The electronics blog Gizmodo has snatched up—and paid for—what seems to be a prototype of the new generation iPhone, disguised as a iPhone 3GS lookalike. The phone was taken apart and thoroughly examined. Some things are entirely new, others just changed:

• Front-facing video chat camera
• Camera flash
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic


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• An aluminum border going completely around the outside
• Everything is more squared off
• 16% Larger battery
• Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery

Gizmodo believes to have seen a prototype for the new generation iPhone and cites several proofs in its favour. Some components were marked Apple. All components were fitted for the disguised case, an indication that they were designed for it.