Fully Assembled iPhone Lite Poses for the Camera Next to iPhone 5

This fall will not only bring us the next-gen Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but also a budget iOS-powered phone, unofficially dubbed iPhone Lite, and the flagship smartphone of the Cupertino-based giant, the highly-anticipated iPhone 5S. We’ve seen dozens of leaked photos of the iPhone Lite, most of them picturing various parts and its case, but today we get to see the first high-quality photos of the fully assembled budget smartphone.

The first leaked photos of the fully assembled iPhone Lite were revealed by Tactus case manufacturer, presenting use the smartphone from a variety of angles. We even get to see the iPhone Lite compared to the iPhone 5, letting us know that the smartphone will come with a 4-inch display and elongated volume buttons, instead of the  round ones of the iPhone 5.

The leaked photos also revealed that the low end of the iPhone Lite will have four holes for the speaker and one for the mic. Just like the last year’s iPhone, the iPhone Lite comes with the 3.5 mm audio jack positioned on the bottom of the device.

The same source claims that the budget iPhone will be 9 mm thick, rumors indicating that the new terminal will come with a policarbonate case in order to reduce the production costs and the final price of the smartphone. Even though we are basically talking about a plastic smartphone I am pretty sure that Apple will find a way to persuade us that the materials used for the iPhone Lite are way better than the ones of the Galaxy S4 or Lumia devices.

Besides the 4-inch display, which will reportedly have the same resolution as the one fitted on the iPhone 5, the rumor mill speculates that the iPhone Lite will be powered by the dual-core Apple A5 chipset used for the iPhone 4S. It seems that the iPhone Lite will have a price around $450 contract free, while the price tag with a two-year agreement will be below $99.