More Likely Proof The New iPod Touch Gets FaceTime Camera

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More Likely Proof The New iPod Touch Gets FaceTime Camera

photo: MacRumors

Either Steve Jobs is so ticked off with the media, he’s spending his off-hours fiendishly drilling fake holes into forthcoming iPod Touch parts and leaking them (which is…well, who knows) — or we really are about to get a FaceTime-capable iPt when iPod unveiling-time rolls around, traditionally in early September.

MacRumors is brandishing these photos, leaked to them by an iDevice repair service, as further proof of earlier whispers that the imminent next-gen iPt will have a forward-facing camera. In the photo of the bezel above, the small hole on the right would likely be where the forward-facing camera would sit.

We know what you’re asking: How the heck did a repair service get ahold of future iPt bezels, and why does their website look so sketchy ? We don’t know. We’re just giddy that the new iPt is going to have FaceTime. Probably.

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Eli Milchman

When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path — which explains why he's Cult of Mac's technology editor. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.

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  • Nathan

    HA.

    I can’t believe you guys were stupid enough to post this. that site is obviously a huge fake. no name no contact info no nothing. Once again you do anything you can to spur on rumors. It doesnt take an idiot to take apart an ipod touch, take a picture, and photoshop a stupid hole in the thing. you guys are morons

  • xiaoa

    Next Ipod touch?True or false?
    two cameras ,with FaceTime video chat ,that’s really amazing for a ipod.
    and that is to say, iphone 4 – phone = next ipod touch ?
    wow~~ that’s so magical and expected!
    aha,but i don’t care about these function, i just about about the sound quality, and hope the itune can support any format audios and videos,if this, if so, i need not to use a aneesoft ipod video converter..hehe, joke~~~

  • Gazoobee

    I’m really curious as to why “iDevice” who continually leak these items year after year, aren’t either taken to court, or dropped by Apple as someone they send their secret parts to ahead of the ship date. There are lots of places that get these parts, they are all under an agreement not to talk about them.

    All except “iDevice” for some reason. I don’t get how these scumbags get away with it.

  • jebdcool

    euhhh… That could the light scencor….

  • http://wommy47.wordpress.com Tommy Schafer

    @jebdcool I agree. probably just another sensor.

    Frankly, there is no reason for ipod touches to have FaceTime except so that Jr. High kids can screw around during school and waste bandwidth…

  • http://hardcandycases.com Jimmy

    Yep, our factory just got one in Guangdong. We’ll have cases in 23 days.