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Is This the First iPhone 3G Unboxing?

By Gizmodo US Edition on July 9, 2008 at 1:31 AM

A poster over at iPhonePortugal has revealed some photos of what they claim is the first iPhone 3G unboxing. Apparently it’s the 8GB version, and it certainly looks it, with its rounded back already carrying fingerprint smudges. The packaging is pretty convincing too, though we wonder about the folded-paper look on parts of it. Plus that rounded power adaptor is very similar to the existing power supplies over in Europe, and different to the small square one we’d heard about. Is it the real deal? We’re not going to pronounce it official, we’re gonna let you call it for yourselves. Check out more photos below: they include the fabled sim ejector tool.



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  • Media insider
    July 9, 2008 at 10:11 AM

    Yep, it is real. I’ve seen the real iPhone 3G box and that is it. The absolute authenticating factor is the SIM Card Removal tool which is pictured in the last photo in this story.

    Other features of the iPhone 3G box: metallic gold lettering for the “iPhone 3G” wording, and the iPhone pic on the top of the box is embossed outwards so it stands out slightly.

    I’d have taken photos of my own 3G iPhone and box but didn’t want to get in trouble with Apple, lest they’d put a carefully placed scratch somewhere on the box or something so they knew where leaked photos came from.

    Apple Australia gave out about half a dozen phones to carefully qualified media a bit over a week ago, under non-disclosure agreement.

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