Once again turning rumormongering about the widely-expected iPhone 5 into a fine art, Apple (AAPL) fans at two different websites on Monday released a couple of juicy tidbits for the mouthwatering masses:

Japanese site iLab featured a series of photographs of what it claims is the next iPhone after it got it hands on allegedly leaked iPhone parts and then assembled them together.

Meanwhile the techies over at iMore website, which apparently has been pretty good with Apple-related predictions in the past, said the Cupertino-based tech giant will hold an event on Sept. 12 to announce the new iPhone.

Apple, as usual, declined to comment.

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