This. I believe this photo to be of a white iPhone 4 at some point in its development or production, not iPhone 5/4s.
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This. I believe this photo to be of a white iPhone 4 at some point in its development or production, not iPhone 5/4s.
More actual parts for a phone with little to no design change and only rumored case designs to support a bigger, wider phone.
I hate to say it folks, but every day I am more and more convinced that the next iPhone will be the "iPhone 4s" or whatever it is called. The bigger, wider phone is not happening, at least not this year.
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not betting on it.
I hate to say it folks, but every day I am more and more convinced that the next iPhone will be the "iPhone 4s" or whatever it is called. The bigger, wider phone is not happening, at least not this year.
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not betting on it.
Exactly, people can't stay loyal under these circumstances. This is surely a lower end model shadowed by what will hopefully be a redesigned iPhone 5.
Seems just as likely that it's not a real update/prototype or that it's being leaked on purpose.
That IS sad. Oh well, at least you don't have to actually think about it.
I'm with him. How do we know? To me it's just an iPhone 4 made of spare parts, here we can't see the A5....just saying..
The fact that it's running iOS 4 leads me to believe this is just an old white iPhone 4 that was leaked.
iOS 5 brings iTunes-free activation so this must be some iPhone 4 prototype from last year
That was my thought, too. When does Apple install the software on the iPhone? Is it burned into the chip at the factory? If so, I wouldn't think this would be for the new model.
Yeah boring, but maybe it may be an excellent idea. The majority of the population (no, MacRumor regulars are not a good sample of the average joe) do not buy a new phone every year. Even if they had the money, they still have a 2 year contract to deal with. In a perfect world, people would buy unsubsidized phone without the hassle of a contract.
Enter the cheaper iPhone. Imagine if one could afford to outright buy a new, contract-free iPhone per year. I know I would. I'm looking to change from AT&T (cause they suck) to Verizon, so I'm going to have to wait another year or be hit-up with an enormous ETF. The elimination of the cellphone contract would be just as revolutionary as the iPhone itself. We wouldn't have to deal with ETFs. This, in itself, would push carriers to improve their service. Either way, the iPhone's hardware just doesn't work like it did out-of-the-box after about 12 months, so a new phone would be great.
This could also be a fake leaked iphone. Maybe it's just a white iPhone 4, and if it really was an iPhone 4S, it would have iOS5 and it wouldn't be asking to sync on iTunes. Same for the other picture, i can be an iphone 4, it's easy to open it, put a A5 Chip instead of the A4 chip! You find A5 chips on ipad 2's !!!
front camera looks bigger, there is an A5 processor, and most likely the rear camera is 8mp. So this does not captivate me at all, unless we are missing something (and most likely we are) I'm disappointed. If the big thing they are going to advertise is FaceTime in HD then I'm sorry that won't cut it. As much as i hate the idea of 2 iPhones id rather have something better than this. Sorry for my ranting but i was hopping for something that would make me go wow!
Edit: its not even running iOS 5 so now I'm becoming a non-believer, this means the real one might be better!!
Edit: its not even running iOS 5 so now I'm becoming a non-believer, this means the real one might be better!!
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I don't think so. The software won't be burned onto the phones until Apple releases the GM to the factory. These are spare parts (not a disassembled phone as most seem to be assuming) that most likely wouldn't have an OS loaded on them either.
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FAKE
It has to be(about to cry)
They easily look like parts from ifixit
The fact it's running an older version of iOS. Is a dead give away.
Apple would not load a old OS onto the phone, before shipping it as a "new" phone.
FAKE
It has to be(about to cry)
They easily look like parts from ifixit
The fact it's running an older version of iOS. Is a dead give away.
Apple would not load a old OS onto the phone, before shipping it as a "new" phone.
What old version of iOS? How can you tell? And also, its not an old phone because the battery and reverse camera have both been upgraded here. This is probably the iPhone 4S and not the iPhone 5
Off-topic, but sorta on-topic: if you go the Case-mate splash page (http://www.case-mate.com/iphone-5-4s-cases/), the iPhone placeholder graphic seems larger than a typical iPhone, based on the size of the 30 pin connector. Discuss.
You think Apple would be feeding its manufacturers up-to-the-minute builds of beta versions of their OS as a production run is getting started? This is not how manufacturing works.
The release OS isn't ready yet, so they would flash them with the last release OS, and then re-flash the stock when the OS is ready, before shipment.
Assuming any of this is true, of course, and not the result of any number of other explanations. But the fact that it's running iOS4 isn't particularly suspicious.
if it were iOS 5 then it wouldn't show the iTunes connect screen, you can set it up from the phone itself
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They would not load iOS 4.3.4 onto a new phone, they won't be able to upgrade would they?
It would be a waste of time and money to put a older version of iOS onto a new phone just to upgrade again
darkslayer13 said:
They would not load iOS 4.3.4 onto a new phone, they won't be able to upgrade would they?
It would be a waste of time and money to put a older version of iOS onto a new phone just to upgrade again
Only problem is the A5 in the original picture. But, given that the packages are identical and I don't necessarily disagree with the person who said it looks like the "A5" was hand drawn, I don't see this as necessarily indicating an authentic iPhone. I'm inclined to this position because I think there is an actual iPhone 5 coming, giving no reason for an iPhone 4 with A5 to exist.
Sure there is reason, for an iPhone 4s to exist. How would the existence of an iPhone 5 preclude the existence of an iPhone 4s?
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That "A5" could of been photoshoped on
Taken from a iPad2,
chrmjenkins said:
That "A5" could of been photoshoped on
Taken from a iPad2,