Is this the first iPhone 5 test photo?
An image that appeared on Flickr could be the first shared image that was taken by the iPhone 5. As discovered by PocketNow, this photo of a plate of sushi was supposedly shot by an Apple engineer on his lunch break. What's interesting is that the EXIF data for the photo makes it look like it was taken by an iPhone 4. Closer inspection, however, contradicts that assumption.
Though the photo posted to Flickr has pixel dimensions of 2235x2291, which clocks it in as a 5.12 megapixel image, the image has been cropped from its original dimension of 3264x2448, or nearly 8 megapixels. Also, the lens aperture of the camera used to take the photo is 4.3mm f/2.4 -- that's almost point-and-shoot quality -- instead of the iPhone 4's 3.85mm f/2.8.
What's even more telling is that the image has now been pulled from the Apple engineer's Flickr page. Does the photo's specs reveal that it was shot with a next-generation iPhone? My vote is "yes," but we must wait to know for sure.
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8MP = bleh, noisy photos...however with f/2.4 = I'm sold. Then again they could probably smear dog poo on it and I'd still buy it.
September 07 2011 at 2:00 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyStyro plate at apple? Seems out of character.
September 07 2011 at 1:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Shannon Doherty
Why would you think it's styrofoam? Doesn't look like it to me
September 07 2011 at 3:29 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThey don't use styrofoam plates at Macs Cafe, but I agree with Shannon, this doesn't look like Styrofoam.
Also, nothing said that it was an Apple employee having lunch at Apple. There are plenty of lunch places in the area.
Such a shame I won't be able to get it until my current contract runs out.
September 07 2011 at 1:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyand somewhere in the bowels of x infinite loop drive, an engineer is being castigated for getting caught.
September 07 2011 at 1:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWas castigated on your word of the day toilet paper? I'm betting very few Tuaw trollers know what that even means. Also, If you hold down Command+C+A+S all at once on start up...you hear the sound of said employees screaming in agony over this mishap.
September 07 2011 at 2:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't think you want them choosing their vocabulary based on the limitations of the "average" user.
September 07 2011 at 5:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate downIs this the first iPhone 5 test photo? No.
First one uploaded to Flickr? Probably.
thats a lot of sushi
September 07 2011 at 1:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Apple employees love sushi, check out this Google Street View http://g.co/maps/86nev
September 07 2011 at 1:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyImage http://twitpic.com/6hfzhy
September 07 2011 at 1:25 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replybut his shirt says I love Tacos ...
September 07 2011 at 2:00 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Shannon Doherty
Sushi tacos. They exist.
September 07 2011 at 3:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate downHaha, did you notice how the guy in the pink shirt stopped and turned around when he saw the Street View car?
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