iPod Video Photo

[MacRumors]

Several sites are popularizing this Flickr photo claiming to be a photo of the upcoming full-screen Video iPod.

The photo resembles the leaked 5G iPod photos, but may have simply been inspired by the same photos.

There is significant debate about the part number shown. The part number "M8719Z/A" is the same part number as Mac OS X 10.2 Server, but several people feel it is a "B" not an "8".

 

[spacehog371]

The most convincing evidence that this is a fake is that the part number "M8719Z/A" is the same part number as Mac OS X 10.2 Server.

You guys didn't look very closely


THAT IS A B... not an 8

looks real.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

If it's a fake, it's REALLY well done.
Seems at least PLAUSIBLE.

 

[noelister]

You guys didn't look very closely


THAT IS A B... not an 8

looks real.

I guess we will find out in a few days if it is real.

 

[Superdrive]

Cool. I think the dock cord looks kinda shabby. Either way, I can't wait til Tuesday.

 

[Threnody]

If it's a fake it's VERY well done. Definitely doesn't look like a photochop.....

 

[irmongoose]

Haha, you guys should have been around during the iWalk days...

If this is the new, fun product to be announced next Tuesday, I'm buying!




irmongoose

 

[Nermal]

THAT IS A B... not an 8

Well that's just more proof that it's fake. Apple's product codes are always MxxxxY(Y)/Y where x is a number and Y is a letter.

Edit: It's been pointed out to me that some newer products start with MA.

 

[yoda_four]

Cool. I think the dock cord looks kinda shabby. Either way, I can't wait til Tuesday.

The dock cable could be one of those cables with both USB and FireWire. I thought briefly that it could've been a Dock-to-RCA cable, with maybe just video and mono, but that kinda seems like downgrading. Who knows, it could just be a third-party cable.

Also, I think the plug looks off-center. I mean, compare the distance between the bottom of the plug to the bottom of the device and the top of the plug to the top of the device.

Or look at the colour stripes. It goes right down the middle of the device. To my eye, the plug has more distance on the top.


Looks pretty real to me, btw.

 

[mrgreen4242]

I posted this at 11am (first on MR I think). I want a front page (or at least page 2 story) for once. Here's all the speculation from this morning for you late comers...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/182325/

 

[susannahyork]

hmm...

I see a line down the middle of the usb/dock connector cord, like you see on power cords for lamps, not like the single round cords that apple generally uses...

or that might be a shadow?

 

[yoda_four]

Well that's just more proof that it's fake. Apple's product codes are always MxxxxY(Y)/Y where x is a number and Y is a letter.

Most Apple products from the last few years use MA and LL/A, not MB or Z/A. So, I'm thinking it might just be a production serial code, or maybe Apple's starting with a new scheme.

Also, this serial number has one character less than their standard ones.

However, mind you, the 5G leaked photos serial numbers weren't anything near the real-world ones.

 

[blilly]

Real

If it's a fake, it's REALLY well done.
Seems at least PLAUSIBLE.

You will know more soon. It's real.

 

[paddy]

Love to believe its real because I'm in the market for a new iPod. Probably a fake though, very like the mock-ups.

 

[rworne]

Part number on sticker

Is a real Apple part number... M8719Z/A

For OS X Server 10.2

That about sums up what this is - no matter how much I want it to be true.

 

[speakster]

Well that's just more proof that it's fake. Apple's product codes are always MxxxxY(Y)/Y where x is a number and Y is a letter.

I read that the 5g iPods begin with MA...

Which would make MB even more plausible.

unless of course I'm wrong.

 

[yoda_four]

This just popped into my head. What if Apple redesigned the iPod OS to be basically Front Row?! Wouldn't having a black screen use less power than a white screen? Plus, it would be just as usable with a touch-screen click-wheel as with an Apple Remote.

 

[spacehog371]

Well that's just more proof that it's fake. Apple's product codes are always MxxxxY(Y)/Y where x is a number and Y is a letter.

Hmmm I wonder why on the back of my ipod it says MA? must be a fake?

 

[noelister]

You will know more soon. It's real.

Do you know this for sure? If so, how...

 

[sartinsauce]

Love to believe its real because I'm in the market for a new iPod. Probably a fake though, very like the mock-ups.

Yeah, I'm with you. It looks JUST like the touchscreen mockups someone post a couple of weeks ago.

I really want to believe this as I too am looking to replace my 3G 20Gig.

I don't remember ever seeing one of those stickers. Can someone estimate the size of this device based on the sticker size?

Also, the connector on that cable doesn't look like the current connector deisgn, it's too busy.

 

[TMA]

You guys didn't look very closely


THAT IS A B... not an 8

looks real.

Agreed It's a B not an 8. This make it fit in perfectly with Apples current product code conventions.

 

[rikers_mailbox]

Do you know this for sure? If so, how...

hmm... the original site hosting the picture is down... a sign of Apple cease and desist?

 

[EGT]

I really hope it's real because it looks fantastic.

Scratches galore!!

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

CRAP! I'm going out of town this weekend to spend some time with my Wife's family. I wont have internet access from Friday at 5PM until LATE Sunday evening. THis is going to KILL me!

 

[mduser63]

The back of my 5G iPod says Model No: A1136. I'm not ready to say that this is a fake yet. As "leaked" photos go, this one is pretty convincing.