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Prototype 3rd Gen iPod Touches with Camera Appear on eBay
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Good move claiming it was purchased at a fleamarket. My questions: Wouldn't the first sale doctrine protect the eBay seller from having it pulled, as he is legally allowed to own it?
That explains why there is a vacant spot the EXACT DIMENSIONS OF A CAMERA in the current touch in the center.
Amazing how everyone is so confident that they know"what Apple would do."I guess SJ can retire since the companies' future moves are so obvious.
And the moon landings were a hoax.
Why do some people have to find a conspiracy behind everything?
1.Apple gives employees phones for testing for personal use.
2.Employees being human,eventually one gets lost/dropped.
3.Someone finds it,realizes what they have,makes no real effort to return it,and makes a quick 5 grand.
4.Buyer,who's business is gadget news,scoops the world,generating millions of page views and turns a nice profit.
5.??Possible prosecution,since published accounts indicate one or more crimes were committed under CA law.
The idea that Apple would hatch this scheme because they need MORE publicity is absolutely insane.It's also about as far from Apple's normal behavior as possible.It's funny.These boards are full of people who are so sure what Apple would do as far as styling or features based on what they've seen in the past,but the same people are swallowing whole the most out of character insane theory possible in a vain attempt to look smarter than everybody else.
And it's not working.
Ffsake, there's no such thing as an iTouch, it's called the iPod Touch.
You tell 'em!
By that logic they should be calling the iPhone the i3Gs, those fuuls!
I would like to have a camera as well. I don't make a habit of carrying a digital camera and I don't have a smart phone but I do carry my Touch everywhere and it would be nice to have a camera to record the landing of a space alien
so far the closest I have come to that is AlGore.
wow well these are not like the exact same pictures that were released last year. Seriously click on the link. https://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/14/images-of-next-generation-ipod-touch-surface/
I find it hard to believe that Apple would sell a prototype on eBay (or allow it to go unaccounted for, where an employee can sell it - they probably check the phones out and have to check them back in). And, I doubt Apple would write "Apple Development Team" on that back of a phone that was allowed off the premises. I'm guessing this is a fake that someone put a sticker on and is trying to pass off as real.
Scam. Con artist. Rip off. Buyer beware.
Scam. Con artist. Rip off. Buyer beware.
If you really knew where they came from, you wouldn't question the legitimacy of these leaks.
However, I don't think you will be seeing a camera on a hard release anytime soon.
I never said there was a conspiracy behind it.... i justa said there wasn't a breach...
"breach" implies someone broke in or hacked and got info...
1. That is the iPod nano.... not the iPod touch
2. Why are you even talking? Do you have anything else to contribute other than overemphasized questions that bring no thought? Seriously people, you are too harsh. Relax...
Since when has Apple been about doing the obvious? And look whose talking, Mr. "I think that since there is a vacant spot for a camera in the center that is where it should go". So much for "Amazing how everyone is so confident that they know"what Apple would do."
That was a very hypocritical post... you go and attempt to cut at me with your stating the obvious, then go and say how you think SJ should retire because people think Apple's moves are obvious?!?!?! Wth? Congrats on the well thought out post...
https://www.macrumors.com/2009/09/12/leaked-ipod-touch-with-camera-photos-were-real/
That's probably because this device was not supposed to leave the premises. Unlike the iPhone, the iPod touch doesn't need field testing.
Dude. I don't think you get me... I wasn't saying you were wrong. I was just saying that you were telling me off for saying what apple would do is obvious, when your reply was saying what apple would do was obvious. Same thing, just different way of putting it. You have iPod hardware comparison, I have iPhone to iPod hardware comparison....
Well first of all, I'm not the person you were talking to before. (that was user "E.Lizardo")
Anyway, the point of my post was to show that Apple has already planned a location for a camera, in the center. An offset camera like the iPhone would make more sense, but we already have evidence that shows that Apple believes otherwise.
I guess my sarcasm wasn't "obvious"enough.Hint:The entire last sentence was the opposite of what I believe.
It's pretty clear from rumors,leaked cases,and these prototypes,and,yes,the teardowns of the current device that a camera was considered and rejected and that it was to go in the center as in these prototypes.You simply stated with no evidence other than(I'm guessing here)the location of the camera in the iPhone that Apple would never put a camera in the center.I pointed out the most "obvious"reason you were wrong on this model.
It's pretty funny that you apparently thought it was "obvious"that they wouldn't do that based on what they had done in the past(predictability).
And I will repeat that there are a lot of people (not necessarily you) who are in no more position to know than I who flatly state"that's not what Apple would do"about any number of things.Of course that's not new,a quick check of the threads the day the first iPod was launched,the fat nano,the 2nd gen iPhone,etc.turns up plenty of examples.It's pretty strange.Instead of saying they don't like a plastic back,or round volume buttons,or a curved back,or a seam here or a screw there they say"Apple would never do that".Personally I don't get it.
You stated that music players we not for making pictures,and therefore the touch should not have a camera.I pointed out that an even simpler,less capable music player in the iPod line did have a camera.I guess I should have taken a paragraph to point out what only took a few words.Sorry.
Well I guess my reply is for others and not you.So I guess then you agree it was an accident?
I think you're wrong on the "iPhone is used MOSTLY to call people." I think most people use iPhones MOSTLY for data/texting, etc. I know i rarely use my phone. Hell, i have like 4000 rollover minutes from AT&T. I'd say the most i ever use in a month is 120 minutes and that's rare. Most people i see using iPhones are playing games, browsing the web/apps, texting, etc.. not calling.
why put a camera in what is clearly a "gaming" device?
You callin' Steve Jobs' bluff...
Adding a camera would create even more apps for the Touch, and also some additions on games.
A camera would defintely increase sales for the Touch. This is a big new feature for the device.
Still don't know if those pics are legit...
Except that a 32GB iPhone without a contract costs $700, and a 64GB iPod Touch costs $399. Some of us will NEVER buy an iPhone as long as AT&T has exclusivity rights.