No no no. That's an image of the "protective gel" skin accessory. It seems they currently only offer it in black.
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No no no. That's an image of the "protective gel" skin accessory. It seems they currently only offer it in black.
Other than a whole slew of assembly line workers in China, probably several hardware designers at Apple and whomever else was in the room with him when he first opened the box...
That is, unless he cut off an ear and it turned into the iPhone...
I think we give him a little too much credit sometimes.
Let's clear some things up...
To begin this post, let me say that I'm not an expert on any of this, but it seems that a little common knowledge is enough to make an educated decision about this picture. To the person who just posted about a shot of the phone they found on the AT&T website - that is a picture of a current gen iPhone in a 3rd party case. Do a Google image search for "silicon iphone case" and you will see several similar cases. Now, for all you people who are saying "you can tell the logo on the back is photoshopped on because the pixels on the edge are different than the rest of the pixels in the image", you must not know anything about digital photography. I'm not saying I'm an expert, but I do have a little more than basic knowledge. Any digital camera, even some of the highest end DSLRs will show color fringing on the borders of high contrast objects (such as black on white, like in the picture). This is what is causing the discoloration/odd pixelation around the apple logo. For everyone that says this is just a 3rd party case for the current iPhone - I don't know about you, but the back of my iPhone does not have the curvature towards the edges that this case is showing. Any manufacturer that would create a case like this is an idiot, because no one is going to buy a rigid case that doesn't fit the phone. Lastly, for the person(s) who said that this is fake because the logo on the case isn't the new logo with the shadow/glossy look on it - I hope you're joking. Apple only uses that logo for advertising. They don't put it on their products. Ok. I'm through, and I call real on this. Can't wait til Monday.
To begin this post, let me say that I'm not an expert on any of this, but it seems that a little common knowledge is enough to make an educated decision about this picture. To the person who just posted about a shot of the phone they found on the AT&T website - that is a picture of a current gen iPhone in a 3rd party case. Do a Google image search for "silicon iphone case" and you will see several similar cases. Now, for all you people who are saying "you can tell the logo on the back is photoshopped on because the pixels on the edge are different than the rest of the pixels in the image", you must not know anything about digital photography. I'm not saying I'm an expert, but I do have a little more than basic knowledge. Any digital camera, even some of the highest end DSLRs will show color fringing on the borders of high contrast objects (such as black on white, like in the picture). This is what is causing the discoloration/odd pixelation around the apple logo. For everyone that says this is just a 3rd party case for the current iPhone - I don't know about you, but the back of my iPhone does not have the curvature towards the edges that this case is showing. Any manufacturer that would create a case like this is an idiot, because no one is going to buy a rigid case that doesn't fit the phone. Lastly, for the person(s) who said that this is fake because the logo on the case isn't the new logo with the shadow/glossy look on it - I hope you're joking. Apple only uses that logo for advertising. They don't put it on their products. Ok. I'm through, and I call real on this. Can't wait til Monday.
1st generation mock-up?
It looks very much like a 1st generation iPhone mock-up. We don't know when the picture was taken. The JPEG header does not have any relevant info about the exposure, the camera, or the date. It might as well be the one Apple used for the first generation.
BTW, the camera looks like a HP Photosmart M417 which was introduced in 2005. The age of the camera might suggest that the photo was taken several (more than one) years ago.
It looks very much like a 1st generation iPhone mock-up. We don't know when the picture was taken. The JPEG header does not have any relevant info about the exposure, the camera, or the date. It might as well be the one Apple used for the first generation.
BTW, the camera looks like a HP Photosmart M417 which was introduced in 2005. The age of the camera might suggest that the photo was taken several (more than one) years ago.
Because you enjoy the easily scratched and nicked flat silver paint and cheap piece of plastic backing? Please elaborate.
It's B.
This thing is a great deal thinner than all the photos that we have seen so far. All the pics of the white iPhone case that was presumably sent around to manufacturers of accessories show the material to be thick, like 3 or 4 mm, at least.
This, on the other hand, is thin as paper and considering the surface appearance cannot be anything other than an extremely thin plastic shell. It's still possible that Apple will use a plastic shell and not the ceramic (as implied by the thick shell pictures we have seen), but it's unlikely that they would use a flimsy article like this. It would make more sense to stick to the aluminium if they need it that thin.
