Site iDealsChina has published CAD renderings of what it claims to be Apple’s next generation iPhone, the iPhone 5. The “mold engineering drawings” depict a device that looks very similar to the iPhone 4 — complete with an external antenna design — but add a larger display panel with thinner borders. The site is reporting that the handful of renderings were created to aid case manufacturers in the production of new protective products — similar drawings of the iPad 2 leaked months before the device’s announcement. The images directly conflict with a report filed by Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, which indicated that Apple was considering a milled aluminum body for the next iPhone. Hit the jump to check out the additional renderings and let us know what you think.

[Via 9to5 Mac]

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A new image of an HTC-branded Windows Mobile handset has surfaced. The source of the image claims it is a rendering of the HTC Firestone, a handset that was included in HTC’s leaked 2009 lineup, and adds the following specifications:

• GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 900/2100, HSDPA
• Windows Mobile 6.5
• 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen transflective TFT display, 65536 colors (boo)
• 600Mhz Qualcomm 8250 processor
• 256MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
• MicroSD expansion
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• 802.11b/g
• AGPS
• G Sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 8 megapixel camera
• Target launch: August 2009

Unfortunately, the reliability of the source is unknown and the rendering looks so “2008″ with the older arrow-emblazoned HTC logo and the glossy Touch Diamond design. The mock up is also missing the zoom bar, a key cosmetic feature seen on HTC’s 2009 Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2. Hopefully, this is just an old rendering and not a Photoshop job as we would love to see this handset debut later this summer.

[Via wmpoweruser]

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