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San Francisco Police with No Record of Lost iPhone 5 Investigation

caliguy said:
Ok, so maybe there was no prototype iPhone lost at Cava 22, but did you know they offer a lime-marinated shrimp ceviche?
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Hell yeah, and the nice tequila shots, too! Remember, it's on the corner of 22nd... ;)

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mac=saif said:
Even if this were true, how can a dude lose a one of a kind iPhone 5 prototype in a restaurant?
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You mean... like that other Apple dude who lost the iPhone 4 prototype last year in another public bar (which unfortunatelly doesn't serve lime-marinated shrimp ceviche)? Now that is a fact...!
 
I blame him.
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Gosh, I hate that guy.
 
iPhone 5, really?

Yea I doubt that the final version is anywhere out there on the streets like it was with the iPhone 4. There was an earlier article talking about test phones in camouflage boxes etc. - that shows me that Apple learned from that and doesn't do something that stupid again.

Another hint, look at the time line: The iPhone will not come within the next 4 weeks so they probably don't have even the engineers running around with them. Too much risk.

Also: IF the next iPhone is so closely resembled in the prior generation, they might just test it in a iPhone 4 dummy. Things like this are way more common that you think. When I worked for a car supplier, the first Audi Q7 prototypes looked almost exactly like VW Touaregs just having a different back seat door for the longer wheel base. At the least I would expect that there is more duck-tape on it than on a seeifixedit faucet. Let's be realistic: Phones nowadays have pretty good cameras and just playing with one or answering a call can compromise the top secret design.
 
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No one even bothered to even check the surveillance footage, which makes it all the less believable.

http://missionlocal.org/2011/09/forgotten-at-cava-22-credit-cards-laptops-and-an-iphone-5-prototype/
 
It's IE vs. other browsers all over again

I saw a report that CNET reporters had a lower IQ than reporters at other sites.;)
 
EmbraceTheOne said:
So it was all a hoax?
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Like all good stories, there may be a kernel of truth to it. My guess is at the very most, someone actually lost an iPhone at the restaurant in question, but it had nothing to do with Apple. It’s wasn’t an Apple prototype nor was it even the property of Apple inc. Somebody heard “iphone lost in a bar” and remembering last years events, filled in the rest of the parts in with made up details. Either that or there was some huge mix-up on CNET’s end with their source.

Unless this “unnamed source familiar with the matter” is ever identified, we won’t ever know. I doubt that CNET will identify their sources if they ever want to remain trusted...
 
Not a surprise

The need to be first to report something far outweighs the need to be right. People usually remember your scoops longer than your false reports.

The news media is a joke, web news media doubly so.
 
Occam's razor says the simplest explanation is the most likely explanation, so I think it's a true story and there's a massive coverup by Apple, the police, all other officials involved, and all news media other than CNet. Apple probably paid out millions in hush money, is about to buy CNet to silence them, and has the perpetrators locked up in secret dungeons under the Apple campus.

Or maybe it was just a publicity stunt. :D
 
Doctor Q said:
Occam's razor says the simplest explanation is the most likely explanation, so I think it's a true story and there's a massive coverup by Apple, the police, all other officials involved, and all news media other than CNet. Apple probably paid out millions in hush money, is about to buy CNet to silence them, and has the perpetrators locked up in secret dungeons under the Apple campus.

Or maybe it was just a publicity stunt. :D
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how is a massive coverup in any way the simplest explanation as apposed to nothing actually happened. :confused:
 
Lost in July and reported in August? i'd be more inclined to believe this if it were lost in July and reported 18 minutes later.

On a completely different note, does anyone know where I can get a decent lime-marinated ceviche in this town?
 
Doctor Q said:
Apple probably paid out millions in hush money, is about to buy CNet to silence them, and has the perpetrators locked up in secret dungeons under the Apple campus.
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I heard they were previously used as HumanCentiPad development labs.
 

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If this story is true, I can imagine a lot of Apple supporters being really mad about this part.

Calderón, an American citizen who lives with multiple generations of family members, all of whom he said are staying in the U.S. legally, said one of the men also threatened his relatives about their immigration status. "One of the officers is like, 'Is everyone in this house an American citizen?' They said we were all going to get into trouble.'"
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Story seems to be developing as yet.

On Slash-something-or-other's site...A later report indicates police were present, but they stood outside while Apple employees searched the house.

If this is true...omg what a an ***** blunder.


Other than that, I can't wait to get my hands on the new iPhone 5 when it comes out.
:)
 
I've never been to SF. Is that bar in a bad neighborhood or something? What's with the bars over the windows?
 
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