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iPhone 4th-gen “midboard” on sale at Chinese retailer?
iPhone 4th-gen “midboard” on sale at Chinese retailer?
Remember the iPhone 4G SIM tray spotted in China last month ? Well, if you’re looking to piece together your own next-gen Apple device, you’ll be keen to see China Ontrade’s latest purported component : it’s tipped to be the “iPhone 4 Generation Midboard”.  ...
Original Apple iPhone 4 Generation Midboard OEM - iPhone 4Gen Spare Parts - Apple
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This Is a Next-Generation iPhone 4 Part, China Ontrade Claims [Rumor]
This Is a Next-Generation iPhone 4 Part, China Ontrade Claims [Rumor]
gizmodo.com — China Ontrade calls this the iPhone 4 Generation Midboard . Not very exciting, but the last time... they announced a next-generation iPhone part , they were right . A month later, the iPhone 3GS appeared with exactly those parts. What could this mean?  ... (more) This Is a Next-Generation iPhone 4 Part, China Ontrade ...
iPhone 4 rumours start thanks to Chinese retailer
iPhone 4 rumours start thanks to Chinese retailer
t3.com — Home News IPhone 4 Rumours Start Thanks To Chinese Retailer iPhone 4 rumours start thanks to Chinese... retailer Posted by Katherine Hannaford on Tue 3 Nov 2009 With the iPhone 3GS only being an incremental upgrade to the 3G model, could the iPhone 4 ... (more) iPhone 4 rumours start thanks to Chinese retailer
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Fourth Gen iPhone mid-board tips up, China Unicom gets 5k subscribers, Intel comments on iPhone glitch
iPhone Buzz — ... Last month a SIM card tray turned up claiming to be for the next version of the iPhone. Today a midboard for the fourth gen iPhone has tipped up. It's hard to say if these are legit products or nothing more than a way to get attention. The company promises pics of the back cover for the fourth gen iPhone soon. ...

Purported iPhone 4 Part is Everything That’s Wrong with Tech Blogging
iPhonefreak — ... were correct before does not necessarily make them instantly credible for the future. Gizmodo themselves even mention the possibility that this could be some sort of publicity stunt. Given all the media focus on this story in such a short amount of time (and yes, I realize this story isn’t exempt), it’s very likely that China On Trade may have just wanted some extra attention. The part itself looks fairly in nocuous, and could quite honestly be for anything iPhone shaped. Slashgear comments that it’s slightly shorter and narrower than the 3G S, which gives me even more reason ...

iPhone 4th-gen “midboard” on sale at Chinese retailer?
Top iPhone News — ... we’d be indecently sceptical about any leaked Apple parts – in fact we are now – but as Gizmodo points out, China Ontrade were spot on when it came to the iPhone 3G’s display assembly. They had access to that part a month ahead of Apple’s official launch; that raises the question of when this fourth-gen device might drop, considering a new iPhone handset isn’t expected on the market for another eight months. Keep a lookout for it maybe coming to the market a little sooner. via SlashGear

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