Coupled with the fact that (further up in the thread) someone has posted a picture of a 3rd party plastic cover accessory that is identical in appearance to this item and I think it's unlikely that this is anything other than that.
Two guys, (maybe even from this forum), ordered a plastic shell case from the Taiwanese company in question and posted a pic of it here for a laugh is all.
All I can tell from the picture is that they are both forty-ish and one looks asian, but knowing how hoaxers work, I would bet both of them are on this thread right now!
Looks a hell of a lot like this if you ask me... http://gizmodo.com/384356/glossy-black-iphone-3g-is-just-a-third+party-case
When is the last time Apple allowed their logo to be put on ANYTHING 3rd party? Seems like it wouild be an Apple designed case if anything. Plus who cares. If it's shaped to fit the 3G, then that's pretty close to the shape of the 3G.
You're assuming that it's authorized. Also, it seems like this isn't so much a case as it is designed to be a replacement back panel.
Duplicate unauthorized back panel. Ok. Then it would look even more like the actual 3G. Presumably exactly. At least in shape.
A Firm Warning
I've said it before. I'm saying it again now (despite it being off-topic to the subject at hand). And I'm going to continue saying it -- at least until I get a fellow poster to join my rebel alliance hehehe -- but this time I'm issuing a firm warning to Apple:
I WILL NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BE CURSED WITH THE DREADED MOTO RAZR STIGMATA ('ccept this time it'll be referred to as the iPhone stigmata. Duh!).
I will not walk around with the same freakin' phone that everybody else has!! Apple, you'd better listen and you betta listen good: put the entry level price point of iPhone v.2 WELL outside the financial reach of the common man or else!!
Picture this nightmare scenario: you're a highly paid businessman waiting for your plane in the airport for a trip to Hong Kong to seal a multi-million dollar deal when, as you're sitting in the ticketing area checking your corporate email on 3G iPhone v.2, you glance across and in the seat opposite you is an acne-faced pre-teen playing Pac Man (r u ready for this? hold your breathe, here we go)...ON THE SAME FREAKIN' PHONE THAT YOU HAVE!!!
Arrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!!!!
'Nuff said.
I've said it before. I'm saying it again now (despite it being off-topic to the subject at hand). And I'm going to continue saying it -- at least until I get a fellow poster to join my rebel alliance hehehe -- but this time I'm issuing a firm warning to Apple:
I WILL NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BE CURSED WITH THE DREADED MOTO RAZR STIGMATA ('ccept this time it'll be referred to as the iPhone stigmata. Duh!).
I will not walk around with the same freakin' phone that everybody else has!! Apple, you'd better listen and you betta listen good: put the entry level price point of iPhone v.2 WELL outside the financial reach of the common man or else!!
Picture this nightmare scenario: you're a highly paid businessman waiting for your plane in the airport for a trip to Hong Kong to seal a multi-million dollar deal when, as you're sitting in the ticketing area checking your corporate email on 3G iPhone v.2, you glance across and in the seat opposite you is an acne-faced pre-teen playing Pac Man (r u ready for this? hold your breathe, here we go)...ON THE SAME FREAKIN' PHONE THAT YOU HAVE!!!
Arrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!!!!
'Nuff said.
Dear thaitillidie,
Please don't be angry with us. We work so hard to make you happy. We promise we'll change... just give us one more chance. We love you, baby.
-Apple Inc.
Who cares? You're still highly paid, and he's not. He's playing PacMan while you're using the 3G to check your profits on your oil futures.
Could just be the distortion. I'm sure we could get the folks at CSI to pull a detailed image of the room from the reflection in his eyes. All H has to do is say... "can you zoom in on his eyes?" and bam, there it is.
If you mess with the face at the bottom, it clearly is wearing a turtleneck with a white stripe or something on the side of the turtleneck. Maybe one is Jobs and the other is Woz (the husky one).
Agreed! I am betting that the $200 is the AT&T DISCOUNT for new subscribers; NOT the actual price. $999 - $200 = $799 for 3G 32 GB.
Looks like a typical Chinese-Japanese-Korean facial structure. Just broad-faced, not particularly overweight.