The iPhone 5 has been one of the most anticipated releases in consumer electronics in years. A major upgrade to the most popular device in the world, and from a company known for insightful innovation, the iPhone 5 had been dreamed about for some time. Over the years since the release of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S many iPhone 5 rumors have been swirling. iPhone 5 case rumors are no exception! With September here and iPhone 5 case rumors abounding lets take a look back a year and see some of the leaked iPhone 5 case designs from 2011.
The Original iPhone 5 Case
Way back in May 2011 this beauty leaked on to Alibaba. It was quickly taken down but not before the Internet got ahold of it. Feast your eyes on the earliest leaked iPhone 5 case from May 2011. We talked about this iPhone 5 case in a previous post.
The Details: Leaked iPhone 5 Case Design
In July 2011 MobileFun released a CAD drawing of the iPhone 5. At the beginning of September of last year, when things were heating up, MacRumors took this design and then had a sample commissioned.
The Fakes: Fake iPhones Released
Even last year we had iPhone 5 cases coming out that were designed for the fake Chinese iPhone 5s. Giz-China reported this same iPhone 5 fakes back in April of last year and of course cases have been made and shipped to fit these fakes as was shown by 9to5Mac late last year.
iPhone 5 Cases
iPhone 5 Case CAD Drawing Released in 2011
iPhone 5 In China
