We have seen the rear
cases, and some of the
components of the low-cost
iPhone, but this is the
first fully built
new iPhone we have seen and it is on
sale in
China now!
While browsing Chinese E-commerce site
Taobao for traces of the purported low-cost
iPhone we came across more than a few listings for a fully assembled low-cost iPhone which can be bought right now!
Like the
leaked photos this low-cost
iPhone appears to have plastic rear shell and looks to have a 4-inch
display like the current iPhone 5.
The rear of the low-cost
iPhone shows us a black printed
Apple logo on the glossy white body. And we can see that the placement of the rear camera and LED flash remain unchanged!
Looking around the rest of the low-cost
iPhone we can see that
Apple are still using a Sim Tray, and that the base of the phone is still the chosen location for the 3.5mm headphone jack, speakers and Lightning cable.
As the name suggests this
iPhone is very affordable with listings of the white model (black is also available) starting at just 300 Yuan ($48)! So what’s the catch? Well like the
iPad mini we discovered on sale last year ahead of launch, this low-cost iPhone is actually a
display dummy meant for
retail stores to use, not an actual functioning device!
So is this really the low-cost
iPhone? We believe it is!