More Apple news this morning, this time we see what may very well be a new back for the future iPhone.

The pictures popped up on MacRummors and appear to show a next gen iPhone with a matted and slightly textured back plate. Although no one can verify the authenticity of these images they appear to have come from China where the iPhone is assembled.

The initial image was posted by iPodObserver, they were responsible for showing the early back plate images of the iPhone 3G.

With all of the rumors about the new iPhone I am not sure what to believe, but based on the number of times I have to clean mine per day I do hope this new back plate is real.

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