Vincent Nguyen, who earlier posted what may be a leaked photo of Apple’s mobile phone on aMobileME.com, claims to have received a second image from an anonymous source.
Nguyen writes, “Hopefully this second image will help answer questions about the bottom half of the touch pad.”
Along with the image, Nguyen also received this info:
touch pad has backlight possibilities to show click wheel, Numbers or other input-interface… or just a track pad…
Full article with larger image here.
This is a rumor and this photo could be a fake, but we cannot currently discount it.
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LOL! Nice!
I don’t know or care if this is fake or not, but it IS within the realm of possibility and dovetails with knowledge of technology that Apple has been working on.
First, the offset middle row on a standard buttons is to provide eyes-free tactile feedback on thumb position on the keypad. How that could be of any use on a flat trackpad doesn’t make a lot of sense to me unless Apple has figured out a way to provide a bump on the screen for a point of reference.
A chameleonic control screen that is contextual to current device function is exactly the type of new paradigm I expect Apple to deliver.
Here’s hoping…!
Merry Christmas everyone!
B O L L O C K S
That isn’t it.
Scroll wheel isn’t even centered. It’s closer the the left side of the track pad/phone.
One other thing…
Even very real products have simulated pictures photoshopped onto the screens. The lighting needed to shoot the hardware normally washes out LCD screens. I’ve done this many times as part of my ad business, so don’t discount the reality of the product just because the screen image doesn’t look quite “real”.
you can see an image that shows the difference in the artifacting at rebelMAC
Having the click-wheel in addition to the
music controls on the screen? That is a
redundancy unseemingly like Apple design.
this could be the first picture of the real thing.
He has now removed the (invariably critical) comments from his page and has apparently responded to my criticism above by presenting a picture of an alleged example of the presumable technology.
Which inadvertently proves what I stated above: It would look very differently and it would have a very different functional design.
I’d also agree that several details about the presentation are rather “un-Apple”, inconsistent and unergonomical.
All the wiggling around only underscores the fact that it’s an attempt at a fake.
Sorry!
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In the first set of pictures they showed telephone numbers on the top screen… now they’re showed on the bottom? Totally weak. They’re not even trying.
Fake! Fake! Fake!
Trust me, fake, Just wait a little longer — you’ll all be happy soon enough. Wink wink.
fake. ‘nough said
If true, I think it falls way short of Apple’s usual brilliant industrial design standards. It’s boring and uninspired, unless the photo is just that poor. Has a hint of Alien Autopsy to it I think. I vote, and wish, FAKE!
What useful purpose is there in showing photos that may be fake, of a device that may not exist? Of what value is this? Please enlighten me!
Apllnsi,
Will I be able to replace my BlackBerry 8700 with Apple’s upcoming phone?
The problem for me is that unless Apple’s design TOPS the famous iTalk video, then it’d be a disappointment. I don’t think the phone shown above is the final design. Or I hope it isn’t. It looks OK, but, aagin, it’s no iTalk.
@joe blow – What useful purpose is there in showing photos that may be fake, of a device that may not exist? Of what value is this? Please enlighten me!
I think you’ll find it’s a good way to generate hits on your site, draw attention to something else you’re doing, or just for plain notoriety.
MDN: “action”, as in “He just wants some action!”
I say, it’s fake. No way would apple design the number buttons like that. Why would there be a circular track pad inside a square track pad? that’s just stupid. You can still use the big square pad like a circular pad. To keep within the apple design, they’d probably keep the big button in the middle.
Plus the numbers are printed oddly.
I don’t doubt there is an iPhone…just don’t think that this is what it’ll look like.
Totally fake. Conflicts with what Digg-founder Kevin Rose leaked (and I’d definitely trust him more). WHere’s the widescreen? Where’s the slide-out keyboard?
the rumors are about 2 phones, this one, even if the image is a fake, matches the first one.
Looks like photoshop. Picture is blurry and it has grains all over the place, but those numbers are so smooth…
MW: finally. When it’s out, I bet we’ll say: Finally! End of the Rumor (beginng of the story).
the keyboard looks like Sony Ericsson
this is not small as shit
I really hope Apple’s legal department is on the ball with filing patents for these concepts… The pre-publication of these photos and video could seriously weaken Apple’s Patent portfolio unless their attroney’s have already filed applications for these features.
I’d hate to see the leaks affect the performance of APPL in the markets.