Another Apple iPhone Prototype Found?
Posted in: prototype, rumor, Today's ChiliOK, this just getting weird. Is it possible that Apple, traditionally one of the most–if not the most–protective companies in the consumer electronics world, managed to lose yet another iPhone prototype?
So far as I can tell (and granted, my Vietnamese is a bit rusty), there’s no word on how Vietnamese site Taoviet managed to get ahold of this fourth-generation iPhone prototype, but it reportedly paid around $4,000 U.S. A downright bargain, compared to Gizmodo’s admitted $5,000 purchase.
Of course there’s no way of verifying the thing (at least until the international Apple cease-and-desists come flooding their way), but damned if it doesn’t look real in the included pictures, videos, and subsequent tear-down (is that an A4 chip inside?).
There are some subtle aesthetic differences between Toaviet and Gizmodo’s units. The new one seems to be missing the exposed screws of its predecessor, but otherwise both devices are pretty close. In all, probably worth scouring the lost-and-found boxes at a few more Bay Area bars, just to be safe.
