I smell a hoax

And where is the headphone jack supopsed to go? Bluetooth only ? (joke!)

nonsense.

There is no room in that design to fit any of the required bits in.

Wishful thinking of an iTard(TM).

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QUICK LET ME HAVE A WANK!!!!!

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But wasn't the metal back dropped because it impeded the signals from the GSM/3G/WIFI and BT antennas?

Lack of mute button, seems odd too.

Nice mockup though, their Photoshop skillz rulez OK

Looks fairly nice, but also looks like a decent fake (some one getting their days mixed up maybe).

Also why iPhone 4G? is this suggesting it would be used on a 4G network? What 4G network? The current 3G network is barely usable by most people.

The home button looks very fake, the corners look badly rounded on the legend. Looks even worse if you compare it to a real iPhone.

For a start, the screen has been lengthened in the picture, as indicated by the talk of moving the microphone - this would result in either a modified (increased) screen resolution with a different aspect ratio, or a stretched display - both of which are clearly stupid and don't even need explanation as to why.

I thought that El Reg is supposed to be an IT News sight and not an enthusiasts blog, this crap is getting annoying

Words can't even begin to describe how newsworthy this isn't. If your desperation for content so outweighs the need for substantiation, I can send you some not-from-Apple-HQ renders of a cigarette-pack-sized handset that folds out to an A4 tablet running OSX Bornean Clouded Leopard.

Clearly an iPod Touch if anything, not enough room for an iPhone battery.

Paris - cuz she has plenty of room inside.

There's no ringer/silent switch, so it's more likely that this - if it exists - would be an iPod Touch rather than an iPhone.

where does the headphone jack go?

The menu buttons white detail is to sqaured, the corners on the 2G and 3G are more rounded that this.

Plus the phone needs a better camera. I cant see how they can make the phone smaller/ thinner, but add a better sensor to bring the camara up to the standards of other phones (5mp or 8mp)

You'd cut yourself with that and if it is real where do you plug the battery in?

I thing it is more lightly to be the new ipod touch if anything. I don't see how they can get all the tech in an iphone into a body that thin, where as the touch dose not need a lot of space. Could be wrong but i think this is not the new i phone

cause it means i can snap one in two when some apple fanboi waves it in my face

"which shows white and black versions of the iPhone – was probably created by an enthusiast." = Apple Fan Boy with too much time on there hands!!!

Created by an enthusiast with no brains more like. Unless Apple were to surprise the world with some miracle leap forward in battery technology, a device that thin would last a couple of hours between recharges at most. Considering how heavily the average iPhone gets used (email, web, music, games, phone) that would render it almost useless.

Clearly and totally fake.

Might struggle to plug in headphones anywhere with that razor-thin profile...

Or it it stereo BlueTooth only?!

Why do you bother publishing it? You might as well take a photo of Jesus and stick it up here.

..I thought the reason the 3G had a solid back, and the 2G had a part-plastic rear was because of the radio antenna? Ie solid metal not being that condusive to radio signals?

My vote goes to "fake"!

Never mind about the mute switch, where's the dock connector and earphone socket?

...do fanboiz keep wasting their lives modelling and rendering these mockups and why do news sites like this keep encouraging them? Surely you're not that desperate for material?

Perhaps Cadbury's should introduce a slightly different shape of Curly-wurly every spring. Losers could then spend the winter designing, colouring and texturing plausible photo-realistic next-generation Curly-wurlies to impress each other with. If they do really really well then Cadbury's might offer them the 2011-season Curly-wurly design gig...

Paris, because she likes Curly-wurlies.

That's my guess - someone's playing a joke on the gadget sites and it's got out a day early.

Though it would be in line with Apple's attitude to comments on their products:

"You don't give enough mouse buttons"

- we'll get rid of them completely

"We don't want a phone with a fixed battery"

- you can have laptops with fixed batteries as well

In which case this model would be the answer to complaints that the iPhone 3G doesn't have enough battery life - a version which has no battery life at all..

There was no "iPhone 1G," as the 3G refers to the network interface. Unless this iPhone is expected to use WiMax, why would it be called the 4G?

Surely this is the 3rd generation iPhone, which will also be 3G, as opposed to an iPhone with 4G cellular wireless technology (which isn't due for another few years yet)?

Come on, El Reg, get your act together!

Paris, cos even she'd know the difference between 3G and 3G!!

This one has an external battery, but works with induction so no unsightly cables are required.

It has no need for a earphone jack, because it works with a proprietary bluetooth dongle that has an Apple© authentication chip that degrades non DRM'ed content and conversations with non-iphone-blessed philistines.

For the enthusiast that does not want a bluetooth dongle, there will be an official internal bone-conduction version available at your nearest Apple center (minor skull surgery required, subject to an EULA).

Video calling is planned for iphone 6G. Apple has already filed all appropriate patents for phone cameras, video calling, etc.

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Rear side of the device also acts as a fingerprint scanner, that shares this data with Apple for Your Own Benefit. You can be sure this data will not be shared freely ('cos nothing is free).