I yearn for the days of lipstick-sized candybar phones. Sure, they weren’t smart, but at least they didn’t feel like you were holding a dinner plate up to your head.

Which is a great segue into this latest news item: Apple is getting into the dinner plate business.

Images popped up on Chinese Twitter clone Weibo that claim to show the new iPhone 6 body. And yes, it’s bigger. As rumor has it, the iPhone 6 could be competing with Samsung models with a 5.5-inch screen.

Here’s a look at the sketches and production molds, allegedly captured in glorious color inside a Foxconn plant:

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We’ll have to wait until later this year to find out whether these rumors and purported leaks turn out to be true.

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