Sure, this video feels like it might veer into creepy snuff-film territory right at the beginning, but luckily it just reveals a fairly sweet looking iPhone mod. Apparently some Russian iPhone fans have replaced the regular, boring Apple logo on the back of an original iPhone with an eye-piercing, glowing version. There's not a lot of detail on how this is done -- and the video is in Russian -- but the source link claims it's just a matter of, "removing the aluminum 'fruits' and inserting the glowing ones." We'll see about that. Otherwise, check this
similar step-by-step mod seen earlier. Eerie video included after the break.
Update: As commenters (and Croiman himself) have pointed out, this appears to be a boost of the impressive Croiman Psycho iPhone mod
we saw back in April.
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posted Aug 15th 2008 8:38PM
Funny, I restarted my iPod this morning and thought this same thing.....
New comment system? Please, please, please!!!!!!!!!
Aww, just look how the bight light accentuates those beautiful teeth...
Thats a grill only a mother could love...
Perfect for taking pictures in the dark... hmmm
They need to come out with an infrared version they you will really be set to take some pictures in the dark.
Can't the iPhones camera flash be used as a torch like on every other phone since 1949?
iPhone fail number 28388383838339 reporting for duty...
It doesn't /have/ a flash...
That's pretty cool, but the biggest question I have is what does it do to the battery life of the phone.
As an aside, I think it looks pretty sexy - the aluminum back with the backlit apple logo. I was a little upset, from the aesthetic point of view, that Apple switched to plastic, but I understand why they had to do it. A phone that also happens to be its own Faraday cage isn't so great an idea I suppose.
source says it takes 50mAH away from the battery so the drain would be "negligible"
Good Hell!
At this point I'm looking to replace the apple logo on my 3g with an 18" antenna so I can pick up an effing signal...
In Soviet Russia, iPhone lights you!
lmao!
that made me Lol
that made me Lol
awwww damn it! bring on the low rank...i deserve it..... =(
Not bright enough to be of any use, just turn the Lie-Phone around and use its own backlight to see something.
That would drain the battery a lot quicker i presume. Well, looks unique, i guess.....worth it ?
:S
it is part of the back light
iLight.
iFail
you sure do
Apple should have done this from the start!
Oh and engadget, us regulars would prefer the "returning" tab to be first on the comments system. Thank you very much!
it should just be set so that if you comment once with an account, it goes to the returning tab. cookie + onload setting, tada.
I don't see why you couldnt just cut out the existing apple and put in clear plastic and let the backlight light it up.
Because of the circuit boards and battery between the screen and the back?
because there's all the phone parts between the backlight and the back of the phone. It wouldn't work like a laptop does.
If you are referring to a macbooks glowing apple, i'm pretty sure that is a separate light. But correct me if i'm wrong.
It uses the same light as the display, it's always been that way.
so the iphone actually has a circuit board? maybe thats where theyre hiding all of the 'revolutionary'!
I'd install a glowy thingy on her iPhone, if you know what I mean.
i only go what you were saying because you said "if you know what i'm mean".
FYI iphone isnt synonymous with female parts and glowy thing isn't synonymous with man parts.
you sir get a +1
They have pills that will fix your glowing thingy...
Clearly YOU don't know what you mean.
OziD:
You say that because you lack knowledge.
I'm more disturbed by the phrase "removing the aluminum fruits", that sounds painful. I've had my fruits disconnected, but not removed...
I love Russian women.
prrreeettty sick
Take it easy man it's just a light.
I had thought of this a while ago, while dreaming of the 3g iPhone that had an enhanced camera with flash that could be the apple logo. It is a pity that didn't happen until now. I would bet $2000 rubles that they do this on the next iPhone.
2000 rubles? Thats only about 80 bucks. You should at least bet enough to buy it.
Japanese > ALL
Thats impossible because Jobs isn't Japanese, or is he.
Let there be light!..... Oh crap my battery just died..
iPhone mod turns you into more of a corporate tool by providing free brand broadcasting.
A better mod would have been to make it FLASH for the camera and write a camera app to make use of it.
If you want to see a really nice iphone case mod, including a very good writeup of the "how he did it", check out
http://www.iphoneclub.nl/5890/exclusive-impressive-iphone-case-mod-croiman-psycho-iphone-mod/
Too bright for me I guess..
Maybe someone could come up with a mod that stops apps downloaded from app store from making my iphone crash, and require full restore!
I think she was a guest on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood once.
She can be a guest in my neighborhood any day.