“Leaked” iPod Case Images Hint at Photo Upgrade

Ed Sutherland ()

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New leaked photos of iPod cases hint Apple may reveal a new feature: cameras. That appears to be the suggestion from supposed first pictures of iPods Cupertino is expected to announced later today.

The photos from Asian iPod accessories maker Cygnette show an iPod touch case with a lens on the reverse and what Gadget Lab surmises as a “dedicated shutter release” button. The iPod nano images show a taller device.

The veracity of the images are in question with some reports cautioning the pictures could have been Photoshopped combinations of previous iPhone and iPod cases. However, we include the photos and a link to Cygnette for you to decide.

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[Via Gadget Lab and Cygnette]

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  • Bob

    Oh dear…that’s just an iPhone horribly photoshopped to add a fake camera, Wi-Fi plastic patch, and iPod touch home screen.

    Earpiece? No need for one on the touch. Silence/vibrate switch above the rocker? That’s an iPhone. It certainly appears much more like the thickness of an iPhone than a touch as well.

  • http://presh.it preshit

    If the photo is purported to be of a “iPod” case, whey does it have the iPhone’s earpiece at the top?

  • Meghann

    The “iPod” in the photo above has a speaker above the screen. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that an iPhone only feature?

  • Shai

    Unless they’re integrating a speaker and mic for VOIP?

    I guess we’ll find out soon enough anyway…

  • Eric

    Where is the camera icon within the honescreen? Fake!

  • Sam

    I don’t remember an iPod Touch ever having a silence switch either… or silver buttons… or a plastic back. I call bull**** :) lol

  • murphysm

    Funny how many sites are posting these images because the screen says ipod. As other commenters have stated there are a ton of things wrong with the images to suggest that it is just an iphone and not an ipod: 1. Speaker above screen. 2. Silver buttons and silence switch. 3. Antenna on top of the device. The wifi antenna on an ipod is actually at the bottom of the device. and I think most importantly 4. the OS apparently hadn’t been updated on that device. The background behind the four icons on the bottom is nothing like OS 3.0. There should be gradating dots behind the icons.

    How desperate are these rumor sites to get a “valid” rumor up first?

  • ShaqEatsKids

    Not to mention, we take a black iphone picture and photoshop the camera from a white iphone… last time i recall the ipod touches didnt even have plastic backing.. FAIL

  • http://link His_wife10

    I am hoping to find another job fast, but we all know how that is. ,