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Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype at a Bar
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It's not just a phone... I don't think Apple's competitors would be interested in your lost iPhone 4 or develop a new business strategy because of it.
Pretty sure the CNET story was just altered to include:
"Before leaving the house, the Apple employees offered the man money for the phone no questions asked, the source said, adding that the man continued to deny he had knowledge of the phone."
I don't remember reading that the first time, and that seems like it would stand out after reading it.
"Before leaving the house, the Apple employees offered the man money for the phone no questions asked, the source said, adding that the man continued to deny he had knowledge of the phone."
I don't remember reading that the first time, and that seems like it would stand out after reading it.
Oh mylanta. Lord knows I've lost everything while drunk - from keys, to cash, to earrings, even a shoe one time (literally!) - but never my beloved iPhone! Its absence would snap me back into sobriety immediately. This is riDIC!
I'm sure Gizmodo is getting a kick outta this, though!
I'm sure Gizmodo is getting a kick outta this, though!
details
Just got to love the important details of the story:
"...that also serves lime-marinated shrimp ceviche"
Just got to love the important details of the story:
"...that also serves lime-marinated shrimp ceviche"
i can't believe how many people on macrumors did NOT immediately assume 
is doing this on purpose. i mean, c'mon! people!
they'll make this an annual tradition until it gets old and the media stops giving them tons of free publicity. then they'll think of a new stunt.
HTC and Samsung probably plant prototypes in bars all the time now. Yawn. No one cares. They just get turned over to the police, who won't leak pictures to the web. "It works for, why not for us!!!?" Hahaha.
is doing this on purpose. i mean, c'mon! people!they'll make this an annual tradition until it gets old and the media stops giving them tons of free publicity. then they'll think of a new stunt.
HTC and Samsung probably plant prototypes in bars all the time now. Yawn. No one cares. They just get turned over to the police, who won't leak pictures to the web. "It works for
, why not for us!!!?" Hahaha. 
Facepalms all around, right?
But now everyone's begging for pics. It's the talk of the town, and it's not even released yet.
I don't see anyone trying to counterfeit Samsung or Moto gear.
The iPhone is *the* device to have and which garners all the publicity. Every competing device (and some which prima facie are not) and the kitchen sink is compared to it, measured against it.
Samsung loses their stuff in a bar. Nothing happens. Apple does it, and everyone is all over it. It rules the news and gives rise to all kinds of breathless speculation until release.
But now everyone's begging for pics. It's the talk of the town, and it's not even released yet.
I don't see anyone trying to counterfeit Samsung or Moto gear.
The iPhone is *the* device to have and which garners all the publicity. Every competing device (and some which prima facie are not) and the kitchen sink is compared to it, measured against it.
Samsung loses their stuff in a bar. Nothing happens. Apple does it, and everyone is all over it. It rules the news and gives rise to all kinds of breathless speculation until release.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A5274d Safari/7534.48.3)
Dear Apple,
I found your phone.
- <3 Gizmodo
Dear Apple,
I found your phone.
- <3 Gizmodo
No doubt that Gizmodo has already dispatched employees to Cava 22, and attempted to contact the man in his 20's.
(edit) Article on their home page:
"But the takeaway is that the phone is still out there, and has been since late July. Do you have photos or evidence of the phone, or know more about what happened at Cava 22? We'd love to hear from you."
I would die if Gizmodo got a hold of that prototype. Die.
(edit) Article on their home page:
"But the takeaway is that the phone is still out there, and has been since late July. Do you have photos or evidence of the phone, or know more about what happened at Cava 22? We'd love to hear from you."
I would die if Gizmodo got a hold of that prototype. Die.
Bar at work - we had one. Great idea
We used to have a bar at the first place I worked. It was only open on Fridays and lots of folks got as pissed as coots, very amusing. Sounds like fun but they then proceeded to bad mouth their bosses so the bar was eventually closed! Of course this was not in the USA, too many bloody rules but was in Africa where the we're generally not scared and where lawyers are too busy doing other important stuff rather than suing companies cos drunk employees wrapped themselves around telephone polls on the way home from the company pub on a Friday night. Ah the good old days ..............
We used to have a bar at the first place I worked. It was only open on Fridays and lots of folks got as pissed as coots, very amusing. Sounds like fun but they then proceeded to bad mouth their bosses so the bar was eventually closed! Of course this was not in the USA, too many bloody rules but was in Africa where the we're generally not scared and where lawyers are too busy doing other important stuff rather than suing companies cos drunk employees wrapped themselves around telephone polls on the way home from the company pub on a Friday night. Ah the good old days ..............
add to that 1.5) Images of the device get published, big excitement starts; free advertisement for The Company.
I dare say Steve has other things on his mind these days.OMG, Steve's gonna be pissed when he hears this!
