China is the gift that keeps on giving. Only a week or so after news broke that the country was host to several fake Apple stores, we are now hearing reports that “iPhone 5? knockoffs, along with rubber cases for the next-generation iPhone are surfacing in that country.
Chinese counterfeiters got to work when they saw the recently leaked iPhone design plans, which may or may not have been authentic. It made the counterfeiters no difference, and knockoffs have now begun to surface. These devices being sold (~ $108 USD) as the “iPhone 5? run a JAVA-based OS, and feature MP3 and MP4 playback, and offer Wi-Fi support.
Although it does take cues from the leaked design images, it is not an exact copy. For starters, the home button is similar to previous iPhone models, and not the elongated form it takes in the design images. This device does feature tapered edges similar, but not the same as the design plans.
That leads us to the cases. MICGadget is reporting that cases being manufactured for the real next-generation iPhone are “now everywhere” in China. The cases show that the mute switch will be located on the opposite side of the device, while the device itself will be tapered along the edges.
In another report from 9to5Mac, these cases are compared to current iPhone 4 cases, and it shows that the next-generation iPhone may be slightly longer and wider than the current model. Again, these images show that the mute switch has been moved to the opposite side, and features rounded edges.
So, some crooks are trying to make a quick buck on some non-savvy buyers in China, while case manufacturers are rapidly pumping out molded rubber, ahead of the real, next-generation iPhone’s launch.
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