iPhone Extreme listed in Apple code -- say it ain't so [update: it ain't so]

We wouldn't figure Apple to be a company that would just slap "Extreme" on the back-end of one of its products (er, so maybe we would), but nevertheless, a strange reference was recently spotted while perusing some of the source code on Apple's website. The code, which was noticed "while looking through the source on the feedback site," lists iPhone Extreme as a product value, but that's absolutely all we have to go on for now. Notably, this isn't the first time a handset has been prematurely discovered by snooping through code, but here's to hoping that this thing gets a name change if it indeed proves real.

UPDATE: AppleInsider is now reporting that the phrase was "simply a sloppy copy-and-paste job on the part of an Apple webmaster who apparently used the company's existing AirPort Extreme feedback form to creating one for the iPhone."

[Via AppleInsider, thanks Daniel]

[MrFuNKy76 @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:33PM]

As much as I love my iPhone...I am sick of hearing about all the iPhone related crap!

iPhone Super Duper Xtreme Sonic Boom!

[randy @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:35PM]

so leave

[BigPana @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:52PM]

I was wondering if you guys where going to post this,'cause I saw this on ither sites and thought you just got tired of all the douchebags complaining about how there's always news about Apple.

I'm glad you ignored them.

[noazark @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:34PM]

HDD ipod-touch, i am headed right now to my local apple store.

[DickHardknocks @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:34PM]

YAWWWWN

Is this really news? I know Engadget jumps at the chance to wet the panties of applefanboys but this is EXTREMELY underwhelming.

If anything will be EXTREME about an apple product, it will be the dissapointment.

[Nerdtalker @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:32PM]

Woah! Another apple/iPhone related non-story about another unsubstantiated rumor!

Gee wilikers, I can't wait to read it!

/sarcasm (and I know I'm gonna get voted down for it)

[Darryl @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:48PM]

Who is the dork that's looking through the source of pages on Apple's website and coming up with this crap? Get a job.

[kevin @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:35PM]

i think it has 802.11n built in with a $5 upgrade charge

[ethana2 @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:20PM]

How about with an operating system switch? I'd rather give them a solid shove for their incompetence than $5.

[Paul @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:36PM]

"Now with twice the Caffeine! And Guarana! and 2GB of memory! EXTREME!!!"

[Paul @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:37PM]

pass

[bjrcboy @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:38PM]

Where and when?!

[john @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:38PM]

iphone "Extreme" for extremely annoying.

Steve disconnects your calls whenever he feels like it.

[ethana2 @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:21PM]

So now, if you text "AT+T sucks and I'm an activist of some kind", and they drop your service, you're really screwed, aren't you?

[Scott G. @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:38PM]

It isn't so. I just checked the code and it doesn't say "iPhone Extreme" anymore.

[Frankenstein Black @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:42PM]

Bet its the 3G UMTS/HSDPA (850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100MHZ) 16GB storage (GPS? Hope) Big Daddy (i.e. "GOD PHONE") iPhone. (See what I did there, cause the current I phone is the "Jesus Phone" :^). Anyways, $599 and out the door in Q1 08. What say ye Engadget Brethren?

[Scott G. @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:48PM]

I agree that the next iPhone will have all that, but I seriously doubt it'll hit in Q1 '08. Since they release the current iPhone overseas in November, I doubt he'd start selling the 3G version so soon. -Announce at macworld and hit shelves in June '08 like this past year.

[Lalit @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:44PM]

:), They removed the extreme from the page. Now it is just iPhone

[gonzo66 @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:44PM]

iphone sucks, they forgot to put "iScrewed my customers in the A$$ with 1.1.1"

i returned mine, canceled ATT, went back to 2 cans and a chord. that has more features than the iphone, even with 3rd party apps.

[JugoGoya @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:55PM]

Now that is some extremely funny sh@t

[Andy S. @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:33PM]

A chord? Really? Two cans and two or more musical notes played at once?

[F. BOTI @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:46PM]

Slap a Red Bull Sticker on the box, er... the back of the phone too.

