'iPhone 6' Pics Leaked: Real or Fake?
As is usually the case with leaked iPhone pics, it's best to be suspicious.
It seems that every year, as one new iPhone is announced, speculation about Apple's next-generation device begins. Well, the rumors have begun anew, but don't hold your breath for the latest leaked images to become a reality.
Twitter user mornray886 posted a photo (below) on Wednesday, suggesting that the next iteration of Cupertino's popular smartphone will look a lot more like its iPod music player.
"iphone 6 #apple" is all mornray886 wrote, but the image was retweeted 286 times and favorited almost 80 times.
Blogger Sonny Dickson also published a series of photos showcasing the device's inner workings, as well as a Space Grey rear casing.
"We've gotten our hands on some great photos," Dickson wrote in a blog post. "And just as always, it looks absolutely astonishing."
"The design will be like a cross between the current iPad Air and the iPod Touch. As shown in the pictures below, it will be definitely thinner than the current iPhone 5S," Dickson wrote. "I'm not 100 percent sure this is the real back housing, but I'll be updating it as I get more information regarding it."
But according to Mashable, which cited Reddit poster colinstalter, the photos are probably fakes.
Colinstalter suspects that the published images were created by Netherlands-based 3D graphics artist Martin Hajek, who, according to colinstalter, "uses the same smudge texture in all of his renderings."
The Reddit thread includes a series of Hajek's renderings of an iPhone 6 and an iPad—each which shows off a similar crossed-line pattern.
In a statement to Mashable, Hajek said that the visuals "do seem to be based on the iPhone 6 concept 3D model" that he created and has been selling online for more than a year.
"With my 3D models I normally provide texture maps of fingerprints/scratches/dust," he said. "I am guess someone made good use of my model and knowledge."
Previous reports have tipped curved iPhones with larger screen sizes—4.7 inches and 5.5 inches—expected for release this summer. But don't get too excited: PCMag analyst Sascha Segan doesn't believe 1,280-by-720 and 1,920-by-1,080 screen resolutions are on their way from Apple.
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