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Another Black Back iPhone Photo

bacaramac said:
Anyone verify the FCC ID? Finally a high quality picture (real or fake). I hope this is it as I really like the black.
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A search for BCGA12 at the FCC returns two groups of devices, one of which includes BCGA1264. This device(s) appear to be granted around March 2008. Apple requested confidentiality of the information posted, so the docs, photos etc refer to Airport Express, power bricks and other known devices.

The same search returns a group of devices that were granted in May 2007 and are references to the original iPhone, so there appears to be some consistency here.
 
Perhaps these images are just created and leaked by Apple marketing to create buzz around the new 3G phone?

Either way I think it looks fake the pixels are different around the Apple symbol and iPhone text.
 
1. The "weird pixels" around the logo are indeed purple fringing from the contrast difference. Ask any digital photography enthusiast - it matches the fringe patter on the window or light source on the left.

2. The logo is not recessed - what gave you that impression?

3. The text is not misaligned - the shell is just at a slight angle.

4. This doesn't appear to be plastic. Based on the amount of reflectivity it definitely looks like a type of charcoal chrome or dark ceramic/glass.

5. The curvature of the edges all agree with the other case designs shown earlier - there is no way this would fit a current iPhone as a case, no way.

Not saying it's real, but it definitely passes the "I've seen a few shops in my time and can tell from the pixels" test.
 
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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I call a fake on you because here's why:

No hardware?? No Serial #......

So what happened was this guy got his hands on it before it was assembled fully and the serial # is probably etched at the end to match up with all the hardware that is put in it. However the process happens, i dont really know but this is proabaly just the back of the new iphone casing looks pretty damn legitimate to me
 
still unconvinced

I'm still unconvinced that Apple will make the back of the iPhone all plastic.

Look at Apple's history with plastic products

Powerbook
- Went from plastic to titanium, then aluminum

PowerMac
- Went from plastic to aluminum

iMac
- Went from plastic to aluminum

iPod
- Went from plastic to (very recently) aluminum

iPod Nano
- Went from plastic to aluminum

iPod Shuffle
- Went from plastic to aluminum

WHY would apple ever go backwards and make the iPhone plastic? They are about progressive design, not regressive! They're also making the next Macbook (according to strong rumors and evidence) aluminum as well not only to progress the design but also to quell greenpeace and make more environmentally friendly products.

I see no incentive whatsoever for them to make this turn to plastic.

Apple is known to leak false rumors to throw people off regarding upcoming products, and I think this is the best job they've ever done fooling the market.
 
joejoejoe said:
I'm still unconvinced that Apple will make the back of the iPhone all plastic.

Look at Apple's history with plastic products

Powerbook
- Went from plastic to titanium, then aluminum

PowerMac
- Went from plastic to aluminum

iMac
- Went from plastic to aluminum

iPod
- Went from plastic to (very recently) aluminum

iPod Nano
- Went from plastic to aluminum

iPod Shuffle
- Went from plastic to aluminum

WHY would apple ever go backwards and make the iPhone plastic? They are about progressive design, not regressive! They're also making the next Macbook (according to strong rumors and evidence) aluminum as well not only to progress the design but also to quell greenpeace and make more environmentally friendly products.

I see no incentive whatsoever for them to make this turn to plastic.

Apple is known to leak false rumors to throw people off regarding upcoming products, and I think this is the best job they've ever done fooling the market.
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I agree with this, it doesn't match their current lineup of products.

However there have been so many rumors and "leaked" pictures that I was starting to worry... but like you said, maybe those were planted by Apple. :eek:
 
bitslap47 said:
It is the same id as the current phone, but with a place holder (x) in the last few positions. Same for model number.

8GB is 1203, I assume the 16 is 1204, so the 3g models could be 05 and 06 respectively.
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I don't know about the 16GB, but the 4GB is also 1203.
 
extraextra said:
I agree with this, it doesn't match their current lineup of products.

However there have been so many rumors and "leaked" pictures that I was starting to worry... but like you said, maybe those were planted by Apple. :eek:
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I agree that they do go to aluminum, but you also have to keep the BlackBook in mind. I would love to have that material on iPhone.
 
thaitillidie 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.
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That same kid is younger than you so he will most likely be alive long after you die, make more money and have the latest iPhone as well!
Now that's depressing!!
 
Oh for the love of god people...

mrrydogg said:
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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This is no such thing as "calling BS" unless you are calling it Bob or something.;) The amount of poor usage of the language on this site and so many others like it is just sad. The only reason for poor use of English on these sites is if it is not your first language. One doesn't call a thing BS unless it is the S that comes out of a Bull. One can say that a statement made by another person is BS implying that it is a false statement. /end rant

Now, assuming this is not fake, I suspect it is a mock-up of either what is about to be released, or one of the design mock-ups that wasn't chosen for either the first gen iPhone or second gen iPhone. The reason I think this is the case is as someone said earlier, a mock-up would have a logo and serial number with X's as place holders for the actual numbers. Given the fact that the numbers and letters shown are from the first gen, makes it seem likely that it is an older mock-up. However, as a mock-up, they may have just put anything on there to just give case designers et al a sense of where things would be located. :D:apple:
 
thata not plastic...

i predict this is reflective chrome. Every ipod revision seems to alternate between a reflective chrome back and a non reflective back.

Why not for the iphone as well?

PS Apple would never use a plastic back - their industrial design aesthetic is so grounded in Bauhaus Modernist principles eg. the honest expression of natural materials - a Modernist designer would never use shiny plastic to represent shiny metal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernist_architecture
 
marcg007 said:
begin rant/
This is no such thing as "calling BS" unless you are calling it Bob or something.;) The amount of poor usage of the language on this site and so many others like it is just sad. The only reason for poor use of English on these sites is if it is not your first language. One doesn't call a thing BS unless it is the S that comes out of a Bull. One can say that a statement made by another person is BS implying that it is a false statement. /end rant
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The person used the phrase "to call BS" perfectly. You, on the other hand, produced a small pile of BS yourself with this ill-advised rant.

"Call BS", "call it quits", "call it a day", "call shotgun", and heaps of other similar expressions are perfectly grammatical, understandable, and stylistically uncontroversial. You, on the other hand, made at least four laughable errors in five sentences. E.g., "the only reason for poor use of English ... is if it is not your first language." Really? That's the only *reason* for it?

The irony is hilarious.

P.S. Apologies to everyone for derailing the thread, but buffoonery can use an occasional intervention.
 
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