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Report: White iPhone 4 Comes Out Wednesday

The white iPhone 4 is coming! The white iPhone 4 is coming!

To many, reports of the rumored white iPhone 4 read like the children’s book “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” But for others it’s a very big deal, given that it’s been 10 months since Apple first announced a white version (keep this up another 14 years and it’ll beat Duke Nukem Forever’s record).

But today the blogosphere was rife with screenshots of a white iPhone 4 showing up in Best Buy’s inventory database, with an April 27 launch date, via 9to5 Mac. The pictures list both 16GB and 32GB versions, GSM only, at Best Buy locations around the U.S. According to the photos, most stores are only carrying ten 16GB units.

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iPhone 5 could be tapered, bezel-free, and metal-backed

This weekend some interesting iPhone 5 rumors emerged over at TiMN. While things are still early for the 2011 iPhone–for which most rumors foresee a September launch–the site has heard a number of interesting pieces of information about the device’s design, culminating in a mock-up graphic. As you can see from the side view above, the next iPhone could be slim, tapered, and very different than the iPhone 4.

While things are far from firm at this point, TiMN give is a lot of clues about one direction for the phone. Lately rumors have said to expect either a drastically changed phone or basically a faster iPhone 4, and these are definitely in the former camp. The proposed iPhone 5 would have a MacBook Air-inspired design, with a metal back and contours not unlike those of the iPod touch. The screen will be nearly bezel-free allowing for a size bump up to 3.7-inches (from 3.5) without increasing the size of the phone. Of course a large display at the same resolution means less pixels per inch but rumor has it that this model would run at 312 dpi, still enough to be called a “Retina Display”.

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