Next Generation iPhone Prototypes/Fakes Surface In Bangkok?

We brought you high-res shots of the black and white next-generation iPhone backs in May, and then we brought you a video hands-on with similar looking casings in June that surfaced online. Today, Neowin posted images it claims to be a “prototype finalized design casing” of the next-gen iPhone (not a functioning device) in the hands of an ex-staff member at MBK Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Present is the repositioned headphone jack, redesigned speaker grills, smaller dock connector, etc., from past leaks, but we have no way of confirming its authenticity.



Neowin reports:

The pictures seem to confirm what we saw in the video, and after reaching out to the source (who is an ex staff member from a long time ago) he confirmed that the iPhone is not a working device, but a “non functional replica prototype” and in his own words, “pretty accurate too.

There is no way to confirm the authenticity of these photos, but it seems to tick all the boxes, like the elongated screen, smaller dock connector, headphone jacks at the bottom, the redesigned grill and the front facing camera has moved above the earpiece (it is currently to left of the earpiece in iPhone 4S and iPhone 4).

Apple is widely speculated to unveil the next generation iPhone at a media event on September 12th, followed by the release nine days later on September 21st.