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The Prototype iPhone Dissected, No User Removable Battery
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I think it's touch sensitive activator thingys. I read awhile back on here that apple filed a patent on making the entire phone touch sensitive. That could also be why the back of the phone is that shiny black just like the shiny white on the magic mouse.
Honestly, I bet that's what that is. An all touch iPhone.
oh dear, weirdo fan boy has gone mental, that talk of taking this to the FBI is so funny
If you are travelling a lot (like me) battery life does matter! We had iPhones as our company phones but always had to carry around two of them... to be honest, we had to change to Blackberry (Bummer!) because of that...
And inductive charging is nice but really slow what I experienced till this day... Correct me if I'm wrong.
Actually, from what i understand, it's not Gizmodo milking it, MACRUMORS is! Gizmodo posted ALL Of the info as it unfolded, but Macrumors has been kind of delaying the re-posting of the info....
Battery life is very important. If you're going to a late night apointment and get lost and your iPhone dies, guess what? Not only can you not call for directions, but now you can't look on google maps either!
I've found the only way to make the battery last on my 3GS is to turn off Wifi, bluetooth, and PUSH email. I have to manually check my mail, but the tradeoff is the battery lasts ! I recently turned my wifi on for the past week, and notice my battery just isn't holding up! What's the point of all these features if we have to disable them to get the battery to hold out?
Is sicksid the same dude on the net a while back crying over people talking bad about Britney spears? I totally see this person crying crazily while typing that response
Earlier this year, in January, Gawker offered $100,000 for anyone willing to come forward with the so-called "Tablet" later to be known as the iPad, so they can simply get their hands on one. Apple, almost immediately, tells its legal staff to go after Gawker -- by way of a letter -- to stop the scavenger hunt, thus confirming that a device was imminent. Weeks go by, and iPad is announced. Then, a somewhat close-up photo is taken by Gizmodo [confirmation?] showing a well-covered iPad, and a couple of iPhones (1 on top, 1 next to the iPad) which were then believed to be prototypes.
Gizmodo as a member of the media, gets invited to another Apple announcement, this time the iPhone OS 4.0, just about 3 weeks or so ago.
Who's not to say they grabbed possesion of this iPhone during or around that time? What a coincidence that the same company who was willing to pay $100,000 for an iPad to play with, gets a hold of a next-generation iPhone, and for just $5,000! All this sounds all too familiar to me. Gawker Media is either one insistant company trying desperately to get attention, or just plain stupid. Perhaps, they themselves have connections inside Apple.
I don't think this is a conspiracy, however, I am led to believe that if Apple doesn't sue Gizmodo over this, then there's something there we may not know about. This is just my thoughts and opinion on the matter.
Gizmodo as a member of the media, gets invited to another Apple announcement, this time the iPhone OS 4.0, just about 3 weeks or so ago.
Who's not to say they grabbed possesion of this iPhone during or around that time? What a coincidence that the same company who was willing to pay $100,000 for an iPad to play with, gets a hold of a next-generation iPhone, and for just $5,000! All this sounds all too familiar to me. Gawker Media is either one insistant company trying desperately to get attention, or just plain stupid. Perhaps, they themselves have connections inside Apple.
I don't think this is a conspiracy, however, I am led to believe that if Apple doesn't sue Gizmodo over this, then there's something there we may not know about. This is just my thoughts and opinion on the matter.
No, the multitouch digitizer is clearly visible on the front glass piece. The back isn't a touch panel in this one.
I wish they X-Rayed it to see if there was an additional power amplifier for T-Mobile 1700MHz 3G (or 900MHz 3G for my part of the world). I can see the Skyworks 2G PA though the metal cap, so it would be on that side of the microSIM
Nonsense. There are several brands of iPhone external battery packs (RichardSolo, et.al.) and iPhone cases with battery boosters built-in. There's not much difference between having to pack a spare charged up internal battery, spare charged up external pack, or a spare charged up iPhone case. They all fit in a coat pocket or purse.
I don't know what to make of this
This whole "leak" makes NO sense to me. The device found is a prototype and I do not believe this is what the new iPhone will look like. Every time images of an unreleased Apple product surface more than 48 hours before launch, the images are removed at the request of Apple. Apple has been uncharacteristically lax about the whole situation...I don't get it.
This whole "leak" makes NO sense to me. The device found is a prototype and I do not believe this is what the new iPhone will look like. Every time images of an unreleased Apple product surface more than 48 hours before launch, the images are removed at the request of Apple. Apple has been uncharacteristically lax about the whole situation...I don't get it.
Is sicksid the same dude on the net a while back crying over people talking bad about Britney spears? I totally see this person crying crazily while typing that response
LOL!!! I remember this dude. WTH is wrong with him.
I was originally very skeptical about this being the final case design. I still think there's a >50% chance I was right:
If Apple was going to the new (radio-transparent, scratch-proof) sintered zirconia back, and were making a few prototypes for real-world testing, trying out different compositions, particle sizes, pressure, temperature, etc.), they wouldn't bother pressing backs to the final shape (which might not even be determined yet).
What they would do is to press test backs into flat plates, the exact size and shape of the front glass, and tie them together with a crude aluminum band. This exactly what this prototype looks like to me. I find it hard to believe that Apple would go with this blocky shape. The current iPhone looks thinner than it is. This thing looks thicker than it is.
