Carriers Have the iPhone 2, But Leaked Images Are All Fake
Yesterday I was talking with a contact in one of the European carriers that will be selling the iPhone 3G in June. I’m really getting sick of people claiming that they got leaked images while it is painfully obvious that they are fake. Yesterday, a white version appeared and gullible people still believed it may be true, even while it is obvious that it is the same third-party case we saw in black not so long ago. So I asked: “really, do you guys have the iPhone 3G?”
Yes, we have iPhone 3Gs to test with their network and services. However, they are not the actual iPhones.
In other words: their engineers got the guts, but not the iPhone itself in final form. No design features, no leaked photos, no shit. Just the necessary stuff to do field tests. In fact, nobody outside of Cupertino has seen it, except VIP people who have met with His Steveness.
This is exactly what happened when the first iPhone was getting ready to launch in the United States. AT&T people will get part of the hardware, not even the user interface part, to test their service and network.
So even while the final phone may look like these fakes (after all, there’s only a limited number of ways to design a touch-screen cellphone,) the fact is that there are no iPhones 3G out there for people to take blurry photos. Security at Apple keeps being as strong as always, so if you people see another allegedly leaked photo of the iPhone 3G, posted somewhere to drive traffic or call for attention or make fun of gullible people, just remember this: no iPhones 3Gs are running rampant around. And friends don’t let friends believe in fake shit. [Gizmodo iPhone Coverage]
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This story is stupid. First of all the pictures aren’t claimed to be from carriers, they’re claimed to be from case manufacturers, so it means nothing that the carriers don’t have them. Second, they aren’t actually phones (I’m only talking about the recent white ones now), they’re empty cases, exactly what you’d expect from case manufactuers. Third, the pics AREN’T of the cases revealed a while ago, for one they’re a different shape, the back of these pics are curved, a different colour and have a different front. Fourth security at Apple SUCKS, have you completely forgotten the fact the iPod classic interface was leaked? The iPod nano was leaked. The Aluminum keyboard was leaked. Details of the Aluminum iMac were leaked, the MacBook Air name and specs were leaked (including very accurate reports of what it looked like). Apple hasn’t successfully kept a secret since the iPhone. Fifth, the most recent white ‘leaks’ match Engadget and iLounge’s reports PERFECTLY.
This. Story. Is. Stupid.