Purported iPhone 4S Casing Compared With GSM And CDMA iPhone 4

Last week, photos of the purported iPhone 4S casing suggested that the rumored iPhone 4S will come with some minor changes to the antenna system, but it was only partially visible.

MacRumors reports that they've received photos from some of their readers (via Ideal-Case.com), which appears to be the casing of rumored iPhone 4S, which give a better view of iPhone 4S antenna band. iPhone 4S is widely speculated to be a cheaper version of iPhone 4 that Apple will launch alongside iPhone 5.

Please note that in the photos below, the GSM iPhone 4 antenna band is at the top that is labeled "4G", the iPhone 4S antenna band is in the middle, which is labeled "5G or 4GS", and the CDMA iPhone 4 is at the bottom, which is labeled "CDMA".

Here are some observations from the photos:

• The purported iPhone 4S casing has a micro-SIM slot, so if it is legitimate, it is more likely to be the GSM iPhone 4S rather than a CDMA iPhone 4S or it could support both GSM and CDMA.
• It has a similar stainless steel band as iPhone 4, which serves as the antenna system, which had resulted in the Antennagate controversy after iPhone 4 was launched due to complaints of reception issues.
• The breakpoints in the frame are same as the CDMA iPhone 4.
• The change in position of the break point has also resulted in the slight adjustment in the position of the mute switch just like CDMA iPhone 4.

As Slivka points out this is not the first time we've seen this casing. We had seen a similar iPhone casing back in January. At that time, we were not sure if it was for the CDMA iPhone 4 or the next generation iPhone.

All of this is still speculative, it still remains to be seen if this iPhone casing is for iPhone 4S or its for iPhone 5, which would mean that the next iPhone will only be a minor upgrade and it can also be fake.