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3G iPhone with Glossy Black Back?

XwiredTVA said:
Legal dept can't do a thing if it's NOT COMPANY PROPERTY. They can go after the person who leaked it but legally unless it's their intellectual, Lb-Sand. Maybe FBI or CIA can take possesion... But a guy sitting on the pot taking a shot of a phone he "borrowed" then nope it's not their property it wasn't stolen they have nothing to stand on.

You think GM tells motor trend or car&driver to remove pictures of cars they snapped a pic of? Can't.
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That actually depends. Car magazines shoot prototypes from public property using telephoto lenses. If they were on their private track, car companies have a legal right to disallow them from taking pictures. So, if this were taken on Apple premises, and it could be proven (like the guy never had the phone elsewhere) they would have a case.

Personally, I think that even if this is the new iPhone, they didn't shoot that picture in a bathroom stall. The specular highlights on the right of the phone suggest a window, and any stall I've ever been in didn't have a window view, even when there were windows in the bathroom. It would probably be a sparsely decorated office as house windows usually aren't that high, but then the side could be distorting that a lot.

Also, I like this look for the iPhone. I love aluminum, but I don't think it matched right on the current iPhone, not that I wouldn't buy one anyway. I was just going to match it up with that Agent 18 EcoShield. After playing around on colorware, I wouldn't mind them making a white version, though I'd still probably prefer the black version. And anodized aluminum would be pretty sick.
 
DoFoT9 said:
doubt it. the 3G parts are physically bigger...

also drain more power

i think the 3G iphone will be quite bad actually, im guessing not even 3 days standby.
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You guys keep saying this. They've developed newer 3G components since the last iPhone that require way less power. Which doesn't necessitate a larger battery. As for the components themselves, I doubt they're bigger. My 3G phone is smaller than the iPhone and is a clamshell. It also gets more than 3 days of standby (when it has a signal of course).
 
I've not read the whole thread - so if I missed this, then never mind.

However, could this be a loss leader, e.g. a 199.99$ iPhone that uses minimal amounts of memory and the old tooling of the former front line model?

Recall that Apple will be making money from ATT on this every month - so it behooves them to offer a lower cost model and make the lost money of hardware sales on the two year subscription.

Just a thought.
 
sleepingworker said:
Feels like "fun with Photoshop".
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You guys are making me want to go into photoshop and make one :)

It's definitely possible to fake this. I could, and I don't even have the option of having an iPhone to take a picture of. In any case, this would need grain matching, reflection matching (which could be sourced from a second photo). But of course, I would also be smart enough to make sure it stands up to levels adjustments in Photoshop. Just like this guy did. Do I think it's photoshopped though? Probably not, because most people don't think it through enough. It's very likely that it's a prototype (as has been said) and not even one for the 3G version.
 
zync said:
You guys keep saying this. They've developed newer 3G components since the last iPhone that require way less power. Which doesn't necessitate a larger battery. As for the components themselves, I doubt they're bigger. My 3G phone is smaller than the iPhone and is a clamshell. It also gets more than 3 days of standby (when it has a signal of course).
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I have a 3G phone, and it lasts 7 days on standby.
 
...they're bringing glossy back... (sung to the tune of "sexy back") :D

Seriously, though, this is a fake. We all know it. Apple is getting away from the glossy (white/black) and going with Al and black.
 
Hah!

Everyone knows that know one knows theming better than Apple, so our best bet is that iphone will most definitely have a brushed aluminum back

And one more thing (very interesting fact)
Apple always reflects its designing strategy on the base theme of its website!

Previously in the era of white and glass, all the imacs and ipods were white and glassy!

Now the website is metallic grey, the macbook air, new imac and event the new ipods are aluminum grey
 
You've got it backwards Apple Ink. Apple designs their website based on their products, not the other way around.
 
I kind of like the glossy black look to it, as long as its not a cheap plastic. The real questions that should have been asked to determine if it is real have been overlooked however,

1. Can it blend :D

2. Will this version make safari snappier :rolleyes:

And don't forget, now that the big providers are working with newly acquired bandwidths and distribution technologies, it won't be very long before 3G becomes the new Edge.
 
L3X said:
...they're bringing glossy back... (sung to the tune of "sexy back") :D

Seriously, though, this is a fake. We all know it. Apple is getting away from the glossy (white/black) and going with Al and black.
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That actually killed a part of me inside. I am a little less of a person today now that I have tainted my eyeballs with that horror.

