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Another Black Back iPhone Photo

8GB is my smoking gun for it being fake.
Most rumors are pointing towards 16/32 for the next version.
 
Santa Rosa said:
A picture of the front as well would have been nice, just out of curiosity :rolleyes:
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Maybe there is no front. The screen/electronics most likely press in flush into the case back which could explain thinner without significantly reducing the internal volume for components to lie in.
 
Well, the last two digits of the model number and FCC ID are XX, as if the real numbers will be there when it is released for real.

My iPhone:
Model No.: A1203
FCC ID: BCGA1203

This supposed 3G iPhone case:
Model No.: A12XX
FCC ID: BCGA12XX

This is the most believable picture I've seen yet, but again, this could be something they designed and then decided against. It's not a case for the iPhone, because cases don't have Apple model numbers or FCC IDs on them.

KindredMAC said:
8GB is my smoking gun for it being fake.
Most rumors are pointing towards 16/32 for the next version.
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Why? They still make an 8GB iPod Touch. Maybe they'll have an 8GB, 16GB and a 32GB iPhone. You never know. I hope they have a 160GB iPod Touch. That would be an epic win.
 
hotsauce3868 said:
There are two people in the reflection from the case. So obviously this was not a quick impulsive not get caught photo taken. The guy also taking the picture is wearing a dress shirt and a tie. Important?

Can anyone make out the image in the bottom right?
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The background is ceiling tiles, and the silver part in the bottom right is a light, on the ceiling. not very exciting
 
KindredMAC said:
8GB is my smoking gun for it being fake.
Most rumors are pointing towards 16/32 for the next version.
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Depends how hefty the internal redesign is. If they're still stuck with a single chip then 8/16/32 might be more likely, with 32GB slotting in to a $599 berth.
 
mogzieee said:
Finally something good quality....

That hole though for the camera looks like a hole... funnily enough. My suspicions are that this is a casing.

Edit: Having zoomed in on the photo, we can deduct that the man who took the photo lives in somewhat of a modern house... with perhaps a bar in the reflection...? We can clearly see his type of digital camera... surely the company has a list of all owners of that camera...? And the man looks to have a bald head, perhaps wearing glasses (zoom really up close - look behind the back of the camera, top right of the 8GB sign.

With these details we must be able to track him down...? Somehow...?
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o $#1t it's Steve Jobs Him Self .....
 
Creative Thoughts

mogzieee said:
Finally something good quality....

That hole though for the camera looks like a hole... funnily enough. My suspicions are that this is a casing.

Edit: Having zoomed in on the photo, we can deduct that the man who took the photo lives in somewhat of a modern house... with perhaps a bar in the reflection...? We can clearly see his type of digital camera... surely the company has a list of all owners of that camera...? And the man looks to have a bald head, perhaps wearing glasses (zoom really up close - look behind the back of the camera, top right of the 8GB sign.

With these details we must be able to track him down...? Somehow...?
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I think most of the reflection is ceiling grid. I have doubts about a bar suspended in the ceiling grid.

Does anyone else think that the surface may be a charcoal chrome? It doesn't look like black plastic, and it doesn't seem to reflect well enough to be chrome.

If this isn't a Jobs-leaked photo, why the 8 GB? How about this...the rumored thinner model is 16 GB and 32 GB and has a form factor similar to the existing model. This chubbier-middle Airbook-esque model at 8 GB is the rumored $200 model.

Talk amongst yourselves.
 
Looks damn fake. The iPhone print and FCC ID print are tilt.
horrible...
 
bitslap47 said:
Maybe there is no front. The screen/electronics most likely press in flush into the case back which could explain thinner without significantly reducing the internal volume for components to lie in.
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Maybe there is no front but who cares. A picture of the front would be nice just out of curiosity if you get my drift. If its of nothing it doesnt really matter, it would be just nice to see.
 
bitslap47 said:
There is a partial print half way up the left hand side. I suppose somebody could run the print.
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Yep, I'm on it! Running that latent print through NCIC, Interpol, and The AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) purchased through ASSET SEIZED FUNDS! Comes back as an anonymous Apple CEO with "priors" on giving Keynotes a couple times a year. LOL :eek:
 
Mock or Real

Its to hard to call this real because that is not the updated apple logo. The new logo has that reflection on it, this does not. It is very possible that this was a mockup for the original 2.5 iphone and is beeing shown now to throw us off. Besides, don't you think that the new iphone model number would be 22xx instead of 12xx?
 
Of course it's just the shell. Apple isn't going to send the real thing to case and accessory manufactures. And without FCC approval it would also be illegal to do so. They send these shells to select manufacturers so that they can make products and have them ready are available and on Apple Store shelves at launch time. I think this is legit. Since it is not a production unit, it will not have a serial number.
 
Yeah, I'll go with the theory it's a 3rd party case. Looking at the full-sized image, there's a (manufacturing) surface flaw just below the camera hole. That would be acceptable for a cheap, 3rd party, moulded cover for a 1G iphone, but I can't see Apple tolerating that sort of imperfect finish.

To the poster above: Nice catch on the background being ceiling tiles and a (fluorescent?) light fitting. I guess if the 'phone' is lying on a horizontal table, then it's going to reflect - mostly - the ceiling. Yes?
 
myusername said:
I call fake and here's why.

Show me an major Apple product without the serial number etched or visable somewhere. The back says

Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China
Model Number XXXXX FCC ID XXX

There's no serial number, how can I get the iPhone serviced if the Genius Bar can't see the serial number. If my computer won't boot there is a sticker somewhere, every iPod has had their serial number etched on the outside and the original iPhone has it etched too.

-r
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My SR Macbook Pro does not have a serial number etched into it. It is only visible if you remove the battery.
 
either

A. its the casing prototype for the 3g iPhone or

B. its a new plastic hardshell developed by a 3rd
party.

I am thinking B, I own a 5th gen ipod and it has
the serial number on the back, the xx at the end
tells me that they either photo shopped it or made
it as a mock up design.
 
bitslap47 said:
There is a partial print half way up the left hand side. I suppose somebody could run the print.
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Wow, I just noticed there's a clear image of the guy's chin, and lips below the camera lens. Damn, if he was smiling, we could run his dental records too :D
 
Its all in the logo

I think the logo is fake. Photoshopped on. When zooming in the logo, it has completely different pixelation than the rest of the image. A sign to me that it has been pasted on.

I call BS.
 
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