But who knows? Maybe a flat plate is the only shape they can make the zirconia back. Maybe, as somebody said upthread, since zirconia is a heat insulator, they need more metal on the sides to dissipate the heat, and this is why the logic board is crammed in a double layer along one side. Maybe they saw this prototype and liked it and decided to go with the shape. The whole thing looks easier to take apart and would save time at the Genius Bar with battery swaps and whatnot.
As somebody else said (sorry, it's after midnight and I'm too sleepy to look), maybe this is a totally new unibody design, the milled aluminum frame providing most of the strength and heat dissipation, and the glass front and zirconia back plates just plop into cutouts. The one thing I can assure you is that the metal sides will look considerably more polished in the final version, if this is the real thing.
And oh, yeah: screw Gizmodo. Despite the gLibertarian a$$holes up above trying to justify their behavior, the law is very clear: they all belong in jail. Unfortunately Apple will probably decide that the PR disadvantages of prosecuting them outweigh the need to see justice done and they'll keep pulling the same crap.
If Apple was going to the new (radio-transparent, scratch-proof) sintered zirconia back, and were making a few prototypes for real-world testing, trying out different compositions, particle sizes, pressure, temperature, etc.), they wouldn't bother pressing backs to the final shape (which might not even be determined yet).
What they would do is to press test backs into flat plates, the exact size and shape of the front glass, and tie them together with a crude aluminum band. This exactly what this prototype looks like to me. I find it hard to believe that Apple would go with this blocky shape. The current iPhone looks thinner than it is. This thing looks thicker than it is.
But who knows? Maybe a flat plate is the only shape they can make the zirconia back. Maybe, as somebody said upthread, since zirconia is a heat insulator, they need more metal on the sides to dissipate the heat, and this is why the logic board is crammed in a double layer along one side. Maybe they saw this prototype and liked it and decided to go with the shape. The whole thing looks easier to take apart and would save time at the Genius Bar with battery swaps and whatnot.
As somebody else said (sorry, it's after midnight and I'm too sleepy to look), maybe this is a totally new unibody design, the milled aluminum frame providing most of the strength and heat dissipation, and the glass front and zirconia back plates just plop into cutouts. The one thing I can assure you is that the metal sides will look considerably more polished in the final version, if this is the real thing.
And oh, yeah: screw Gizmodo. Despite the gLibertarian a$$holes up above trying to justify their behavior, the law is very clear: they all belong in jail. Unfortunately Apple will probably decide that the PR disadvantages of prosecuting them outweigh the need to see justice done and they'll keep pulling the same crap.
interesting dissection, but this is even more interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FW-lrMXLBE
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to everyone that actually believes this
here is one key point about this so called iphone.
if it was a working prototype being tested
where is its sdd
the iphone utilises an sdd instead of flash memory which allows its fast boot times
this sdd on all variations of iphone is cushioned with a layer of material to prevent damage or severe rattle's which could cause loss of data
this is not present in this iphone
infact no means of memory is in this iphone
it even looks very similar to the one i have at my office which is a fake from japan
dont get your hopes up for this to be the next iphone
it could have a similar design
but according to someone one of my friends knows that works at apple hq
the products when being tested never leave the apple hq campus
they do damage tests there durability everything you could imagine
everything that can be tested is tested there
so there is no risk in the product being lost or stolen
thats another reason this is the first time you have ever heard of an apple prototype going missing
apart from at the apple press conference this year
where the ipad was stolen
all im saying is dont get your hope's up
read the gizmodo story on how they got the device
there are soooo many holes in the story it is unreal
to everyone that actually believes this
here is one key point about this so called iphone.
if it was a working prototype being tested
where is its sdd
the iphone utilises an sdd instead of flash memory which allows its fast boot times
this sdd on all variations of iphone is cushioned with a layer of material to prevent damage or severe rattle's which could cause loss of data
this is not present in this iphone
infact no means of memory is in this iphone
it even looks very similar to the one i have at my office which is a fake from japan
dont get your hopes up for this to be the next iphone
it could have a similar design
but according to someone one of my friends knows that works at apple hq
the products when being tested never leave the apple hq campus
they do damage tests there durability everything you could imagine
everything that can be tested is tested there
so there is no risk in the product being lost or stolen
thats another reason this is the first time you have ever heard of an apple prototype going missing
apart from at the apple press conference this year
where the ipad was stolen
all im saying is dont get your hope's up
read the gizmodo story on how they got the device
there are soooo many holes in the story it is unreal
SSD [Solid State Drive] - NOT 'SDD'
As per the tear down by iFixit - the NAND storage has been 'stacked' on top of the SoC [System on a Chip]
Pretty much all companies perform field testing of products they have in the pipeline... for purposes of handling, usability and durability...
Product leaks are also not uncommon and also spotted in the 'wild' from various companies, Apple are no different, although a lot more covert.
What iPad was stolen?? or do you mean the secret photo's that were taken...
Do a bit more reading Mic Gamer for the full story...
and those NAND chips could easily be hiding under that second layer on the gizmodo pics of the mainboard.
Sure they could. I was just pointing out that the poster said it could be fake because no SSD was found.
Everybody's a legal expert on Macrumors today, huh?
It has been explained here 1000x over the past two days. There is a proper procedure in the state of California for dealing with found items. If those procedures are not followed it is theft. If you know an item is stolen (Giz did) and buy it, you have purchased stolen property. You do not have to be a lawyer or legal expert of any kind to comprehend this.
Thank you both, it has been said so many times and none of them are listening.
Noted.