iPhone 5 Concept Design Released: Another Gorgeous Mockup We Wish Were Real (PICTURES)

Antonio De Rosa of ADR Studio has shared his vision of what the much-anticipated iPhone 5 could look like.

The Italian designer posted 15 pictures of his design of the iPhone 5 -- or, as he dubbed it, the "new iPhone" -- on March 22.

According to De Rosa's post, his super-slim, aluminum-bodied device lacks a SIM card, integrates the home button into the display screen, features volume buttons and a headphone jack on its top edge, and has an LED-powered border which can be used "to show the strength of battery life or to show you a preferred caller: you can choose the color thanks to the LED-edge dedicated app."

In addition, the design incorporates a few features that the next iPhone is actually rumored to include, such as 4G LTE connectivity and a Retina display -- though De Rosa's phone has not just one, but three displays.

While the next iPhone isn't likely to look like this, De Rosa's mockup is an intriguing design and a follow-up to the last one he released for the iPhone SJ, an iPhone device named for the late Steve Jobs.

Flip through the slideshow below to check out De Rosa's iPhone 5 design. What features do you hope to see on the iPhone 5?

Check out the latest Apple rumors here and get the buzz about the iPhone 5's potentially larger screen here.

[via 9to5Mac]

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Comments

[Ervin Bylykbashi]

08:33 PM on 05/14/2012

According to my opinion this concept has some advantages and some disadvantages.

Advantages: 1 Bigger screen than the previous model
2 The thin frame around the screen (make use of space to have bigger
screen without making the phone larger).
3 the speakers in the rear (if they are speakers).

Disadvantages: 1 Rear side of the phone (non-apple look).
2 Home button change (takes app room).

If apple manages to make a thin frame on the new Iphone is going to help make use of the space and have a bigger screen, the phone will look amazing

[Benjamin678]

09:04 AM on 04/04/2012

That concept is actually very ugly i hope the real iphone 5 won't look like this.

[Devin Dozier]

09:35 PM on 03/26/2012

This looks awful...has he even seen an apple product before?? This looks like a crappy droid or some makeshift cricket phone

[Howcomehp]

12:55 PM on 03/26/2012

No. This looks nothing like an Apple product.

[Timbax]

10:12 AM on 03/26/2012

Who cares stop the hype...please!

[wonderYrednow]

02:50 AM on 03/26/2012

Wanting is flaunting.

[Leilani lei]

01:39 AM on 03/26/2012

OMG! That is not very Apple at all. What an insult to put the Apple logo on that thing.

[brflux]

10:18 PM on 03/25/2012

I hope not. What an abomination.

[Robert Elliott Simmons]

04:03 PM on 03/25/2012

no.

[Charismatron]

01:42 PM on 03/25/2012

There's no chance Apple will abandon it's former design for this tragedy. No. chance.

As another commenter has stated--the fascination with future iterations of Apple products is "tiresome". I'm aware that I clicked the article--it's because I'm an Apple fan. Though I really like their products I'm definitely feeling Apple Fatigue™.

[tuff guy]

01:25 PM on 03/25/2012

concept design fail.

[Matthew Atkinson]

01:18 PM on 03/25/2012

So, this isn't really a story, is it?

[ReallySmarter]

01:09 AM on 03/25/2012

The steady stream of articles about user designed iphone 5 and ipad 12 is getting tiresome... Besides that the phone looks absolutely terrible and doesn't even look like a plausible design for a bigger sized iphone.. and for what it's worth I didn't know Italians had any expertise in high technology gadgets.. stick to clothes and race cars

[AislingIE]

04:15 PM on 03/25/2012

I second that

[brflux]

10:21 PM on 03/25/2012

I agree leave the designing to Jonathan Ive of apple.

[AislingIE]

10:46 PM on 03/24/2012

Ugly, ugly and ugly. If it were to look like this design, I would definitely switch to an android. This is such an ugly looking phone! No way Apple is going for that.

[HiramWdwsn]

08:29 PM on 03/24/2012

It doesn't matter what the design is. Even if it's iCrap the i cult would buy it. It is a social phenomenon.

[briantopping]

12:02 AM on 03/25/2012

Nobody cares about your opinion, fandroid.

[HiramWdwsn]

03:23 PM on 03/25/2012

If you knew what I do for a living, a good number of people do care about my technical opinion. And when it comes to the so-called smart phones (there's nothing smart about them for an intelligent person) I have no preference. All I care is if I will be e-mail to send and receive e-mails anywhere on the globe for as little go money as possible. Some of us use these tools of communication as a professional. Now go download a new game into your gadget and feel good about yourself until the new model comes out.

[WSAY]

10:24 AM on 03/25/2012

Well, YOU sure seem interested. Trying to figure out what next years Android will look like?