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The Prototype iPhone Dissected, No User Removable Battery
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Nah, Gizmodo is too moronic to understand what an EMI shield is (because apparently they've never seen one before) and how you can pull it off.
So we won't really know until real technologists get their hands on the real iPhone after it has been released this summer.
Heck, Denton would probably get megabits and megabytes confused.
No you actually committed b/e into a motor vehicle. the last time i checked, there was not a b/e phone charge on the books. seriously...
iPhone V4
Am I mistaken, or is this essentially receiving stolen goods? After all, it IS the property of Apple...even if it was 'regulated' or 'tactical' leak to keep the share price high...
Am I mistaken, or is this essentially receiving stolen goods? After all, it IS the property of Apple...even if it was 'regulated' or 'tactical' leak to keep the share price high...
I happen to think this whole situation sucks. I wanted to be surprised during the keynote. I would have rather had Steve amaze me with it's new features. Isn't it bad enough we don't get a "one more thing" anymore? As it is, people bitch about how boring and lame the keynotes are. Now we have nothing to look forward to.
Apple shelved a whole product launch because Think Secret ****ed it all up.
Hooray! Hooray for Gizmodo! They sure showed Apple! Clap, Clap, Clap.
I still believe it was all a setup. Gizmodo tried to explain it away in a blog, but I think it's starting to backfire - "The public "deserves" to know." WHY? What I think is that Gizmodo's young, starving reporters thought this whole thing would be a career boosting move - like they found Jesus' grave.
The guy didn't get fired and was even interviewed. What Apple engineer would risk losing their career by taking a top-secret prototype into a ****ing bar 20 miles away from the campus? Apple legal, the nazi's of pre-release hype didn't bother forcing down the pictures.
I'm sick of the drama. I'm sick of Gizmodo's half-assed commenting system. I'm sick of Gizmodo's attitude like their **** doesn't stink. I'm going over to Engadget.
Apple shelved a whole product launch because Think Secret ****ed it all up.
Hooray! Hooray for Gizmodo! They sure showed Apple! Clap, Clap, Clap.
I still believe it was all a setup. Gizmodo tried to explain it away in a blog, but I think it's starting to backfire - "The public "deserves" to know." WHY? What I think is that Gizmodo's young, starving reporters thought this whole thing would be a career boosting move - like they found Jesus' grave.
The guy didn't get fired and was even interviewed. What Apple engineer would risk losing their career by taking a top-secret prototype into a ****ing bar 20 miles away from the campus? Apple legal, the nazi's of pre-release hype didn't bother forcing down the pictures.
I'm sick of the drama. I'm sick of Gizmodo's half-assed commenting system. I'm sick of Gizmodo's attitude like their **** doesn't stink. I'm going over to Engadget.
I thought this prototype didn't have enough of Apple's solid, flawless lines to actually be from Apple.
Guess I was wrong.
But I can see how the removable SIM card and other various spots that break the potential beauty of this phone (which reminds me more of a MBP than anything) would be better on a prototype, so that the engineers don't have to deal with cracking the entire thing wide open anytime they want to change something.
And if it has a removable SIM card, presumably for testing different types of SIM cards....
Can anyone say Verizon iPhone?
Guess I was wrong.
But I can see how the removable SIM card and other various spots that break the potential beauty of this phone (which reminds me more of a MBP than anything) would be better on a prototype, so that the engineers don't have to deal with cracking the entire thing wide open anytime they want to change something.
And if it has a removable SIM card, presumably for testing different types of SIM cards....
Can anyone say Verizon iPhone?
No user removable battery on an iPhone is news? Welcome to all previous gens and future gen iPhones.
I think that when Apple realized the phone had been stolen the spread the rumor that the battery was removable. That part of the rumor made it seem unbelievable.
1: SIM cards are currently replaceable, they are just on the top of the iPhone not the side.
2: Verizon doesn't use SIM cards (they are a GSM thing, not CDMA)
Has anyone confirmed Apple is releasing a new iPhone? I have heard talk of a new Apple branded pizza warmer. It could be a new kind of baseball cap.
Lets try to keep the speculation on this site to a minimum.
Lets try to keep the speculation on this site to a minimum.
Every iPhone has had a removable sim card, and the previous ones don't work on verizon.
That's what i'm saying!
Who cares if they wreck it? They took apart... why the hell wouldn't they keep going? at least we'd have an idea of ram/cpu/gpu ...
what, were they hoping that it would magically turn back on again when apple wanted to leak more info?
they KNEW they'd lose it eventually (if they really thought it was authentic, it was a ticking clock before apple came demanding it back) ... so why not tear it to pieces?
1) they are scared of upsetting apple
2) it's all a big fake in the first place
3) they're just not very good at taking thing apart. or thinking.
4) they thought they could get it working again
so whether it's real or not... i call gizmodo a little girly baby because they just... stopped taking it apart, for no reason.
once it was dead... that thing woulda been PIECES on my desk, man... PIECES.
and then i could hand apple back their phone in a little baggie when they came calling.
