Metal-backed iPhone 5 Rumor Strikes Again

How many of you would believe me if I said that Apple plans on releasing the new iPhone 5 with a metal backing?  Of course, this would be a rumor that has hit the surface once before so many people will probably just brush right over this posting.  According to a closed source (which we will call Joe Bobaloo), Joe Bobaloo posted a list of new features which includes the new metal backing to an updated iPhone 5 which is due to release next Fall.

According to Joe Bobaloo, the new iPhone 5 (if they call it that) will feature an entirely new physical structure of the iPhone which includes this new aluminum backing and a “rubber or plastic material” along the edges that will bridge the front and back of the device.

As many are probably aware, this isn’t the first case of seeing this backing for the future iPhone.  A 9to5Mac report in March said that Apple was cooking up a model with a flat metal back.  As we all saw, Apple decided to mainly update their software and keep the physical structure of the phone the same.  Do you see a trend?  They did this with the iPhone 3 and 3GS.  Maybe this will mean that the new release if the iPhone (5?) will be a completely new redesign like the past.

Will Apple keep this strong and continue with the recent trends or change it up?  What do you think about having a metal backing to the new generation iPhone?  Do you think this would help keep the phone more structurally equipped or make this worse?  Leave your thoughts in the comments.

[via TechJohnson]