iOS 5 leaked on video might be iOS 4 instead

A new video has recently surfaced on the internet, claiming to be showing a prototype white iPhone 5, running an internal build of iOS 5 that is rumored to be released later this year. But is it really what the leakers have claimed it is? Upon face value, it looks pretty much like iOS 4, except when it comes to task switching.

In the video, when the tester runs multiple apps and then launches the task switcher, we get a totally new screen instead of the row of icons that we have at the bottom of the phone we’re so used to seeing in iOS 4. The apps appear on screen just like what multiple tabs open in Safari would look like when on the tab selection screen.

Well, the folks over at The Next Web performed a detailed analysis on the videos, and they believe that it is an early internal build of iOS 4.0 running on a prototype 64GB white iPhone 4. They scrutinized every single detail of the video and noticed a few glaring pointers. Firstly, the phone’s version in the settings screen definitely has a 4 for the first digit – which should be 5 if it was iOS 5. Secondly, some apps such as the calculator sport similar icons to iOS 3.0 instead of the newer iOS 4.0 icons. The option to access Developer and Carrier settings from the Settings build also definitely point towards the OS being an internal build.

Well it’s impossible to tell for sure if it’s an authentic video without getting your hands on the phone itself, but they’ve made their case pretty clear. If you haven’t seen the videos in question you can watch them here. Let us know what you think about the “iOS 5” leaks.