And then Apple would hand you a 50-page lawsuit and file criminal charges against you for destruction of their property. It's not like Gizmodo would have any doubts they would have to return it to Apple, which is why they would not go any further than they did.
For all those who feel Giz did nothing wrong, try this ...
- Gismodo KNEW that the item did not belong to the person who sold it to them
- Gizmodo KNEW that the product was UNRELEASED (whether prototype or final)
- Gizmodo KNEW that opening the UNRELEASED item would be an invasion of Intellectual Property and Design RIGHTS of Apple
- Gizmodo CHOSE to pay for the item BELONGING to Apple (lost or not)
- Gizmodo CHOSE to NOT CONTACT Apple to say "we have some property BELONGING TO Apple, which we recognize is not publicly available, and we would like to voluntarily return it unharmed". They waited until an Apple attorney contacted them.
With ALL of these FACTS, Gizmodo took it upon themselves to act the way they did, and should live with ANY and ALL consequences for their actions, regardless of whether or not this is a legitimate FINAL 4G iPhone, a prototype 4G iPhone, or a FAKE iPhone planted by Apple to weed out a suspected leak somewhere.
I believe Gizmodo will face some serious legal action from Apple and their VERY POWERFUL legal team, and will have a hard time defending their actions. And ... even if they are not shut down ... they will NEVER again have access to an Apple media event ... (unless, of course, Apple and Gizmodo are teamed up to HYPE the iPhone 4G to keep potential customers from buying OTHER products BEFORE the official release of the iPhone 4G).
JMO
Well, I was certainly hoping that they would at least be able to validate if it's running on a Cortex A9 processor.
Lots of people can say "Verizon iPhone" but most of them don't because it's silly.
Look, the iPhone isn't coming to Verizon this year. And it's probably not coming to Verizon next year either. Just forget about it.
I'm fine with Apple releasing a pizza warmer or baseball cap as long as the margins are still the same as their current margins.
What I don't want to hear is Apple releasing a netbook. The margins on those suck eggs.
X-ray. If I were the kind of moron that would try to pull something like this off, I would X-ray the thing. Not that the stuff they packed around the device was not X-ray proof, but I would have tried.
C'mon, the Gizmodo guys couldn't even recognize an EMI shield. They wouldn't even attempt to pry it off with their fingers. You think those nitwits would try to X-ray something?
Please.
I agree it was lost by the employee and and then found.
Gizmodo paid $5,000 for the phone, KNOWING that it did not belong to the individual who "found" it, and KNOWING that it belonged to Apple. By purchasing something they KNEW did not belong to the seller, they engaged in buying STOLEN property. The seller becomes guilty of THEFT once they sell the property that is not theirs, instead of turning it into authorities to find the rightful owner. Did the "finder" contact Apple and receive a letter from Apple, Inc.'s legal team declaring that the item WAS NOT theirs. If they did not, they were required to make every reasonable effort to find the owner of the property, including contacting authorities, so the property could be returned.
Lose their importance? if you get drunk and forget where you park your car, do you lose the rights to that car and anyone who finds it can claim it as theirs? With your "Coke" example, would the person finding the "secret formula" be allowed to LEGALLY sell the formula and PROFIT from it as the "phone finder" did? Would someone else be LEGALLY allowed to purchase it and then make a public announcement about it? If so, then copyright and trademark laws have NO AUTHORITY in this world.
EXAMPLE OF "LOST" TURNING INTO "STOLEN":
Person finds property that does not belong to them (unreleased iPhone), can CLEARLY identify the owner (Apple - really big metallic logo on the back), makes no SERIOUS attempt to return the property (waiting around in a bar for the person who lost it to return), DOES NOT attempt to turn it over to legal authorities, SELLS the UNRELEASED item for a PROFIT. That constitutes THEFT.
Gizmodo didn't report on anything. They participated in a crime!
I hope everyone involved gets fired and Gizmodo gets closed down for good.
They're not consumers they bought stolen property and they knew it.
You're a fan of complete transparency, really are you. Then please publish your social security number, address, full name, any banking information.
Since you're such a fan of complete transparency.
Worst part of the whole thing is that this is a giant lie! Hate to break it to you.
I hope everyone involved gets fired and Gizmodo gets closed down for good.
They're not consumers they bought stolen property and they knew it.
You're a fan of complete transparency, really are you. Then please publish your social security number, address, full name, any banking information.
Since you're such a fan of complete transparency.
Worst part of the whole thing is that this is a giant lie! Hate to break it to you.
Why this story is a complete lie, when did Apple ever allow a new piece of hardware out of the shop?
And let a little kid take it out? Please give me a ***** break.
No part of this story rings true.
Gizmodo is just trying to drive traffic to their site.
And let a little kid take it out? Please give me a ***** break.
No part of this story rings true.
Gizmodo is just trying to drive traffic to their site.