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GAWD, I would love the next phone to look like this -- matte black and metal is perfect. However, I too think this is fake, for many of the reasons already stated here. :(
 
I was wondering....

I have a friend who works at Apple, and that iPhone has already been submitted to FCC (thus, the document becomes public record)

One thing he noted about the new iPhone is that the case is based on Apple's MacBook/MacBook Pro unibody design.

They took one hunk of aluminium, and carved it out.

Maybe it's a black aluminum case...
 
If its a new MBP, it has a plastic window. If its an old macbook pro (like mine) it has pretty poor wifi compared to other plastic laptops. This is a well known issue with the all aluminum macbook pros, and why they added the plastic window on the back to the new ones.

The horizontal strip that runs along the bottom of the Display (black for unibody macbooks and pros, gray for older macbook pros) is the antenna.
that whole strip is the antenna.

Anyways the case looks cool, but i think its said that Apple is going to ignore the case cracking just like they did for the Polycarb macbooks. they basically just replaced the whole line with 13" unibodies and forgot that the palm rest cracks....
 
So

sorry to rain on the parade, but those are fake. In the first picture you can see the bottom of the phone, and there's no holes for a speaker, mic, or even a dock connector, which means that the pics are either of a crazy new design where the mic disappears and the speakers dont exist and you cant sync the phone, or its fake

I just put my iPhone 3G on the table and from that angle I can't see my speaker, mic or dock connector either. so they could be real.
 
sorry to rain on the parade, but those are fake. In the first picture you can see the bottom of the phone, and there's no holes for a speaker, mic, or even a dock connector, which means that the pics are either of a crazy new design where the mic disappears and the speakers dont exist and you cant sync the phone, or its fake

Did you also notice there's no screen? Or battery? How on earth could this phone work!

Or maybe...crazy idea, I know...maybe whoever stole this took it before they finished making it into a phone! That could be why it's not finished.

Fake it has the FCC logo on it and it clearly isn't FCC approved yet

You think they make the phones and then go back and paint each phone, one at a time? No, they make them that way from the start.

If it is approved, they're ready to go. If it's not approved, they sit in a warehouse, so who cares what's printed on the back at that point?
 
Got it. Anyway, there's no doubt in my mind that the piece in the photos in the OP are plastic. Nothing about them looks metal.



My girlfriend has a plastic MacBook. We have never been anywhere where she could get wifi and I couldn't. My router is through 6 insulated walls and my MacBook got 2 bars and my MacBook Pro gets 2 bars as well.

Here I am denying it.

It looks like plastic to me as well.

I've long disregarded the meaning of the number of bars in wifi signal icons.

My experience with aluminium MacBook Pros and PowerBooks vs MacBooks is that they are much worse than the plastic ones. You can't deny that there is a difference JUST because you haven't experienced it - absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (just because you haven't seen a diffence doesn't mean it isn't there). It's like having two cars travelling at the same speed, you can't say that one isn't able to go faster than the other.
 
nice...it reminds me of the back casing for The Dash. However, I want to see leaked photos of the New up and coming IMac.
 
looks like the same kind of finish as the black MacBook which was highly prone to "hard to remove" fingerprints and smudges.
My ideal version would be aluminum with a glowing apple on the back when in use ;-)
 
Thank god! I've had to have my phone replaced 6 times because of cracks in the stupid plastic casing, this is hopefully the best of both worlds, the speed of the 3G with the robustness of the 2G
 
My ideal version would be aluminum with a glowing apple on the back when in use ;-)

As much as I love the idea of a glowing Apple logo on the iPhone, I just can't see them doing that -- just another "battery drain" for people to complain about, plus it would use up valuable space.
 
That looks really nice. But does the back material really matter? Everyone just puts it in a case anyway.

I've never put my 1st or 2nd gen iphone in a case, or any other phone, come to think of it. Most cases IMO make the phone bulky.
 
That looks really nice. But does the back material really matter? Everyone just puts it in a case anyway.

Yeah, I think what Apple is trying to do is make the strongest material possible that won't get scratched up. The first iPhone was strong but can be scratched over time pretty easily and the iPhone 3G is not as strong because it's not metal but cannot be scratched too easily. If Apple can find the perfect material, people would not have to buy a case to protect it.
 
Yeah, I think what Apple is trying to do is make the strongest material possible that won't get scratched up. The first iPhone was strong but can be scratched over time pretty easily and the iPhone 3G is not as strong because it's not metal but cannot be scratched too easily. If Apple can find the perfect material, people would not have to buy a case to protect it.

The only scratches on the back of the 1st gen iPhone were on the logo.
 
That's SO awesome....

But, where's the space for the sex?

Ok, seriously, this is probably real, but so what? We know a new phone is coming SOMETIME this year. What's the deal? What's the upgrade? Give us some saucy details, like the iPhone will make me a meal and wash my clothes after I push the sex button. You know the stuff we need to hear. Dirty details.
 
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