Possible iPhone 4G Images Surface

[Trexznl]

Thank God that this has been proven to be a counterfeit.

I don't like the design of this 'device' at all, and it would be terribly odd of Apple to take a leap away from the iPad design.

It would be too soon for Apple to move away from the current button design, especially when you look at the iPad.

And those seams.. man, those are butt ugly.

And anyone thinking that the next iPhone will feature a user replaceable/removable battery is just naïve. No offense, but come on; the iPad and the MacBooks released this month continue to manifest the non-user-replaceable battery. What makes people think that the new phone actually will sport one.

And aside from that; how big is the percentage of phone users wanting to replace their batteries anyway. I personally see no more than ~5% actually carrying more than one battery with them. Why would Apple ruin a beautiful design for those few people? Apple thinks in masses, not individuals.

 

[VicMacs]

seriouslyl…. on the floor in a bar? are you kidding me? I call BS!

 

[zacman]

I haven't seen any reports of them losing market share to HTC. What I have seen is a slow down in iPhone sales but that usually happens as word gets out that a new one should be released soon.

Ehm, the iPhone lost already 10% marketshare in 2009, the latest numbers were that they are down another 3.2% in Feb 2010. See cultofmac.com for the latest numbers.

On the other hand around 2 million Android phones are being sold every month now and the majority of those are made by HTC.

 

[cvaldes]

The Wi-Fi only iPhone is just an iPod touch!

No, for an iPod touch has no compass nor GPS system.

 

[vizkiz]

Ehm, the iPhone lost already 10% marketshare in 2009, the latest numbers were that they are down another 3.2% in Feb 2010. See cultofmac.com for the latest numbers.

On the other hand around 2 million Android phones are being sold every month now and the majority of those are made by HTC.

Lost 10% market share, or 10% of their market share?
Because the last numbers I saw (from Dec 09 I believe), they were over 24% of the smartphone market. There is no way it's at 14% now, and I don't believe they were ever at 34%.

 

[substeel]

Simply way too ugly to be an apple product

 

[4look4rd]

I would love if this was the real iphone 4G. I don't understand all the hate? It looks pretty darn good as it is (there are much uglier phones out there), and how can you complain about 80GB of storage and a front facing camera?

The real iPhone 4G will have to be absolutely amazing to compete with that (hardware wise). Oh the Japanese with their awesome phones.... if only....

 

[axual]

Waste of bandwidth

This is a waste of valuable bandwidth.

 

[emotion]

This is a waste of valuable bandwidth.

What else would you do with it? By that logic this whole site is.

At least some posts had some 'valuable' technical input.

 

[austinguy23]

I'm so relieved this turned out to be a Japanese clone...

 

[ImageWrangler]

Folks, this looks to be the real deal. Steve Jobs must be very unhappy right about now.

-Tuck

https://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/18/images-of-iphone-4g-actually-a-japanese-counterfeit/

You were saying?

 

[hwhalers]

The real iPhone 4G will have to be absolutely amazing to compete with that (hardware wise). Oh the Japanese with their awesome phones.... if only....

If only they had operating systems and software worth using. Impressive hardware without much of a point is wankery, which is not in short supply these days.

 

[Bk-Sebastian]

Ehm, the iPhone lost already 10% marketshare in 2009, the latest numbers were that they are down another 3.2% in Feb 2010. See cultofmac.com for the latest numbers.

On the other hand around 2 million Android phones are being sold every month now and the majority of those are made by HTC.

I think you have you're math wrong bud.

The 3.2% drop in February is a "relative change" meaning its a percentage of their previous share not a real 3.2% drop but a 3.2% drop of their previous level. Th iPhone is still the #3 handset in the world with 14.4% (as of 12/31/09) of the marketshare which is up from 8.2% (as of 12/31/08). There is no data supporting it losing 10% this year...based on the year over year stats Apple is still the fastest growing handset maker.

You have to admit that its unbelievable that Apple can even compete with just 1 handset model (3 versions of 1 model) while RIM has close to 10 models and Android has multiple handsets and both are on multiple carriers too.

