Despite the fact that the iPhone 5 is now likely less than a month away from release, we really haven’t been treated to a lot of juicy iPhone 5 news as of late. Sure, we’ve heard rumors of when the new iPhone will be available for preorder and we’ve seen some pictures of components, but honestly, August has been a pretty slow month for news. That’s why we’re pretty excited about today’s article, as we’ve finally been treated to additional photos of the iPhone 5 that have apparently leaked. And these photos give an excellent idea of just what the new iPhone is going to look like.

The photos come courtesy of Sino Consumer Electronics Trade. Although, obviously, we can’t say with 100% certainty that these are actual photos of the next iPhone, they do look a little too realistic to be fakes. As you can see from the first iPhone 5 photo below, the new iPhone looks to have a bigger display than the iPhone 4S (which is on the left). That’s what we’ve been hearing for months now, so that’s no real surprise. What is surprising, however, is that the FaceTime camera has been moved to the middle of the new iPhone.

We can tell from the above photo that the new Apple device will have a 4 inch or possibly 4.3 inch display. From the photo below, we can see that the iPhone 5 will be slimmer than its older iPhone brothers. Additionally, you can see that the new, smaller dock connector is there. That’s just another sign that the iPhone 5 will be coming with the new dock connector we’ve been hearing about over the past few months.

According to Sino, these photos indicate that the iPhone 5 will come with an “LCD touch screen digitizer,” “front panel frame,” and a “home button.” This refutes previous claims that the new iPhone won’t have a physical home button. Oddly enough, there’s no mention of the often rumored Liquidmetal or Unibody design. There’s also no indication, from the new pictures, that the iPhone 5 will have a Gorilla Glass display or anything similar to that. That’s not to say that it can’t happen, just that this “leak” doesn’t show that.

So, readers, what do you think of these photos?

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