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Few Details Emerge About Leaked iPhone in Vietnam
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I bought a 3G phone with a front (and rear) facing camera about 6 years ago. It was a Motorola, cost about £20 (PAYG) on the Three network back when 3 (and indeed 3G) was brand spanking new. Can't remember the model number now and a search didn't help - but it was huge. Did anyone else buy one of these things ?
How is this first page news?
The same way everything else that gets posted on the first page is news. The editor/site owner or whoever is in charge of posting first page news decided it is.
Thank you, Thank you...... I'm here all week to answer useless questions.
Because sales are not slipping, they never do this, and everyone knows there will be a new iPhone soon, as there is every year?
I think this will look *very* like the final product.
Apple is stupid!!! I said to put a gps tracking or explosive on the 'prototype' then you can track or detonate it!!! Just dont Mass produce them on our iphone with explosive hahaha.
Sales always slip this time of year. And then they pick right back up, sometimes even stronger, after the new phone is launched. Apple has ZERO reason to panic or pull little publicity stunts like this. Especially when no functionality is being leaked, only looks.
I could see Apple intentionally leaking a prototype design to get the general public's opinion; but that's a reach.
I know why sales are slipping.. I meant mainly to stop people also from possibly getting Android phones(like impatient i need a new cell phone now people).
Of course this is Front Page News... THERE * ARE * NO * SCREWS!!!!!
(Actually, I never did like those two screws at the bottom of the device so glad to see them gone)...
*snip*
yeah, because screws are always a dealbreaker:
"Dude, check out my new phone it's got [list of awesome features that would make any normal person drool]"
"haha! rofl! lmao! it's got screws! how lame!"
How is this first page news?
Did someone nominate you a "front page news" police on MacRumors?
I am sure when you start your own Mac rumor website - you can then decide what goes onto front page and what doesn't.
curious...
Obviously there was something on the screen, seemed as if it was album artwork, yet it never flipped as the phone was being moved around. It also would seem that he hit the home button by my count twice and nothing happened.
If it was just the background and locked, it would have the unlock slider...
Does anyone else find the above odd if this is indeed a prototype...
Obviously there was something on the screen, seemed as if it was album artwork, yet it never flipped as the phone was being moved around. It also would seem that he hit the home button by my count twice and nothing happened.
If it was just the background and locked, it would have the unlock slider...
Does anyone else find the above odd if this is indeed a prototype...
pls Apple, stop losing those phones and launch them commercially already. (so I can buy one, dammit!
I second that motion! Just sell me the ^%$@# phone!
Wow I really learned my lesson; thank you so much for telling me how easy it is to run a website. As far as I'm concerned, I'm allowed to voice my opinion here just as you are. This story was a huge puff piece by the AP, and it's sad that it made it to the front page here.
What "news" is there in a story that basically says "This one guy heard another guy had a new iPhone, so he ran to the other guy's store to see it"?
I'd bet a bear the above is correct.
After the last guy got his door busted down and his computer stolen by the cops it seems reasonable to send the phone some place where the local caps will refuse to do Apple's bidding. So the finder FedEx'd the phone to an uncle in Vietnam. I bet we see it done this way every time from now on.
So when you find a phone, or new iPad don't sel it to a guy in California for $5K. Sell it to someone in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong.
This is actually a very good idea. With very little effort Apple could make it so stolen or lost phones are instantly usless. Explosives are not needed the phone could be permently "bricked" just using software. Not just for prototypes but ALL phones should have this, Then word gets out that stolen Apple products quickly become bricks no one will take them.
OK why "brick" much better to have the phone sound an audible alarm, report it's location by email and say "please return me to my owner at xxx" every 30 minutes
Maybe so.. but these "does this really need to be a front page news.. wah.." posts are just a waste of breath. If a particular article doesn't interest you - just move on to the next one. No one forcing you to read any news here, be they on front page or page-2.