The Next iPhone Embodied in a Super-Thin Prototype [VIDEO]

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Everyone wants to know what the next iPhone will look like, but the folks at Giga.de took it a step further and created a prototype based on rumors and credible hints -- and it looks great.

Its teardrop design makes it only 6.86 mm thick at the top and only 5.33 mm at the bottom, and it's a bit wider than iPhone 4 -- 59.94 mm vs. 58.6 mm -- to accommodate for the bigger, 4-inch screen.

Also, the mechanical round button on the front of the device has been changed to an oval-shaped capacitive one.

No one can say whether the new iPhone will look anything like this one -- for all we know, it might be just an improved version of the iPhone 4, but it's as good a guess as any, and we certainly wouldn't mind if Apple's designers had taken the device in a similar direction.

Check out the video below (in German, with English subtitles) for a walk-through of the prototype and the full gallery at Giga.de.

Finally, check out our gallery of other possible designs for the next iPhone below.