Gruber just got the fakest phone ever: a white iPhone 4 toy

The problem is that there are so many sellers who offer white iPhones. Hardly anyone could guess which the real one and which is fake.
http://www.applereviewed.net/fake-white-apple-iphones-offered-on-ebay.html

Everything about this picture is fake. The biggest tip off is that there's no way in hell gruber has a kid. Or has ever had sex for that matter.

White iPhone 4 can be had by anyone. Whether you want a fake (iphonedummy.net) or a working one (milliamp.com/color-change-iphone-4.html).

It's a dummy iPhone for taking photos of cases and accessories, ebay is full of them...

These are mockups. You can find them everywhere in Asia. Shops selling iPhone cases typically use them to let customers try on the cases instead of using the customers' own iPhones. There are also iPad mockups, used for the same purpose.

Looks like some of the mockups that Japanese cell phone stores keep around when they don't have enough actual demo models.

"Gruber just Tweeted this: "Just to be clear: it's some kind of toy. The display is paper (under glossy plastic). Bizarre!" Lame, John."

John was lame? I hardly think it's right to call him lame because you jumped without even waiting for him to finish the series of tweets. I mean if he posted an actual article at Daring Fireball saying he received a functioning white iPhone that's one thing, but posting just from one intentionally ambiguous tweet? Come on.

And you can't even get the gender of his child right? It doesn't take much sleuthing to know he has a son who looks exactly like the child in the photo.

Please try a little harder.

OMG OUTRAGE OUTRAGE OUTRAGE

This post might have benefited from 10 minutes more in the oven -- and then a flip, with 3 minutes more for crispiness.

I realize that every blog, including TUAW, uses flashy titles to act as link bait for readers, but honestly, is it really appropriate to use the blog as sort of a personal bash on someone? The original title of this post was "Gruber just got the rarest phone ever: A white iPhone 4."

Really? Who falls for something like that? Someone posts a picture on Twitter and suddenly its true? I realize Gruber isn't your typical John Doe with $8 a month in his pocket and calls himself a blogger. He has tons of readers and tons of sources, so he does have some sort of responsibility when he says something. But honestly, you didn't think to asking the question before blasting it on the homepage here like it were some Facebook rant? Maybe an inquisitive "Is that a white iPhone 4 in the wild?" would have been better. At least then you wouldn't have to try to cover up the fact that you fell for a joke. =/

Saw a guy in an Apple store a couple of weeks ago who had a functioning white iPhone 4. He said he built it himself using replacement parts.