iPhone = iChat Mobile? WWDC?

Looks waaaaaaaay too big. But I don't see any signs of photoshopping, and iChat Mobile sounds more Appleish than iPhone (c'mon....iPhone would be too cliche if Apple really was making a phone). But I really don't see anything that stands out as an obvious photoshop.



Except for one thing......where's the battery/SIM cover at?

Felldownthewell said:

Since this is probably a fake and there is no "iPhone" section yet I thought I would post this here for your fake proving expertise:

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Sorry if this is a repost but I looked around and couldn't find it.

From Engadget

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That looks awesome to me... I'd love something like that... Just thing if you could use it as the Front Row remote also... That'd be awesome!!!

iPhone = iChat Mobile? WWDC?



Engadget posts pictures of what claims to be picturing the long-rumored iPhone (titled iChat Mobile). Engadget could not verify the picture's authenticity, and the depicted phone looks like it is perhaps a photoshopped mish-mash of an Apple Remote and iSight with a keypad and display.

Engadget claims that an Apple cell phone could see a launch at WWDC. Given the most recent rumors and the fact that WWDC has traditionally been geared towards the development/professional crowd, we have doubts that Apple will in fact release the phone at the event. However, Apple has been known to offer up surprises before...

Interesting concept, but shouldn't the camera be on the other side if it's to be used for video chat?

I am calling this one a fake. The camera would be very very small. Also, no S/N on the back (which Apple does on the iPod's), where's the battery compartment? They can't fit it under the keys/screen, with access from below or above. not enough room.

EDIT: I also agree with gekko on the placement of the camera.

Im calling this a fake. Unless they have a cool way to flip the camera there is no way this could be real.

gekko513 said:

Interesting concept, but shouldn't the camera be on the other side if it's to be used for video chat?

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kainjow said:

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Alright that would be far too cool if that were the case

Page 2 rumor? It must be fake!

The picture and name are very plausible, but it doesn't look something that I'd want to put in my purse, since it looks scratch-prone.

kainjow said:

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I was just about to post that this is pretty old then realized it said April 2006. To me I love that design... If it could double as the front row remote... Man...

I think it's fake...

kainjow said:

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That would have to be the iPhoto Mobile.

Apple's answer to the digital camera, but also plays your favorite tunes!

I agree with everyone else. Fake!

It doesn't look very functional at all. Awkward buttons and the camera on the wrong side, and a not-so-Apple-like interface on the screen. It really does look like several Apple products cobbled together.

It's fake, but isn't totally awful.

I get annoyed when people expect a ton of consumer announcements at WWDC, but I COULD see an iPhone announcement if only to announce a mobile OS software platform for which developers could write software.

But let's get real... 5% about the intel transition ("gee we did that fast!"), 15% Mac Pro, 5% XServe, and 75% Leopard. End keynote.

its a way cool design but it's fake, not for the serial number reason, but because there are no FCC Logos. this is the best mockup by far though.

I think and dearly hope it is a fake. It's hidious in terms of functionality. No touch wheel, i would have some volume control on the side. Ugh.... Navigation would be so frustrating.

A wild swing, but could it be a mobile VoIP phone? Like, take it to any WiFi hotspot and use iChat Mobile like the new Skype phones? Just a thought.

IMHO, the biggest fake is that the "SKEW" is off! It was clearly done in photoshop!

When are these people who produce "snapshots of posters" and other 2D items going to learn to make them in 2d, as apple would, print them out, and then take a photo of them.

Xander562 said:

its a way cool design but it's fake, not for the serial number reason, but because there are no FCC Logos. this is the best mockup by far though.

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I thought so at first too, but aren't the FCC logos photoshopped out on Apple's large banners that get displayed in store, etc?

Fake. I kinda like the name though. iChat Mobile. Much better than iPhone

mlrproducts said:

I thought so at first too, but aren't the FCC logos photoshopped out on Apple's large banners that get displayed in store, etc?

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i'm not sure, i gueess that is a possibility

Xander562 said:

its a way cool design but it's fake, not for the serial number reason, but because there are no FCC Logos. this is the best mockup by far though.

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What FCC logos. Do you mean on the Box or the phone. Because my phone doesn't have FCC anything on it except on the inside where the battery lays.

So fake. So very fake.