Giant iPhones invading Apple stores

Ok, this would be the ideal time to opt out of the iPhone news if the obsessive minutiae is driving you nuts. Behold, the mighty iPhone... display. So powerful it levitates under the propulsion of its own hyperbole. From the reports coming in, we expect these to be in Apple stores today all across these United States of Applemania.

Update: MacRumors has more photos -- damn, that ain't no cardboard cut-out.

[Thanks, Matthew H. and Peter]

[Danny @ Jun 22nd 2007 8:43AM]

TUAW has a few images of the covered giganto-units in 5th Avenue. Looks like they're all gonna be unveiled today.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:05AM]

Wonder when one of those shows up on Ebay...

[Alex Paris @ Jun 22nd 2007 5:42PM]

Not likely any time soon. these will be destroyed after they are used.

[Nando @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:09AM]

It's almost as big as the PlayStation 3! Kidding!

Now, will this huge-ass iPhone run OSX or OSX Mobile...or OSX Gigantor?! LOL

[Mile @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:10AM]

At least now we know why it's so expensive. That screen is pretty big.

[KR @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:16AM]

Wow, it didn't look anywhere near that big when Jobs demoed it in January... Reality Distortion Field indeed!

[JkEw @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:17AM]

I don't think I'll ever misplace my phone again lol :-)

[John @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:23AM]

I wonder if the glass on the GIANT iPhone breaks as easily......

[Constable Odo @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:31AM]

The iPhone gonna be BIG. The iPhone is gonna be HUGE. The iPhone is gonna be HUMONGOUS. Everywhere you look, iPhones spreading like weeds. No, it's more like an invasion. The iPhone Invasion into the hearts and minds of America. As American as Apple (Pie), no make that iPhone. Where did I put my flag?

[tony @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:33AM]

why is it still 9:42

[Mile @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:37AM]

It should be 4:20.

[Alan Carr @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:59PM]

Because if you look back, 9:42 is the time when Steve Jobs first announced that Apple would be... announcing... a phone.

See, for example: http://dailytechtalk.com/comments.php?id=110_0_1_0_C

[Preston @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:45AM]

I don't think it will fit in my pocket.

[Nando @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:12AM]

This should have like, ULTRAmulti-touch capabilities... Imagine eight people simultaneously sticking their fingers on this and iPhone going crazy not knowing what to do... "System Overtouch" :pinwheel of death icon:

[hamsammich @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:13AM]

I sure hope the bluetooth headset's size isn't congruent with that phone...my head will hurt.

[supermeerkat @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:17AM]

I hope Jesus doesn't decide to return to earth on the day the iPhone is released. No-one would notice!

[Bee Hatch @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:39AM]

He's totally gonna be here, how else will he get one?

[Ignacio @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:14AM]

I hope you guys ban Apple Store employees from entering with iPhone costumes at Engadget's next Halloween contest. ;-)

[Tim @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:22AM]

So I guess we know what mac's rival to Microsoft's surface is going to be.
A giant iPhone.

[Joey M @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:34AM]

seriously...you flip that thing on its side and you've got ourself a surface.

[madcrabs @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:31AM]

I saw one in the mall today. I wonder what kind of screen they have in those things.

[Argot @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:54AM]

The real thing is not that much smaller.

[Nando @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:06PM]

That's what your girlfriend said. WOOOooo!!! Just playing!

[CharlieX @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:29PM]

Ha ha! When I first read this headline on my engadget mobile I thought Apple had put out some big hi-fi headphones.

[Dtrub @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:42PM]

I just found my next flat panel (Touchscreen) TV.

Crucial