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Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype at a Bar
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The point of field-testing prototype units is to subject the devices to situations that production units would see.
That means taking the handset to bars, restaurants, nightclubs, baseball fields, parties, rock concerts, hiking, etc. Take a call, shoot some video, play games, use the Internet, take photos, etc.
Apple doesn't want these field testers to just use them in their condos or cars. They want these people to use the phones the way eventual customers will use them.
Okay. The first time I wasn't sure what to think. This time I'm sure it must be a publicity stunt to raise hype. This phone will end up photographed and taken apart on some blog within the next few days.
Three nerds walk into a bar.
One has an iPhone4
One has no phone
The third guy has a prototype iPhone
Bartender says " What'll it be boys"
The iPhone4 guy says " I'll take a tequila sunrise". The bartender gives him one and turns to the Apple engineer and asks him what he wants.
The Apple engineer says " Well, I've had too many already but I'll take one too.
Bartender gives him one.
The bartender then turns to the guy without a phone and says " what'll you have today"
The guy without a phone says " I'll have what the engineer has.
The bartender finds the prototype sitting on the barstool and hands it to him.
Hey!! I'm not quick with the bar jokes
One has an iPhone4
One has no phone
The third guy has a prototype iPhone
Bartender says " What'll it be boys"
The iPhone4 guy says " I'll take a tequila sunrise". The bartender gives him one and turns to the Apple engineer and asks him what he wants.
The Apple engineer says " Well, I've had too many already but I'll take one too.
Bartender gives him one.
The bartender then turns to the guy without a phone and says " what'll you have today"
The guy without a phone says " I'll have what the engineer has.
The bartender finds the prototype sitting on the barstool and hands it to him.
Hey!! I'm not quick with the bar jokes
Yeah, I remember. They turned around and accused someone of stealing it.
Maybe it's just me, but when you purposefully leave something behind, I think you are forfeiting all rights to accuse anyone of stealing the thing when it disappears.
re choice of liqour
thats what aapl gets when handing a "priceless" prototype to someone who drinks tequila - at a mexican restaurant at that
aapl should only trust prototypes to drinkers of high end bourbon or whiskey and single vineyard wines at a proper drinking establishment - dive bars included
hand me a protoype
"have a drink on me..." ac/dc
"stay thirsty my friends"
cheers
thats what aapl gets when handing a "priceless" prototype to someone who drinks tequila - at a mexican restaurant at that
aapl should only trust prototypes to drinkers of high end bourbon or whiskey and single vineyard wines at a proper drinking establishment - dive bars included
hand me a protoype
"have a drink on me..." ac/dc
"stay thirsty my friends"
cheers
Agreed! I don't think its fair corporations get "special protection" that ordinary people don't and yet as you mentioned we're the ones paying for everything!
They did if you read the article. They tracked it to the persons house they went to.
On a side note I need to start going out to bars in the San Fran area. Ha
Good.
Who really cares about the secretive nature of Apple; it is not like people are going to stop buying the things in droves just because a prototype is leaked. And do you really think another company is going to make a similar identical phone, given Apple's hard-on about suing everyone in it's path?
I am not surprised no one has come forward with the phone. It should be shame on Apple for giving out prototypes to engineers who clearly cannot even handle something as simple as holding onto a classified smartphone.
And priceless?.....please......give me a break.
Who really cares about the secretive nature of Apple; it is not like people are going to stop buying the things in droves just because a prototype is leaked. And do you really think another company is going to make a similar identical phone, given Apple's hard-on about suing everyone in it's path?
I am not surprised no one has come forward with the phone. It should be shame on Apple for giving out prototypes to engineers who clearly cannot even handle something as simple as holding onto a classified smartphone.
And priceless?.....please......give me a break.