 

[shiba11]

I would be very surprised if

it was a Japanese copy as there are many counterfeit models found all over the world on auction web sites , Japanese companies would also have them manufactured in China anyway it may have been purchased in Japan but it looks to shabby for a Japanese product. There are many copies of the Ipod available in NZ retail stores I thought Apple would get on to the retailers that stock copies side by side .

 

[50548]

You move along. Mind your language, your attitude and get familiar with the concept of prototypes. I cannot imagine, what the first prototypes of my unibody MB Pros looked like.

Unless YOU are the stupid moron faking the device, I don't know what the heck is your problem with my language; this is my opinion about the rumor and it's been confirmed in other threads. So chill out, Sir.

 

[trondah]

I'd buy this in a second. I thought the 3G design was a step down from the 2G. I see many people comparing with Sony Ericsson as a negative, the rest of the world loves SE's design. I think a bit sharper edges would be an improvement of the bubbly plastic design of the 3G.

 

[ChazUK]

If it has been 100% confirmed fake, why does the macrumors article end with a question mark?

Images of iPhone 4G Actually a Japanese Counterfeit?

Not that I think it is real, I'd just like to know if it has been 100% confirmed fake.

 

[zacman]

I think you have you're math wrong bud.
Th iPhone is still the #3 handset in the world with 14.4% (as of 12/31/09)

That's incorrect. It may apply to smartphones only but not to phones. Around 1.5 billion phones are being sold world wide. The 20 million phones that Apple sells per year is less than 14.4%.

There is no data supporting it losing 10% this year...based on the year over year stats Apple is still the fastest growing handset maker.

Apple has been the only major smartphone maker that lost market share in Q4/2009. It was even reported here on macrumors. Growth doesn't help when you are growing slower than the market.

http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2010/02/iphone-market-share-drops-in-q4.html

 

[zacman]

Lost 10% market share, or 10% of their market share?

"Android’s marketshare grew 44 percent during the past quarter and almost 100 percent the past year. This is while the iPhone’s marketshare fell 4.5 percent and 10.2 percent during the same periods." (cultofmac)

 

[Bassyy]

Not bad

I seriously doubt that this is an iPhone Prototype, but if it was, I would be pretty pissed, the front looks orgasmic, but the back is just.. too ordinary for Apple taste.

And the iPhone has a huge 'case craze', and with this iPhone, it would be quite hard to create a case that suits it.

Still nice though, and I may have misunderstood, but why the hell would you find an iPhone on the floor of a bar, let alone a experimental apple prototype... remember the regulations that developers had to meet to test on the iPad? (except for the iPad at that award ceremony thing )

And I agree with the person up there! ^ I think the 3G design was definitely a step down from the original, I think an iPhone that is like a minature iPad would be exactly on the dot!

Anyway, looks cool, but not for me..

 

[Carniphage]

Fake... Spanish site just posted a picture of a reader that has this same exact phone. The user says it's a Japanese fake that was purchased in Japan.

Here's the photo:

Here's the "Spanish" photo - and alongside it is part of the Endgaget image. Cut and pasted alongside for comparison.

What an amazing coincidence that the highlights on the buttons, the silent switch and even the little gleam at the bottom are in exactly the same place.

Coincidence is a wonderful thing.

It's curious that the Spanish image, which proves this odd phone to be a fake. Is itself a fake!


C.

 

[mad102190]

I think the point of this design was to make the back out of glass, not plastic, to enable those case gestures we all read about a couple months ago. Multi-touch on places other than the screen? That basically allows for an unlimited amount of "buttons," without affecting the actual traditional design of the iPhone.

I think its a prototype, but that the final version will look pretty similar.

 

[MrCheeto]

But I hope the next iPhone is built out of titanium as it does not block cellular & wifi waves like other metals.

Hahaha, what?! Titanium is NOT radio transparent, it's OPAQUE!

Whoever fed you that load sure knows what buttons to push.

 

[Rivix]

I like it. It looks more solid to me than the previous models. Also, i'm kind of tired of the rounded back.

 

[Warbrain]

I'm loving the new Engadget piece.

"LOOK THERE! BLURRY PHONE! WE THINK IT'S THE NEW ONE JUST TO PROVE OUR POINT."