That's my thoughts
To me, if Apple had tracked it and went to find the person who had it, it would just prove that it was an Apple device. It was much smarter for them to just remote wipe it, removing any proof that it was a real Apple prototype!
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That's my thoughts
To me, if Apple had tracked it and went to find the person who had it, it would just prove that it was an Apple device. It was much smarter for them to just remote wipe it, removing any proof that it was a real Apple prototype!
I think its a real prototype, and I like it.
To me it follows design cues from the uMBP and iPad, i.e aluminium and black bezel/glass. More so than the current iPhones/iPod touch.
My first iPhone, Im excited... im not really.......ok maybe just a little...
To me it follows design cues from the uMBP and iPad, i.e aluminium and black bezel/glass. More so than the current iPhones/iPod touch.
My first iPhone, Im excited... im not really.......ok maybe just a little...
I actually really like it and hope it is real
I think it fits in well with ipad/macbook/imac etc, and hope it's legit. the glass might help with the wifi/phone signal, compared to a metal back? allow for both front AND rear facing camera?
I think it fits in well with ipad/macbook/imac etc, and hope it's legit. the glass might help with the wifi/phone signal, compared to a metal back? allow for both front AND rear facing camera?
That makes no sense. Apple has been using the 'G' designation on the iPhone to refer to the mobile carrier technology. The first iPhone was '2G' (EDGE), the next two were '3G' referring to the network connectivity.
This summer's iPhone will not be labelled '4G' because LTE is not widely available.
I doubt new iPhone will have front facing camera
The iPhone OS 4 has a reference to the front facing camera might just refer to what's coming up on the next iPad. It makes more sense that an iPad have a front facing camera than it does an iPhone.
The iPhone OS 4 has a reference to the front facing camera might just refer to what's coming up on the next iPad. It makes more sense that an iPad have a front facing camera than it does an iPhone.
Everyone that is saying it's real because the iPad in the picture is real
how the hell can you even tell the iPad is the real iPad? The entire bezel is covered. All you can see is a damn screen and home button. I mean, didn't every fake iPad picture include the same home button? Think about it.
The problem is that we really have no idea from these pictures though it may be real. So far it looks like some kind of Frankenstein iPhone.
Here is a Ferrari prototype.
Is that a California?
According to Topolsky on Twitter AppleSfera have admitted that their images were fakes. Someone who speaks Spanish care to corroborate?
http://www.applesfera.com/curiosidades/es-este-el-nuevo-iphone-2
http://www.applesfera.com/curiosidades/es-este-el-nuevo-iphone-2
Word on the street among the engineering community in san jose is that it's real. For whatever little that is worth. (Probably not much).
The ipad pic was posted on engadget the night before the keynote and it is well known that apple go to extreme lengths to cover up test products.
I thought you meant.... never mind. I'm a terrible person.
ANYWAY, This is looking more and more like something real. I think Gruber had an interesting point. A phone in a "test bed".
You know, if you look back on some of Apple's smaller releases you can kind of pick out where they made small shifts in the product line that later came out to be much bigger. I'm thinking of when the iMac went back / aluminum in particular. At that time it was the only Apple product with that scheme, everything else was still Apple white. Now, they all have that aluminum / black / glass scheme. Even the remote!
The MacBook Air was pretty clearly a foot in the water with using a sealed battery, which is now standard on just about anything Apple.
So this got me to thinking about the Magic Mouse. And Apple's patent for putting multi-touch on the back of the iPhone. And Gruber's mention of a "glass back".
Huh. Is the back of that thing multi-touch?
If not multi-touch, then what else? Conductive charging?
Then there was all this hubub about Apple not selling screen protector films anymore. Is that because the back is now glass and Apple wants us to get used to going "naked"?
My Spanish is a bit rusty, but it says:
"We have pressed our reader Iván Meneses (username meneses_pro) to send more information to us about the photos of the prototype that he sent to us, requesting a video from him, and he has ended up confessing to us that the photos are fake."
Or something similar.
Real as in this is the HD and not a prototype? Because I think the photos are authentic but I don't think this is the final design.
I disagree, i think it would actually be more practical on a phone than a tablet
What’s funny is now he has posted a response saying he believes it’s real. He didn’t feel that way last night.
Aw well, good for Engadget.
Well duh Captain Obvious. But it's just the most convenient way of seperating the fourth generation iPhone from the 2G/3G/3GS. Because after all, it is the fourth generation iPhone. We all know chances are slim to none it will be actually called 4G, but until we know the final name; do you have a better one
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Now Gruber says it's real.
I meant "it's an actual apple next-generation iPhone." Probably a prototype. The case and the memory capacity are not what will finally be there. The glass back will be there, however. So says the buzz.
Yeah, just call it "fourth generation iPhone" or "next iPhone" rather than "iPhone 4G". Duh.We all know chances are slim to none it will be actually called 4G, but until we know the final name; do you have a better one
I hope its not real. The thing is way to thick. The only reason I wouldn't mind the thickness is if the phone has two batteries