iPhone 4G Photos Leaked?.. Rumours Surrounding June Release Date Deepen
[Asia Economy] Is This The Real iPhone 4G?
Photos of a smartphone that is suspected to be the iPhone 4G have been released over the Internet and are garnering much interest.
According to American internet media such as Engaget, the mobile phone in the pictures was discovered lying around in an iPhone 3G case in a bar in San Jose, California, USA and was speculated to be the iPhone 4G.
While the phone was clearly marked with the iPhone logo on the back and has a camera in the front for video calls as well as an 80GB hard drive, there are some other physical differences compared to the current iPhone.
At the time of discovery, the phone was found to be running a new version of the iPhone OS but was blocked remotely a few hours later.
Currently, it is unclear if the phone is an actual iPhone 4G, and if it is a production unit or merely a test model (protoype).
However, Engaget confirmed that the pictures were that of the iPhone 4G after comparing them to the handset that was found lying beside the iPad in the Apple test bed pictures that they had received a day before the launch of the iPad.
The fact that pictures of a similar handset had appeared in February earlier this year further strengthened their confidence in this being the next generation iPhone.
One blogger commented, “I don’t know who’s the idiot who brought this to a bar, but if this is really the iPhone 4G, someone should start worrying about whether they will still have a job next week.”
In addition, speculation is rife that the iPhone 4G will debut on June 22 as Apple has booked the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on that date.
News that AT&T, the US carrier for the iPhone, have blocked their staff from taking leave during the month of June further fan the rumours of a June release for the iPhone 4G.
Reported by Sung-hoon Jo
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Posted on April 20, 2010 at 12:44 am in news articles, technology
Tagged: apple · engaget · iphone · iphone 4g · technology