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iPhone 5 mockup drawing attention at IFA 2012

One enthusiastic but unnamed case maker has apparently turned out its own mockup of the iPhone 5, presumably to show off its wares.

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The iPhone 5 has materialized at the IFA trade show in Berlin. In mockup form, at least.

The tech-news site GSMIsrael was apparently the first to report on the iPhone 5 mockup, which it claims to have seen courtesy of the CEO of a major cover and case manufacturer. Like just about all the iPhone 5 rumors floating around out there, the mockup is taller than existing iPhones, has a headphone jack on the bottom edge of the phone and features a two-toned backplate.

GSMIsrael didn't identify the case maker that presumably produced the mockup. (Here's a Google-translated version of the Israeli report.)

According to The Verge, mass production of cases designed to fit this particular mockup is underway, and could be shipping to retailers within a week.

By the way, 9to5Mac has a good roundup of iPhone 5 mockups, fakes and hoaxes. And don't miss CNET's own iPhone 5 rumor roundup.

Updated at 2:21 p.m. PT: Now there's a video in which someone apparently actually turns on what purports to be an iPhone 5. No way to tell if it's genuine or not, but see for yourself (via RazorianFly):

(via The Verge)