Apple’s (AAPL) next-generation iPhone becomes a reality in just over a week, and a staggering amount of leaks and rumors will surface between now and then. As is always the case, some will be real and some will be fake. Just because something is fake doesn’t mean we can’t gain some insights by examining it, however, and The Verge managed to track down an “iPhone 5” mock-up while attending the IFA trade show in Berlin last week. The mock-up is said to have been created for testing purposes by a third-party case manufacturer using actual specs and measurements from Apple’s upcoming sixth iPhone. In the video below, we can see exactly how it stacks up against the current-model iPhone 4S.
Hands-on with fake iPhone 5 shows real changes coming to next iPhone [video]
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:34PM EST
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