Another lost iPhone prototype?

I finally figured out why this "iPhone" design looks so awful: it's identical to the design as the new Motorola Backflip:

http://www.cellfanatic.com/wp-content/gallery/motorola_backflip/motorola_backflip3.JPG

Did Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive get extremely drunk one night and accidentally OK a Motorola ad instead of an iPhone design concept? Normally I would ignore crazy conspiracy theories, but if this isn't a rough prototype, an elaborate hoax, or the biggest Apple PR stunt of all time to get people off their trail, then I will lose an enormous amount of respect for Apple's industrial design department.

Looks great!

Can't wait to get one this summer. :)

Maybe they're doing the whole 16, 32, and 64 flavors like the iPad. It would make sense. 16 is still pretty sufficient for the average user. Especially now that the 128 conversion of songs is fully functional. Maybe that will be the 99$ version.

one of the silkscreen capitals of the world. It does not take much to screen parts to look legit. Anyone can create graphics on a computer. Why doesn't everyone take a breath and wait a couple of weeks until June is here and see what Apple comes out with.

Doesn't anyone like to be surprised any more? I know that I do, so it's always fun to see everyone grabbing onto every iota of information about Apple is doing this and Apple is doing that. It's like being given a gift, but before you open it the person handing it to you says "WHOA you should see that thing go, I mean it's got this and this and this and oh did i ruin the surprise? Oh who cares, you gotta try this and that and the other, still like the gift? oh i knew you wouldn't so I'll take it because it's got this and that..."

See how the experience got cheap? Yes there's people who want to know everything so they can develop the next big thing, the problem is that they never do. They develop garbage and expect you and me to buy it. We wish they'd just vanish and leave the really cool product creations to Apple.

Mike

Does anyone else see a reflection of an Apple on the glass table, a little bit to the right at 1:02, does this mean that it was by an Apple Store of some sort, or is it the reflection of the phone...who knows?

Yea I'm thinking fAke...

I believe the Gizmodo phone was a production phone and this might have been a pre-production model for testing. I know this runs contrary to most thoughts by the 'pundits' but a smaller battery is likely not going to happen given that the larger battery actually fits and works inside the new iPhone. Not to mention the screws - I think they WILL be in the final production model to increase stability and keep with the current models, they all havbe screws in that spot. I also feel that the seems are aesthetic but also functional for accessories like a game-pad, QWERTY add-on or other previously unheard of/not thought of before add-on options.

This may be an earlier model with the recently viewed back panel with actual numbers for size and not XX like the Gizmodo phone. I am going with the Gizmodo phone being closer to a production model and this leak being an older test/pre-release mode with the newer back and/or front installed.

Why would Apple reduce featured like the battery capacity? :) Apple never reduces functionality or features on their devices, right?

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I'm not skeptical about the parts. I know its authentica Apple.

I just think that if THIS was the real 4th gen iPhone, then it would be screwed on to tables, not popping up in pubs and vietnamese coffee shops.

I don't want to be against this design. I don't love it. Don't hate it.

Just expecting something more. Don't know if I'm asking too much.

BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE NEXT iPHONE.

That is why there are so many prototypes flying around everywhere. That's what it is a faux iPhone, for testing purposes: design, hardware, performance, behavior, maybe some global consumer testing....

I JUST KNOW, WHAT STEVE JOBS WILL HAVE IN HIS HANDS ON JUNE 7th, WONT BE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

Hi everybody, let me do a little quick translation since I understand what he is saying.

-He says that the phone seems to be a little bit narrower but very sturdy, the length seems to be a little bit longer but thinner than the 3GS.
-The back is made out of glass but seems to be more durable than the current phone.
- He says the phone is not as comfortable to hold as the 3GS and it is a little heavier.
-He says there's a built in flash for the camera, and it also comes a front facing camera.
-All the buttons are in the same location except for the micro sim slot, which has been moved to the side.
-He noted that there are no screws on the phone, so you probably have to pry it open in order to service it.
-He believes that this is a prototype so Apple has probably implemented a password protection scheme that will disable all functions if you don't enter the correct password periodically.

That's all, I hope the translation help.