Purported photos of new iPhone 5

[cwe]

I find it hard to believe they'll take a step back in the design with that metal/glass back. Although I guess it would be their way of admitting an all-glass back was a bad idea. I'm still hoping they'll manage to fit the larger screen into the same overall size as the 4s (though still thinner). These longer bodies seem lazy.

[grinich]

Actually, the back of this design is much closer to an early iPhone prototype that was recently uncovered in some court proceedings. [1] Looks like they've ditched the extruded enclosure, but maybe the segmented back plate lives on. [2]

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3191793/apple-iphone-proto...

[2] http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/the-original-iphone-4-d...

[dag11]

I dislike how the camera is not vertically centered inside of that black strip on the back.

[mbell]

Having it be centered would make it very difficult to take pictures in a horizontal orientation without your fingers covering the lens.

[Todd]

That was exactly my first thought, too. Seems strange from a company that is so design centered. The fact that it violates the aesthetic sense of an engineer is probably a bad sign.

[jsmcallister]

Seems like a weak jump, visually, from the previous generation. Screen is definitely lengthened and there are obvious differences on the dock, but Apple is usually much bolder in design changes for a new product.