A See-Through iPhone 4 from iFixit

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.9to5mac.com/64061/show-off-your-iphones-inner-beauty/' target='_blank'>http://www.9to5mac.com/64061/show-o...s-inner-beauty/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple engineers went to great lengths to conceal the innards of the iPhone 4 with an elegant glass case that looks like a cool black monolith, but now teardown wizards over at iFixit have tweaked that design in order to expose the guts of the handset to the world."</em></p><p><img height="386" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1303930188.usr105634.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>I suppose if the back of my iPhone 4 were damaged, this might be a nice option, and cheaper than a regular repair since the glass panel sells for $29.95 USD. A caveat though, this will only work on the GSM iPhones due to the layout change with the CDMA version, sorry Verizon customers! You can find out more at the <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-4-Transparent-Rear-Panel-GSM-ATT/IF182-021" target="_blank">iFixit site</a>.</p>

[jgrnt1]

Something similar is available from Apple iPhone 4 Back Cover Panel Transparent BL - US$20.00 - China Ontrade - iPhone Spare Parts and Accessories Wholesale Supplier (http://www.chinaontrade.com/apple-iphone-4-back-cover-panel-transparent-bl-p-683.html) and it's only $20, including free shipping.

China Ontrade has lots of replacement parts, including back covers and front screens in all sorts of colors. A lot of their parts are supposedly OEM. They carry everything down to the headphone jack and light sensor.

I think they got in trouble with Apple a year or so ago when they posted replacement parts for the iPhone 4 before it was even released.