I didn't even want to let these images see the light of day on my blog, but with all the media attention that these ridiculous photos are getting, I need to set everyone straight. You may recall the following floating around the web recently, am I correct?

The first image shows the iPhone 4 cameras in comparison to what is claimed to be the new iPhone 5 cameras. It's supposed to support the second image, which tries to convince us that the flash will be moved all the way to the right of the iPhone 5. Why doesn't anybody see anything wrong with this? Fine, the iPhone 5 front-facing camera isn't too bad because it's only slightly longer than the iPhone 4. The rear-facing camera, however, is totally different. The lens itself looks exactly like the front-facing cameras of both models and not like the much larger lens of the iPhone 4 rear-facing camera. This seems to imply that the iPhone 5 camera would be downgraded dramatically. Someone show me the sense in this. Plus, since the camera part is much longer, it would imply a redesign of the internals of the iPhone 5. A redesign completely contradicts recent rumors that the iPhone 5 will look identical to the iPhone 4.

Now that I've covered the first photo, let's move on to the next. Try not to laugh. This is what the media is actually trying to pass off as an iPhone 5 model with a case on it. Should I even talk about the display? Might as well. The makers of this poor mockup have successfully taken a screenshot of an iPad and shrunk it down to fit the size of an iPhone, but just slightly larger than current models to say that the display of the iPhone 5 will be edge-to-edge. There is no front-facing camera at all on it. There is an odd white border going around the home button. Let's flip it over and look at the back with that beautiful blue plastic case. Hm, the holes in the case seem to prove that it's being wrapped around a white iPhone. But wait, the front is black! And the second hole on the right that supposedly proves the flash will be moved to the right is so poorly Photoshopped, it could almost be added on to the image using Microsoft Paint.

The media needs to clean up their act. Stop trying to garner pageviews. It's been a slow few weeks in tech news (with the exception of Google I/O), but please spare us all from these ridiculous "rumors".

via Mashable's shitty journalism