But Todd Haselton, of BGR-the-three-biggest-letters-in-tech, sees far more. He sees an iPhone 5 that's "thinner and lighter than the current model and these cases suggest it will have tapered edges and a slim profile as well." And looking carefully, you can see an "aluminum back" instead of the current glass casing.

Nick Bilton, of the , is definitively cautious. "From descriptions I've heard of the new iPhone from Apple employees, the images seemed potentially authentic," he declares. It's unclear what the words "seemed potentially" actually mean. Perhaps what Bilton is saying is, "I don't know if these are authentic or not but I want you to think I am saying that they might be. Potentially."

He's also definitively cautious about Case-Mate's motives. "But it seems that Case-Mate might be sneakily trying to take advantage of the excitement over the phone by posting and then unposting the images," he writes. Which, if it might seemingly potentially be true, would be shocking indeed. "These things rarely happen accidentally, especially when it comes to new Apple products."

As we have repeatedly said: There. Are. No. Accidents. In. The. iOSsphere.

Contrary to previous rumor, Sprint will not get the iPhone 5. Yet.