Thank You.
:eek:
 
macluver101 said:
yeah..it seemed clean. now it seems like that they are turning PC-ish with black computers. For gods sake, I hope they do not discontinue the white macbook :eek:
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Ya, I love the white Apple stuff. I think all of their current stuff is amazing too, but I just want them to always stand out like they have and not get to bland or PC looking with all the black and neutrally toned stuff now! That said I think the black MacBook is the one Apple product that does NOT look good. It is an ugly dull PC black and I do not like that :(
 
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if Solar energy panels hit the iPhone, they can hide them just as they hide the stuff on top of the headpiece.
 
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Just found this pic. Looks like this is an actual photo of the badboy. I'd imagine that the top must be hinged at the rear and when you open it there is an OLED screen with a FULL keyboard underneath. So cool! I knew Jobsy and Ivesy wouldn't let us down.
 
gazmat said:
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Just found this pic. Looks like this is an actual photo of the badboy. I'd imagine that the top must be hinged at the rear and when you open it there is an OLED screen with a FULL keyboard underneath. So cool! I knew Jobsy and Ivesy wouldn't let us down.
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OMG No seams! Definately real. Apple are moving away from the AL/glass theme and moving onto wood-laminate and beige plastic. Material looks scratch-proof, and the casing is big enough to house the big 3G battery.
 
Sorry if this has been mentioned but I've not kept up with this thread and really can't read all 19 pages....

We know that apple produced several dummy handsets for the first gen iPhone. Could they be at it again?
 
How to establish whether or not something is a photoshop job.

Step 1: Find original image online:
here

Step 2: Open image in TextEdit

Step 3: Lo and behold:

Code: 
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))⁄îl%ªHöê<EZµ˙Ω®Ût˛ˇÛ{^¸fiwΩ∫œı=fl˚>˜9◊9üâ5∞∂∂‡@£á0H&ÜD{G"Ô∏¿	~hA“ù¬2∞∂∂¿¯ÿt+õê-
ÒøIòÍ…§e!{GÄC

I rest my case.
 
SFC Archer said:
Totally TACKY and I hope to god it does not look like that. The black is OK but High Gloss??? It will scratch way to easy and show scuffs. Flat/Matte black would be acceptable and it depends on what the front looks like. The silver bezel has GOT to go!!!

Nope, I would have to say that this is someone's fantasy photo shop again!
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Hear Hear! Has to be photoshopped as it looks like a cheap tacky knockoff. UKB!!!
 
Jesus said:
How to establish whether or not something is a photoshop job.

Step 1: Find original image online:
here

Step 2: Open image in TextEdit

Step 3: Lo and behold:

Code: 
{iCCPPhotoshop ICC profilex⁄Ìñi4¸˚∆رoQí")ÑPI∂≤D4ç=Îå›f,YíDeâP…2»V
))⁄îl%ªHöê<EZµ˙Ω®Ût˛ˇÛ{^¸fiwΩ∫œı=fl˚>˜9◊9üâ5∞∂∂‡@£á0H&ÜD{G"Ô∏¿	~hA“ù¬2∞∂∂¿¯ÿt+õê-
ÒøIòͅ§e!{GÄC

I rest my case.
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That proves exactly...nothing.
If you compress a photo which has been taken by your digital camera there is the ICC Profile included, too.
 
I sure would hope not. I am a fan of the current brushed look. I am not a fan of highly glossy things. I also do not like glittery things or sparkly things.:(
 
Jesus said:
How to establish whether or not something is a photoshop job.

Step 1: Find original image online:
here

Step 2: Open image in TextEdit

Step 3: Lo and behold:

Code: 
{iCCPPhotoshop ICC profilex⁄Ìñi4¸˚∆رoQí")ÑPI∂≤D4ç=Îå›f,YíDeâP…2»V
))⁄îl%ªHöê<EZµ˙Ω®Ût˛ˇÛ{^¸fiwΩ∫œı=fl˚>˜9◊9üâ5∞∂∂‡@£á0H&ÜD{G"Ô∏¿	~hA“ù¬2∞∂∂¿¯ÿt+õê-
ÒøIòͅ§e!{GÄC

I rest my case.
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There's no question its been shopped, theres a drop shadow on the entire picture, but we're trying to figure out if it is real or not.
 
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