“It wasn’t long ago that my inbox was full of screen caps from an image editing program of a new iPod, it was a fat yet small iPod that we now know as the 3rd gen Nano. We posted the photos and were later told by Apple’s legal team to take them down,” Matt Hickey reports for CrunchGear.
“A similar tipster tonight has very generously given us these pics of the iPhone 2, or iPhone 3G as some are calling it. Like the Fat Nano from last summer, the images come from Apple or AT&T promotional material that shows not just the new iPhone, but also gives away a couple secrets,” Hickey reports.
• Thinner than the current model
• Stereo speakers on the back
• Front facing camera for iChat AV
• Multiple color choices, including (RED)
• Evidence that Apple will launch iChat for Windows
Full article with more info plus more and larger images via CrunchGear here.
MacDailyNews Note: Engadget is calling these images “fake,” here. The fact that the images remain online in various places might also be a hint that these are fake.
Definitely NOT.
There is an easy Litmus test here for “Leaked Photo’s”. Did Apple call you up an order you to take them down? No? Well then they are fake.
Oh and, what good would “Stereo Speakers do on the back?
If they are fake, then the people that did it have done a really good job. I guess time will tell.
iPhones – fake or not – look decent. kudos.
I’ve got name cred now…cool
“I’ve got name cred now…cool”
Oh yeah.
Sing happy birthday and you get a free sample of Turkish delight.
Good mock up.
they r real dude !! but who ever leaked will be in trouble
They’re real. Do you guys think Apple will make the mistake they made with the Nano by asking the site(s) to take down the pictures? By doing this, Apple would be confirming these pics are real. So to confuse us, they’re not going to do this. Apple is way clever, they know how to play the guessing and confusing game. Duhhh!!!
Fake… look at the photo of the black iPhone.. it shows the power button at the top… now look at the photo of the red iPhone… MISSING! Small mistake that Apple would not have made… fake photos hardly ever pay attention to the details…
The missing power button is intriguing, however, I would think that these are real, and that there is a reason for that missing power button.
These “mock-ups” if that’s what they really are, are very good and right along what apple’s design is.
If in fact they are real, then I would imagine that less than 48 hours before the revelation of the actual iPhone 3.0, and it being a weekend so news is a little slower to move (and yes, after the iPod Nano Debacle), that Apple would just keep it’s mouth shut.
It did the same thing with the Aluminum Keyboard for the iMac, left them alone because they came out so close to the event.
You can see that it’s in some design program…maybe these photos could have been taken while the graphic designer was creating the page/slide/ad for Apple.
That would explain the missing sleep button and spelling mistakes.
I hope they are real because they look great!
Real or not…. there WILL be video iChat on an iPhone at some point. And how Dick Tracy is that?
It’s real.
1. follows the new shape seen on the MacBook Air.
2. the graphic shows precise alignment of all the ports and switches along all the views. Color seems to be correct and the lighting angle seems to be correct.
3. iChat for Windows will be the “One More Thing”. Apple is totally capable of out-of-the-blue-nobody-expected-this type of thing.
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Just a thought!
Wouldn’t the Apple logo on the Red iPhone be a Metallic Red?
The Contact photo and the ‘live’ picture are just too scruffy looking for Apple’s advertising standards, methinks.
Fake or not, Carlos looks genuinely happy.
=) Well of course he does! He has a brand new fake iPhone!
These are definitely fake.
Look at the screen, there is a video call going on and yet there is not camera facing the person calling…
umm on 2nd thoughts they could be real… Apple used the iMac screen to capture images so why not capture video on the iPhone screen?
@Dallas
If Apple called to request to take photos down, they would be actually ending the “surprise” factor for the WWDC event or actually confirming next gen iPhone well in advance.
The speakers on the back would be for you to hear your hads-free conversations.
Not to be racist or anything (I’m hispanic myself), but Carlos Rodriguez? Looks like you’d find him scrambling eggs at Waffle House. You won’t find this guy in any Apple ad. Sorry.
Could be a real promotion in the design stage:
Remember, Apple released Black and Red iPod nano’s at the high end, and kept the other colors for the low-end versions with silver being a default low-end.
What if black and red iPhones we’re the upper end models, and the silver version drops in price and becomes the default.
I think iChat for Windows is real. Not sure about the iPhone pictures. If dotmac is changing to work closely with the iPhone and many iPhone user are using the Windows OS then I see a real advantage to ensure all aspects of the new dotmac service work with Windows.
I say fake. On the real ichat, the person who is using the computer has his/her picture appear in a small window in. This would be especially important for the iPhone because a little flick of the wrist will make your own picture disappear.
It is possible that the picture below is the picture of the person using the iPhone, but then all the space next to it is wasted. That is something that Apple does not do. With a screen that small, why waste precious real estate?