Apple has been a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/23/apple-building-cheaper-8gb-iphone-4-end-of-september-launch-alongside-iphone-5/"rumored/a to be building a new, cheaper iPhone 4 ("iPhone 4S") alongside the iPhone 5, for an October launch. This iPhone 4S is believed to use different components and less storage to lower manufacturing costs. It appears Apple may have also taken this opportunity to make changes to the antenna design as well. br/ br/ New "iPhone 4S" part images we've received from a href="http://ipatchipods.com/"iPatchiPods/a suggest that the iPhone 4S will look much like the iPhone 4, but with some notable differences in the frame. br/ br/ a href="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/ip4s.jpg"img src="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/ip4s.jpg" alt="" title="ip4s" width="564" height="425" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-322037" //a br/ The mid-frame images above show that this so-called iPhone 4S will have two antenna breaks at the bottom of the casing. This differs from both the ATT (GSM) iPhone 4 and Verizon (CDMA) iPhone 4. In ATT's iPhone, the antenna breaks are in two spots, along the lower left side and top left sides. On the Verizon's model they are both at the a href="http://etechparts.com/iPhone-4-Mid-Frame-and-Bezel-Verizon-p/822-4231.htm"top sides/a of the casing. br/ br/ The reason for the movement of the antenna breaks is to accommodate different frequencies of the different mobile technologies. This "iPhone 4S" appears to have a slot for a SIM card, suggesting that at a minimum it will support the GSM standard like the original ATT iPhone 4. It is believed the iPhone 5 will support both GSM and CDMA, but we haven't heard anything definitive about the band support for this iPhone 4S. br/ br/ Also, of note, the mute switch and volume switches are on the same side of this casing, just like the iPhone 4. br/ br/ img src="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/4s3.jpg" alt="" title="4s3" width="428" height="364" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-322032" / br/ The bottom portion of the frame is shown here. As noted by a href="http://ifixit.com/"iFixIt's/a Scott Head, what's most interesting about this part as compared to the iPhone 4 part, is the lack of any defined "Home Button" area. The corresponding iPhone 4 part a href="http://truesupplier.com/images/D/1dt-159.jpg"shows/a a cut-out area for the Home Button. It's hard to draw an conclusions from this, but there has been a lot of speculation that Apple could be changing the Home Button area on the iPhone 5. br/ br/ There still may be some confusion in the parts supply chain about what pieces are intended for what devices, but a href="http://ipatchipods.com"iPatchiPods'/a source does believe that these mid-frames are intended for the cheaper revision of the iPhone 4.br/ br/ br/ bRecent Mac and iOS Blog Stories/bbr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-demand-for-excellence-extends-to-elevator-pitches/"Steve Jobs#039; Demand for Excellence Extends to Elevator Pitches/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/apple-releases-xsan-2-2-2-filesystem-update/"Apple Releases Xsan 2.2.2 Filesystem Update/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/spy-mouse-the-cheesy-new-game-from-firemint-free-at-starbucks-next-week/"SPY Mouse, the Cheesy New Game from Firemint, Free at Starbucks Next Week/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/tampa-bay-bucs-using-ipads-for-game-film-and-playbooks/"Tampa Bay Bucs Using iPads for Game Film and Playbooks/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-called-googles-vic-gundotra-on-a-sunday-about-this-icon/"Steve Jobs Called Google#039;s Vic Gundotra on a Sunday About this Icon/abr/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QIKP72OCRsUV9EsIjFj497ydn8I/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QIKP72OCRsUV9EsIjFj497ydn8I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QIKP72OCRsUV9EsIjFj497ydn8I/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QIKP72OCRsUV9EsIjFj497ydn8I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=YsY7Qh-Gisk:1mKqZvp6lyQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=YsY7Qh-Gisk:1mKqZvp6lyQ:6W8y8wAjSf4"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=YsY7Qh-Gisk:1mKqZvp6lyQ:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/YsY7Qh-Gisk" height="1" width="1"/

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