[ethana2 @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:24PM]

That is probably against the ToS and warranty. I wouldn't recommend it- what, do you think you own the hardware?

Ok, so I exaggerated with the ToS, but it could theoretically void the warranty somehow.

[Phil Perman @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:47PM]

I'd love to work as a web monkey for Apple. I'd make up product names and slip them into the page code, just to see everyones reaction when they find out.

[shaun @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:54PM]

Until Steve sets OJ on you...

[staniel @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:53PM]

Who the hell has enough time to be searching the CODE for apple's website to find dumb stuff like this???

On that note, why do I have the time even read this post??

[john @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:59PM]

lol, now get back to work

[ethana2 @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:27PM]

View page source, ctrl+f.

*whew* I'm /exhausted/..

Just the curious, man. And the determined. And the brave.
Or maybe any nerd with a Firefox install, just maybe.

[CraigJ @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:01PM]

Find Airport, replace with iPhone, forget to delete extreme.

[noazark @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:05PM]

wow, you just solved my difeq problem for me! thanks pal!!!!

[ecupip @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:14PM]

I hope it is a new iphone I am ready to get rid of the first generation it is way past my upgrade time, lol

[Michael Lomsky @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:18PM]

check the update... it's a typo...

[Carbonize @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:23PM]

"lists iPhone Extreme as a product value"

One way to confuse anybody who doesn't know HTML.

The story should say "Lists iPhone Extreme as a product but has it hidden from view".

[Dax @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:29PM]

Why are you commenting here? Dont sweat, some tacky Zunes are coming out tomorrow, so you will have something to get excited about.

[Alexander @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:38PM]

So, they are going to make it bigger and suck more?

Sweet! Where do I sign up?

[ethana2 @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:28PM]

Just your friendly neighborhood AT+T soul dealer.

[Tim Ficke @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:40PM]

Does this mean that Apple is making another iPhone or iPod touch?

[dream_scape @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:53PM]

Whoa! Apple is going to release a new product to make their old one obsolete a year or less after its initial, highly-priced and heavily-hyped release?! No WAY! I can't BELIEVE they'd do anything like that!

Oh wait. They always do that. With everything. Yawn.

[MacGuru @ Oct 2nd 2007 7:01PM]

Don't worry, the next ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZune will be here tomorrow.
I bet it's going to have UNIQUE features......

[L.Rawlins @ Oct 2nd 2007 3:57PM]

If you search furthur still you'll find 'You've been robbed!' hidden in an alt-tag over 'basket.png'...

RFLMAO!

[Chris Wanja @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:09PM]

Update: The "iPhone Extreme" reference was simply a sloppy copy-and-paste job on the part of an Apple webmaster who apparently used the company's existing AirPort Extreme feedback form to creating one for the iPhone.

[Tim @ Oct 2nd 2007 5:11PM]

Stop making sense! You are ruining the hype bandwagon everyone jumps on when Apple sneezes.

[phoomp @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:33PM]

iPhone eXtreme: Extremely unlocked ... plus $200

[kirby @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:45PM]

If the phone don't call, you must acquit.

[Jeff Lewis @ Oct 2nd 2007 4:46PM]

I'm looking for some Apple fans with nothing better to do to help me hack into Apple's water and power meters. I think we can correlate surges in water and power use to impending new products from Apple.

(Wait - that sounds way too plausible to be sarcastic... drat)

[beans @ Oct 2nd 2007 5:02PM]

oh, so now we have no life, so we're going to check source codes for no reason...

[Bill H @ Oct 2nd 2007 5:29PM]

Get a free Mountain Dew with every iPhone

[FermitTheKrog @ Oct 2nd 2007 5:46PM]

Could I get a Mountain Dew with my iPhone Extreme? I have a long day of snowboarding and skydiving ahead of me tomorrow.

[anonymous @ Oct 2nd 2007 5:50PM]

it is most likely a service they are going to provide more than another device.

[Jesse @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:30PM]

This isnt news at all. It looks like there are 2 values set in there. I seriously doubt that there would be an Iphone extreem.