IRC the reason why the iPhone 4's antenna issue wasn't discovered because the in-the-wild testing was done with the phone in a case to disguise it.
Eh?so that's where the stealth bomber got it's technology from
He has friends who have friends who have friends.@SonnyDickson. I'm curious too know how he was able to obtain hands on with the stealth cases?
He has friends who have friends who have friends.
When scanned, it reads "You Wish". Seriously.Whoever decided to blur out those numbers in the photos, forgot to blur out the barcodes and QR codes, which you can read using online tools, not to mention an actual hardware reader pointed at your screen.
Wow look at the comments on the linked iPhone 4 leak article! It's funny that such a hated design is now considered the best ever iPhone design, talk about judging too soon
I get the points you guys are trying to make, but how do you know that the same people that hated the design ended up liking it later. The people that posted the comments on hating the 4, might not be the same people liking the design after the release.No, talk about sheep. There are so many times when people claim to not like a design until it's made official or released by another company.
And it's sooo annoying when it comes to Apple because I KNOW once everyone sees the Keynote and see all the high resolution images and features of the phone they'll all change their minds.
It's sad.
So, not so fake news? Interesting. Do you know what was being checked for exactly?
Fake news much?....
It would compromise current model sales.
Apparently, you've never heard of "The Osbourne Effect"Apple should announce a brand new phone before there is potential of a leak. Announce now and release 3-6 months later.
Talk about unintended consequences!One of the side effects of stealth cases like that is you don't get a real world scenario of how well the antenna works.
The iPhone 4 was disguised in a plastic 3GS lookalike case, so the field testers' hands never made contact with the antenna band. When it was finally released to the market, and into the hands of real users, you ended up with the whole "you're holding it wrong" fiasco, and the antenna band had to be redesigned for how people actually hold it.
I would imagine it was originally a Typo by a barely-English-speaking Chinese QA engineer that was meant to say "Earth Ground", as in the U.L. test to see what happens when you connect the metal parts of the outer case to an "Earth Ground" potential to see if the device goes up in smoke due to insufficient clearances between power and the outer case.Anyone know what "earth bound" would mean? Could it be as simple as "testing on ground level only?"
And end up with an AirPod situation (I know they can't miss and iPhone launch, but which features make it in on time would affect that).Apple should announce a brand new phone before there is potential of a leak. Announce now and release 3-6 months later.
If you are talking about the ORIGINAL iPhone and the ORIGINAL Apple Watch, there wouldn't have been an "Osbourne Effect" (which means that the CURRENT model sales TANK because people are waiting for the NEW model), simply because THERE WAS NO "CURRENT" MODEL!!!Seemed to work with Apple Watch, iPhone.
but that is the 4$?Now this is a Macrumor worthy article! Really interesting insight!
Love it! Thanks!
Long before Apple takes the wraps off a new iPhone, the smartphone goes through months of design work, testing, and production between Apple's headquarters in Cupertino and its manufacturing partners in China.
It is during this time that iPhone parts usually begin to leak, despite Apple's best efforts to double down on secrecy. Nevertheless, noted leaker Sonny Dickson has provided MacRumors with a closer look at a few known measures the company takes to hide iPhone prototypes and prevent potential leaks.
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Foremost, Dickson said an iPhone prototype travels across the world in a "stealth" case designed to prevent onlookers from seeing how it looks. The case conceals most of the iPhone, while it has yellow "security" tape along the sides that would show any tampering by somebody trying to get it open.
The prototype is accompanied by a "passport" at all times for quality assurance/control testing, according to Dickson.
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"Each component or product that is tested they document in the page," said Dickson. "The person writes their initials next to it and any notes about it passing or failing or any other comments. It makes its way through each test/person. It then is finally sent with its 'passport' from China to Apple."
As known, the prototype itself, such as the iPhone 6 Plus pictured below, is engraved with a QR code for Apple to keep track of the product.
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As mentioned, these efforts have not entirely prevented iPhone prototypes from leaking. A mostly accurate picture of the iPhone 7 Plus with a dual-lens camera leaked in March 2016, six months before Apple unveiled the device, while an Apple engineer infamously left a disguised iPhone 4 at a bar near Cupertino in 2010.
Apple will reportedly begin production of a trio of new iPhones, including a 5.8-inch model with an edge-to-edge OLED display, as early as next quarter, so part leaks should begin to surface around that time if history repeats itself. Read our iPhone 8 roundup to keep track of the latest rumors in the meantime.
Article Link: Here's the 'Stealth' Case Apple Uses to Conceal iPhone Prototypes During Transport
You apparently never heard of what happened with ATI when they leaked something about a video card in (IIRC) the G4 Cube like an HOUR before Jobs was going to introduce same...Specially the ones from the supply chains.