Reports are coming in that suggest that Apple may have stopped the sale of slider cases for the iPhone 4 from its retail stores. Apparently, even cases that are marked with the "Made For iPhone" tag (MFI) are currently being pulled.

This follows our report from last month where we had reported that Apple was investigating possible issue with slider cases that could be responsible for causing scratches or even cracks on the rear glass pane of iPhone 4.

According to folks at Cult of Mac, Apple engineers are presently working from a secret facility to validate these claims. If proven true, it is likely that Apple would permanently ban the sale of these slider cases from their stores. It may be worth noting that slide-on cases for older iPhone models like iPhone 3GS continue to be sold at Apple Stores across the country.

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