Apparent Next-Generation iPhone Gets a Thorough Hands-On

[redkamel]

Yes! Good points. If GIZMODO was able to open this device up, why did not they report any internal characteristics. Also they say they do not know the size of the flash, but I am sure an internal flash component will report its size on the part.

Also I am surprised that reported screen is smaller than iPhone 3GS?

Ok I have been following this all weekend.
1. I am pretty sure this is the real phone, not a mule or whatever the deniers are claiming. Giz gives numerous reasons, but also the design is kind of in line with many other apple devices. It actually reminds of the imac. The near identical looking front and back is nice. The round buttons are better than the lame rocker, and can be used as separate buttons in other apps. Theres not really much way to make it thinner except to make it flat. I would say the only argument that has legs is that it is not "organic" which Apple likes to claim about all its products, and that it can look pretty generic...but the Gizmodo shots really show it off.

2. Giz has been sitting on this story. They have had the phone for about a week. They bought it, I believe. They only posted now, because Engadget found a copy and was getting their scoop. Since Gizmodo acquired, not found, the phone, they have made a deal with the source to not display its internals. Or more likely, the are waiting to to post the internals in a few days...for another boost to their page hits. They have had a week to dissect it.

3. The story about leaving it at the bar? possible. I am sure they are field testing the phone now, including the video chat. The people who caused this though...I envision the scene from Back to the Future III where Marty gets fired.

 

[budselectjr]

I love the case they had it in to make it look like a 3GS.

 

[angevil]

The 3GS looks so fat and bulky! I really like how sleek this "new" one is!

I want the one on the right! iPhone 3GS looks so outdated now. The new one is so sleek, smooth and sexy..all ready for my pants

 

[OllyW]

I would not want to be by SJ when he learned that they "lost" one of their new iPhones.

I don't see what all the fuss is about.

After all, Steve Jobs lost the whole company back in 1985.

 

[hundleton1]

I don't see what all the fuss is about.

After all, Steve Jobs lost the whole company back in 1985.

well play'd

 

[BillyBobBongo]

I don't see what all the fuss is about.

After all, Steve Jobs lost the whole company back in 1985.

LOL!

 

[Nabooly]

I love it! I hate the smooth roundness of the current one. Hope its real!

 

[CaryMacGuy]

I think that it might be a fake case for situations like this. It doesn't look bad but it doesn't have the sexiness that Apple is known for.

 

[cherrybomb]

If this is the real deal, I can kinda understand why apple has changed the buttons. How many faults have there been with the sleep/wake button staying in or the volume rocker buttons falling off? I'm in no rush to see what the final design will look like

Let the speculation begin!

 

[doug in albq]

Over the last few days the MacRumors arm-chair usability and design experts have shown why they sit in the chair....

This was a purposeful controlled leak

And I like the design myself...


Should have been smarter than to go against Gruber...

 

[cyntaxerror]

It's the real deal. Look at the new iMacs with the edge to edge screen design. very in keeping with the product line. as Mr Ives said "the whole area is screen realestate- no more borders"... I look at that phone and think iMAC..

 

[karlwig]

If this is supposed to compete with newer phones (Nexus, Evo) then why is the screen still the same size. Thanks for the pixels but how about a reduction on that bezel and a 4.2ish screen??

Perhaps Apple was afraid to increase screen size because it could cannibalize iPad sales? OK, very silly, I know, but why else would they not increase screen size at this point? It seems everyone here expected a larger screen, its a very natural progression, especially when you have more black bezel at the front than pretty much every smartphone competetor. And the competition is getting stiff.

I guess Apple has a lot of confidence in the App Store, and possibly other functions we havent seen yet. I am afraid they are a little too confident, however. The mobile phone market is though. Apple entered it with a bang, but they gotta stay fresh as time progresses too.

Despite a design which I think looks marginally nicer next to the 3Gs (yesterday I thought it was ugly!), a faster CPU and higher res screen, I am worried the iPhone 4 might be outdated before it even hits the screet -- especially considering the upcoming OS4, which STILL uses the old UI.

Anyone remember this:

Call me hopefull, but I actually believed the fourth iPhone would look something like that. I thought Apple would hit a homerun, after the modest 3G and 3Gs updates.

Even if Im a little disappinted, Im sure the phone will still be very nice, and probably much better than any of the previous ones. I cant wait to hear more updates (wheres the info about CPU and RAM???)

 

[Roessnakhan]

Lets see a picture of the back so we can see this "significantly" larger camera lens and the flash!

Dude... read the article.

 

[law guy]

Was Mr Ive on holiday when it was designed?

I think it's just a test bed case - i.e. a functional shell that has very little to do with what the next iteration of the iPhone will look like but that allows for an assembly of a set of internal components for testing as a unit.

 

[maddagascar]

whoever lost the phone, is probably gonna get fired...

 

[Mastershredder]

I want to see pics of the camouflage case that made it look like a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Wait...

So the report suggests that the owner of this 'device' just happened to leave it in a bar? Oh please.

[A] Why would you take the successor of a multi-million selling product to a bar?

Why would you take the prototype successor of a multi-million selling product to a bar?

[C] How could anyone just leave such an important device in a bar?

[D] Do you think Apple staff just galavant out with prototype products?

Its complete twoddle. A fake just obviously just 'left' there in the knowledge that it would spread fast on the net. The same reason S.Jobs only replies to random emails with a couple of sentences - one message and millions will have read it.

 

[budselectjr]

I think I would have held the device hostage to apple if I really "found" it. Think high 6 six figures would have been easy to get

 

[manhattanboy]

i really like it, and, as my 3G contract is due to expire, plan to get one

i don't believe the story, though. i just can't believe that anyone would 1) take the phone off campus, and 2) lose it at a bar. it just seems too implausible that anyone with access to a prototype would be so careless.

Yes, the people you speak of are called men.
Welcome to Earth.

 

[SBlue1]

This thing is sooo ugly, no way this is real! Apple would never make something as ugly as this. No style, looks like a chinese iFake. Totally un-apple-like. The design is like we are back in the 90ies!

Never ever, listen to my words!! I am not gonna buy it if this is the next gen iPhone!!

(EDIT)

Just saw that this looks like the real deal! Wow, what a wonderful design, this is the new milenium baby! See how everything fits in its own new style? Apple is going its own way of re-inventing itself. Great design, Ive is a god!

I just love it! Where can I pre-order?! Sing me up Steve!

 

[LoganT]

The more and more I look at the phone the more and more I love it. I just think it looks awesome.

 

[BillyBobBongo]

I think I would have held the device hostage to apple if I really "found" it. Think high 6 six figures would have been easy to get

So would getting your arse dragged into a small cell, for theft and blackmail!

 

[manhattanboy]

Wait...

So the report suggests that the owner of this 'device' just happened to leave it in a bar? Oh please.

[A] Why would you take the successor of a multi-million selling product to a bar?

Why would you take the prototype successor of a multi-million selling product to a bar?

[C] How could anyone just leave such an important device in a bar?

[D] Do you think Apple staff just galavant out with prototype products?

Its complete twoddle. A fake just obviously just 'left' there in the knowledge that it would spread fast on the net. The same reason S.Jobs only replies to random emails with a couple of sentences - one message and millions will have read it.

see my above post

 

[H00513R]

I love the new design and purported features. I'm definitely in for 1 (or 2 if the wife wants one) when they hit.

 

[dru007]

I know... heads are really going to roll at apple !

Assuming this is real, someone in Cupertino is going to lose their job. Abruptly.

Unless it was steve himself? Or Phil? Or Tim Cook?