Alleged iPhone 6 Rear Shell Image Tips Plastic-Coated Design

The image was originally leaked by Australian blog MacFixIt and published by 9to5mac, which said that the alleged rear shell belongs to the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model, which is one of the two iPhone models expected to launch this fall.

Reports have for a while been indicating that Apple might finally enter the screen size battle with the launch of the iPhone 6, and its rumoured two display size variants - 5.5-inch and 4.7-inch.

While the image does not offer much detail about the iPhone 6's rear, it does show two cut-outs at the top of the purported iPhone - one, for housing the rear camera with flash, and the other, for the Apple logo branding in the middle.

The leaked image, in-line with earlier reports, again shows plastic lines on the rumoured iPhone 6's back panel that are meant to separate the antenna elements.

The purported leaked image of the shell of the 4.7-inch variant is in-line with what has been a widely expected based on earlier leak. The iPhone 6 will take design cues from Apple's current generation iPod touch.

Further, 9to5mac notes that the leaked rear shell image indicates that the rear is covered by a plastic coating.

A recent report claimed that Apple's next iPhone, thought to be called the iPhone 6, would hit the shelves on September 19. The news came from a German website that claimed the local carrier Deutsche Telekom was telling its customer representatives the iPhone 6 has a September 19 launch date, in order to make its customers stick with the wireless provider.

It's worth noting that Apple is yet to announce the official launch date of its much anticipated next iPhone, and usually does not inform carriers in advance, leaving us to take the expected date with a pinch of salt.

A recent report also states that the Cupertino-based company is testing a higher screen resolution of 960x1740 pixels on at least one of the two alleged iPhone models (5.5-inch and 4.7-inch screen variant) due to debut this year. It has been also speculated that the next generation handset will come with a pixel-tripling (3X) mode.