"TUAW reader Cory L. sent us an image today that he had captured from his web browser while perusing the i-Wireless prepaid cell phone section of the Cincinnati Bell website," Steven Sande reports for TUAW. "The screenshot shows a placeholder for an iPhone 5 with no image and no 'Add to basket' purchase button."
"A quick look at the site now shows that the placeholder has been removed. There are some fascinating things about this — first, Cincinnati Bell is a regional carrier in the US, not a major carrier like AT&T or Verizon," Sande reports. "Second, the website is for a pay-as-you-go program."
Sande reports, "Finally, the specs that are listed for the phone show an 8MP camera, 4G speeds (Cory notes that Cincinnati Bell's network uses HSPA+), and a 4″ screen… Another reader, Randy K., sent in another screenshot from the same site. This one shows a low-cost iPhone 4S device with different specifications than the rather expensive iPhone 5 shown above.
Read more, and see the screenshots, in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Fred Mertz" and "Lynn Weiler" for the heads up.]
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