Earlier this month, case manufacturer Case-Mate drew some attention for promotional images that briefly appeared on its site showing cases for the rumored redesigned "iPhone 5" form factor. Case-Mate quickly pulled the page, however, replacing it with a signup form for potential customers to receive information, as well as a note indicating that the company believes that Apple will be releasing both iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 models next month.

Hope for the arrival of the redesigned iPhone 5 form factor has been waning as Apple's media event approaches with no concrete signs of the device, but BGR reports that Case-Mate's iPhone 5 cases have now appeared in AT&T's inventory database.

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The entries point to three different case designs for the iPhone 5, including versions of its Barely There, Pop!, and Touch Case lines. The appearance of the cases in AT&T's inventory system is certainly not significant evidence that Apple will be introducing a redesigned iPhone 5 next week, but it is interesting that the carrier is apparently at least making the effort to arrange for offering cases based on the design.

Update: TiPb actually reported on this development over this past weekend.

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Top Rated Comments

Jbrumz85 Avatar
157 months ago
Good to see some iPhone 5 stuff instead of this 4s crap
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DT80 Avatar
157 months ago
iphone 5

I could tell you that my best friend works at AT&T and that he took a picture of his computer screen at work showing the inventory database..

Or i could tell you that I just made my own "inventory database" image with photoshop, took a picture with my iPhone and posted it here.



Easy as that..
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
djrod Avatar
157 months ago
Now we have iPhone 5!
Now we don't :(

Now we have iPhone 5!
Now we don't :(

Now we have iPhone 5!
Now we don't :(

Etc
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
yinzers87 Avatar
157 months ago
Um, if the image is accurate, then there is definitely an iPhone 5 in that design. AT&T is absolutely aware of what the new iPhone is going to look like, they've already field tested it for network stability at this point. It's not as if AT&T would order cases not knowing if they were going to need them or not. They aren't the greatest mobile service, but they certainly are not complete morons.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
macintoshdaddy Avatar
157 months ago
Is it going to be an iphone 4s or an iphone 5? Enough already!
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
msb3079 Avatar
157 months ago
How is this "not a big deal"? This is some of the most concrete evidence YET.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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