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There's Still Another Prototype iPhone in the Wild
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Well, this has stopped us from talking about iPads.
*LTD* said:
Well, this has stopped us from talking about iPads.
What are you on about, you biggot?
You can make all this Apple crap in America if you want, but I wont be buying it at that price. I'll be buying Sony stuff.
I've got another one. I almost left it at Kate Beckinsale's house last night. She has some exquisite satin sheets, I tell ya what.
Now that's a phone that shows a step forward in development, though it might be a bit to thin to hold up at the bottom but I'd rather chance it with some nice uni-body aluminum.
These pics floating around look like something Motorola designed 2 years ago, not a step in the right direction.
As a matter of fact here is of all things a playboy labeled phone that if it was touch screen would look just like those pics.
Except Apple don't care what the customers say; they design and the people buy them in quantities. So no need for a test here.
Comedy is drama, just like tragedy.I like how it is referred to as "drama." It made me laugh because it's true.
Why don't they just formally announce the new iPhone? In the past they've announced it months ahead of time. If they'd announced it along with the iPad or even in March they could have avoided the embarrassment of being unable to hold on to their secrets. I still don't buy that Apple is looking for publicity in this case. It's too messy.
Now that's a phone that shows a step forward in development, though it might be a bit to thin to hold up at the bottom but I'd rather chance it with some nice uni-body aluminum.
These pics floating around look like something Motorola designed 2 years ago, not a step in the right direction.
As a matter of fact here is of all things a playboy labeled phone that if it was touch screen would look just like those pics.
Here a little PS and bam!
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It is 4G, 4th Generation
I'm still hoping for iPhone IVΓ.
Also I like the version without the screws on the bottom better.
OMG I can't tell what is real and what is fake anymore, my whole universe is melting! Meeeeeeeeltinnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggggg *faints*
maybe this chinese one belongs to that chinese bloke that killed himself after he lost it. that one never surfaced. this could be it.
Oh I'm sorry to hear about that. I hope you remote wiped the phone. And you can locate it if you have mobileme. Go demand it back, hehe.
Thats freaking crazy that someone actaully killed themselves over loosing a phone..
Except for the fact that that phone would be too thin to contain everything, the volume switch is inoperable because it is TINY and the silent toggle was removed. That would be a step backwards in development. Not to mention that the direction of the taper makes no sense from an ergonomic standpoint.
Not every phone/device to ever feature a layered construction looks the same. Especially not in person. I'd expect aluminum and glass to look (and feel) a lot more sturdy than something made from two colors of molded plastic. In case you haven't noticed, aluminum and glass is very very common amongst Apple products.
so perhaps in the meantime, they added the text to make their knockoff look more believable.
and perhaps someone is lying about having a 'real' Apple prototype.
think about it. Gawker Media isn't above paying for information, etc. Even to the point of encouraging violations of contracts, NDAs etc. So it's not hard to believe they would straight up lie.
Someone gets their hands on one of these knock ups that either has the text added to it. or they did a very good photoshop job. Then they dig up the name of someone who works at Apple would perhaps have a prototype and has a facebook account and mentions being out on the town one night. Then they trump up a bunch of stuff about the guy dropping it as said location, trying to give it back blah blah.
Consider the holes. The guy is within 30 minutes of the Loop AND an Apple store and doesn't consider just taking it in and handing it over. It is floating around for 4 weeks before anyone leaks the details (after the software announcement which was real handy for 'confirming' the prototype) etc.
And then they fake a letter sent by email and not something like Fed Ex or hand courier demanding, politely, the return of the unit. Why type up a full letter with the letterhead to send it by email. Just send an email if you want to be less threatening.
Now it is certainly possible and even plausible that this is all real and Gizmodo just doesn't care about potential legal trouble or simply loss of reputation and advertisers.
but it is equally possible at this point that Gizmodo is playing with everyone or was played by someone that had a very good knock up.
Nope, not necessarily.
1) I'm talking multitouch gestures commercially used
2) Never said that, but w/e
3) Never said the first, but the only company who has nailed it
4) That style of icons on rows, with a dock type look at the bottom? Yep. Of course some phone menus before were like that, but there was no intentions of using the menu as the main screen on older phones
5) Again, I never said copy and paste..
6) Nokia, honestly I believe they are rightful owners of some of the things, but, it was never implemented so. Yeah.
Anyway, don't want to troll
China has a better and cheaper workforce. Get used to it. We in Britain are over the fact we are no longer the worlds super power/industrial capital. We lost that status to the USA. You have lost it to china. Get over it.