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This Is Apple's Next iPhone

An anonymous reader writes "There has been some speculation about it. Not anymore: 'This is Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details.' Judging by Gizmodo's reaction, it looks like a winner."

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  1. FAIL! by alexandre · · Score: 4, Funny

    So they actually got it connected with a SIM card or WiFi before trying it and filming the result and that's how it got remotely killed by big brother?

    Major FAIL !

    1. Re:FAIL! by Ipeunipig · · Score: 2, Funny

      Plus being "Found" in the city of their greatest competitor??

      Maybe it was a super secret spy mission from M$ and he was so happy it was successful that he went to celebrate at the local bar before handing the 'package' over to Gates himself!!

    2. Re:FAIL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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    3. Re:FAIL! by slick7 · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to the person who found it, this iPhone was running iPhone OS 4.0 before the iPhone 4.0 announcement. The person was able to play with it and see the iPhone 4.0 features. Then, Apple remotely killed the phone before we got access to it. We were unable to restore [...]

      Next time test inside a Faraday cage.....noob.

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    4. Re:FAIL! by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 4, Funny

      Plus with as many phone cases as there are out there, the best camouflage (assuming you're trying to protect against someone noticing the iPhone UI on a non-iPhone looking body) would be a case, even if it was poorly fitting.

      Like the case they talk about in the article as being camouflage perhaps?

      The camouflage case
      The case it came inside was a fully developed plastic case to house this phone to disguise it like a 3GS. This wasn't just a normal case; it had all the proper new holes cut out for the new switches and ports and camera holes and camera flash. But it looks like something from Belkin or Case-Mate. It's a perfect disguise.

      There's even a fucking picture so you don't have to read....

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    5. Re:FAIL! by Kristoph · · Score: 3, Funny

      It all sounds like a bad d&d plot device ...

      - you and your party are sitting in a bar
      - suddenly you kick something with your foot
      - it looks like last years artifact of awesomeness
      - BUT NO, ITS BRAND NEW ARTIFACT OF AWESOMNESS! ZOMG! WHAT DO YOU DO?!?

    6. Re:FAIL! by edmicman · · Score: 2, Funny

      Haha we've got one at work for I'm sure less than that...it's called "the building". None of the guys with iPhones/ATT coverage get any signal at all within our office.

  2. Left at a bar in Redwood? by Orga · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obviously it's infected with some virus.

  3. Re:Gizmodo, yeah, right by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but have you seen Jobs's lunch kit? OMG I want one! ;)

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  4. Re:Gizmodo, yeah, right by fortapocalypse · · Score: 5, Funny

    This Lunchable has real ham in it, not the processed kind offered by Microsoft.

  5. Re:Still too big by Nethead · · Score: 5, Funny

    You insensitive clod!

    Not all of us are young with good eyes and good knees.

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  6. Re:viral marketing ploy? by ajlitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it turns out to run Android, then they'd go "tada! we secretly switched your Objective-C with Java."

  7. Best feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best feature from the article

    ...it feels even nicer in your pants.

    1. Re:Best feature by Nerdfest · · Score: 2, Funny

      With the level the fanboyism is getting to these days, they better start removing the moisture detectors or making them 'water'-proof.

  8. What a dealbreaker! by broknstrngz · · Score: 2, Funny

    3 grams heavier

    That's it, I'm not buying it. My manpurse is already getting heavy.

  9. I .. by Ignatius · · Score: 5, Funny

    0) Fixed that for you; 1)Linux; 2)Car analogy; 3)Insensitive clod; 4)A Beowulf cluster 5)In Soviet Russia; 6)??? [citation needed]; 7)Profit!

  10. From TFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And because it's thinner, it feels even nicer in your pants.

    I *know*

  11. Re:What does Jobs throw? by yabos · · Score: 2, Funny

    Vegan hotdogs?

  12. Flash! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So the next iPhone will have a flash.

    Adobe must be pleased.

  13. Re:Suuuure, it was "found" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, you are exactly the kind of person Apple loves. How can you even speak with Steve Job's cock rammed so far down your throat?

  14. Re:FindMyPhone Not Working? by Valdrax · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only other alternative is to come forward and confirm it as a real iPhone, which I can't see Apple doing.

    Why not? Oh, maybe not immediately, but the statute of limitations is long enough that Apple can just wait until the final model is ready to debut and then press charges & file civil suit. It's what I'd do if someone took one of my prototypes and bragged about their theft to the entire internet.

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  15. Re:Suuuure, it was "found" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I bet you wish Steve Jobs was harder next time.

  16. *ROFL* from the article by Zarf · · Score: 2, Funny

    "it feels even nicer in your pants"

    *LOL* ... that's in the article.

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