 2013

        Also I forgot to mention that it looks like on the second picture, which is of the front, that there is no screen on it. the colour of the front looks to me to be exactly the same as the back. This would make sense if it were a prototype.

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          • does it matter
          • nx5
          • 04 Apr 2013

          Firstly while I agree that there is a strong chance these images could be fake, I also have to point out that they could be real. The reason is that in the past when Steve Jobs was alive Apple had on occasion released images/clues etc that at first were seen as real then maybe seen as fake. People then debated over whether or not they were real. Then the official announcement was made and it turned out to be real. Next I have spotted that the phones are on a wooden desks and I do know for a fact that when certain privileged people get to see an unreleased Apple device it is on a wooden desk. A photo is taken of the desk and it's grain so that if any pictures surface on the net then Apple will know exactly who is to blame. Perhaps that is what has happened here? Also there is the chance that if these pics are real that Apple is behind the leaks. Samsung has just released the Galaxy S4 and Apple will not like all the coverage it is getting and the inroads it will make into Iphones. So by leaking something, even if only a prototype, they hope to steal some coverage back.
          As I say just a couple of thoughts.
          As usual though we will only get to know for real if and when a new Iphone is announced by Apple

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            • AnonD-120347
            • HsG
            • 04 Apr 2013

            So let me get the Market's current design process.
            1. Nokia puts this in the N9.
            2. Apples copies it a couple of years later and patents it.
            3. Samsung will copy Apple's design which was originally the N9 design.
            4. Apple sues Samsung, Nokia sues both apple and samsung.

              Arif, 04 Apr 2013How have Apple managed to get a patent on the curved displa... moreI could be wrong here but a few different phone companies have curved displays already, I know at least 1 phone had one with the nexus S, I would imagine the patent not being the screen itself but the way it is manufactured, the patent system is a bit confusing to say the least

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                • AnonD-132500
                • 437
                • 04 Apr 2013

                i dnt think that's legit cuz apple would never change their signature home button

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                  • AnonD-105795
                  • jes
                  • 04 Apr 2013

                  I want a premium magnesium or carbon fiber material not a cheap plastic aluminum stuff..so ugly

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                    • Anonymous
                    • QYn
                    • 04 Apr 2013

                    noooo.. photo shopped.

                    5s is going to be like 5. It's already been leaked over and over and over again, with minor changes such as camera and processor. But beyond that, there will be limited differences between 5 and 5s.

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                      • AnonD-129766
                      • PqT
                      • 04 Apr 2013

                      Xperia + Nokia ?

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                        • Arif
                        • m5E
                        • 04 Apr 2013

                        How have Apple managed to get a patent on the curved display? Nokia had this in the Nokia N9! It has always been one of Nokia's design plans.

                        Not hating on Apple or anything, but perhaps the individuals who offered the patent should reconsider, or at least do a better search before accepting a patent request!

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                          • Hein
                          • NB8
                          • 04 Apr 2013

                          Samsung youm display!

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                            • fly'n free
                            • RbX
                            • 04 Apr 2013

                            If I'm the owner of Bic lighter, I'm gonna sue them.

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                              • AnonD-110380
                              • n7q
                              • 04 Apr 2013

                              FAKE

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                                • user
                                • utr
                                • 04 Apr 2013

                                this is totally fake image ,

                                look on literature this is not curve & other thing is

                                if apple discover something then publicity on high but

                                nowadays nothing dont expect more then u thing ..

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                                  • AnonD-79632
                                  • jnP
                                  • 04 Apr 2013

                                  Looks good. Hope it's that one

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                                    • AnonD-70006
                                    • Yde
                                    • 04 Apr 2013

                                    Ugly, looks like a bic lighter. Looks cheap too, I'd call fake on this one unless it's the cheap version that's been rumored.

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                                      • Bx
                                      • U2A
                                      • 04 Apr 2013

                                      Looks like a very good computer render. The shadows on the table don't look quite right.

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                                        • AnonD-56543
                                        • sm1
                                        • 04 Apr 2013

                                        look like xperia phones !