A pair of photos purportedly showing the rear shell of Apple’s much rumored low-cost iPhone have been published by Nowhereelse.fr [Google translation].
While the site acknowledges that the part could simply be a Chinese clone of an iPhone 5 rear shell, certain features such as a round rear microphone hole and rounded rear edges are consistent with previous claims for the lower-cost iPhone, including leaked design drawings from a case maker.
It’s been reported that Apple plans to release the lower-cost iPhone in a veritable rainbow of colors, with one report going as far to say they would use the same color scheme as the company’s notorious line of iPhone 4/4S bumpers.
The parts appear to have a form factor similar to the current iPhone 5. That falls in line with rumors that the budget model will stick with the same 4-inch display as the iPhone 5.
