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  • Latest iPhone 5 Rumor: Metal Back And Starting Production Soonish

    Matt Burns

    Matt is a Senior Editor at TechCrunch. Matt Burns is a family man first and attempts to be a writer second. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, only cars eclipse his love of gadgets. He previously wrote for Engadget and EngadgetHD before moving into the party house that is TechCrunch. He learned the retail side of... → Learn More

    Friday, March 18th, 2011

    Another day, another iPhone 5 rumor. This time around it’s a story about a Foxconn worker that states iPhone 5 will soon enter normal mass production stages. But even more titlizing is that the iPhone 5 will have a metal backplate — just like the original! But of course these are just rumors. Don’t buy Apple stock based on reports like these. I must say that the timeline fits with past product launches and the iPhone 4′s glass backplate isn’t exactly durable. So yeah, it would be silly to buy an iPhone 4 at this point. You can wait until June, right.