They mean it's a fake but still don't realise you can get red/pink/green/blue/orange/purple iPhone cover for $10 off chinese eBayers. It's complicated to install but available nonetheless.
You can tell what happened here, they thought the Apple font was Helvetica and then remembered Arial is a blatent cheap rip-off of Helvetica — that's why they used it.
How can the iPhone look bad, it's so simple? It's like saying rounded rectangles are ugly, no their not, they're the most beautiful things in the world.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Yamikotai @ Jan 5th 2009 2:29AM
"Apple's corporate font isn't Arial, if you catch our drift."
No...?
Almo @ Jan 5th 2009 2:44AM
They mean it's a fake but still don't realise you can get red/pink/green/blue/orange/purple iPhone cover for $10 off chinese eBayers. It's complicated to install but available nonetheless.
wizzle @ Jan 5th 2009 2:45AM
fake. he means it's a fake.
MrNuclear @ Jan 5th 2009 4:49AM
'iPhone' is in the font Arial. Apple's latest corporate font is Myriad, I believe.
RUGRLN @ Jan 5th 2009 5:46AM
I believe it is actually Myriad Pro.
Poom @ Jan 5th 2009 6:00AM
It's Myriad Apple.
Meridimus @ Jan 5th 2009 6:03AM
You can tell what happened here, they thought the Apple font was Helvetica and then remembered Arial is a blatent cheap rip-off of Helvetica — that's why they used it.
Das Gluten @ Jan 5th 2009 6:15AM
"Yeah, we would know"
Oh, Engadget, boy could I use a picture of an iPhone to wack off to right about now. WOW THANKS!
/SARCASM
Yamikotai @ Jan 5th 2009 11:01AM
Ah, I get it now :)
Don't quite see why I was low-ranked though :|
Ross @ Jan 5th 2009 1:45PM
Myriad Pro Semibold i think
elefant @ Jan 5th 2009 2:59PM
looks like helvetica to me...
elefant @ Jan 5th 2009 3:01PM
(i mean the font in the image)
joe @ Jan 5th 2009 5:14PM
It's a mApple.
angeL @ Feb 16th 2009 2:48PM
Not the 3G iPhone... at least not the American ones.
Jake Lyon @ Jan 5th 2009 2:29AM
Is the pixelations around the Apple logo an effect of Jpeg-izing the image or a bad photochop?
Jake Lyon @ Jan 5th 2009 2:29AM
ARE*
Code.Red @ Jan 5th 2009 2:32AM
Jpeg compression has a really tough time reproducing colors (especially red, as you can see here.)
Jake Lyon @ Jan 5th 2009 2:45AM
Here it is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Housse-Coque-Facade-Cover-ARRIERE-pour-3G-iPhone-8-16GO_W0QQitemZ220334350782QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_JG_Téléphonie_Accessoires_Mobiles?hash=item220334350782&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1301|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
nicmonson @ Jan 5th 2009 3:00AM
I want my cover with a pineapple on the back!
FuzzyCat @ Jan 5th 2009 3:22AM
Surely the fact that there's no IMEI or serial number on the back is more of a give away
BuddyBoy @ Jan 5th 2009 5:39AM
@ fuzzycat
The real iPhone cover doesn't have the IMEI or serial number on the back.
FuzzyCat @ Jan 5th 2009 5:38PM
@BuddyBoy
Eh? Mine does!
angeL @ Feb 16th 2009 2:50PM
Not the 3G iPhone... at least not the American ones.
Jonah @ Jan 5th 2009 2:32AM
Gross....they...they found a way to make the iPhone WORSE...I didn't think that was possible...
treats! @ Jan 5th 2009 2:36AM
If you think the Iphone is terrible I can't imagine what turd you think is a good cell phone. My guess is a G1 fanboy.
Jeremy K. @ Jan 5th 2009 2:50AM
DFTT... Don't say you weren't warned.
mac boy @ Jan 5th 2009 3:09AM
He's a Microsoft fanboy who just gets kicks out of bashing apple
JerseyBricklayer @ Jan 5th 2009 3:09AM
Raise money for Aids research. Yeah .... much worse.
koala72 @ Jan 5th 2009 5:51AM
@ Mac-Boy
just like how you get a kick out of bashing Microsoft and bragging about how superior you are.
:)
Meridimus @ Jan 5th 2009 6:06AM
How can the iPhone look bad, it's so simple? It's like saying rounded rectangles are ugly, no their not, they're the most beautiful things in the world.
Don't get me started on the ugly as sin Rhombus.
Meridimus @ Jan 5th 2009 6:07AM
OMG THEY'RE not their. FLAMEBAIT
ryan @ Jan 5th 2009 2:34AM
been there, debunked this, no?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/mysterious-pink-iphone-3g-hits-ebay-cue-onslaught-of-rumors/
Jeremy K. @ Jan 5th 2009 2:35AM
Whoosh!!!!
Meridimus @ Jan 5th 2009 6:09AM
My mystic balls predict tomorrow — Blue iPhone not real?
Giga @ Jan 5th 2009 2:35AM
Wait, what?
tbracelin @ Jan 5th 2009 2:37AM
colorwarepc.com?
Patriks7 @ Jan 5th 2009 6:55AM
Have you even seen a colorware iPhone before?
tbracelin @ Jan 5th 2009 10:18AM
no, hence the "?"
Danny @ Jan 5th 2009 12:53PM
http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-161-iphone-3g.aspx
Uncontrol @ Jan 5th 2009 2:38AM
you're all dumb
DirtyVegas @ Jan 5th 2009 2:39AM
So... Unicorns aren't real? :(
loocas @ Jan 5th 2009 9:39AM
I too cried... :(
o29 @ Jan 5th 2009 2:39AM
Should've gone with Wingdings.
Aaron @ Jan 5th 2009 2:40AM
do you really think Apple would release a red iphone that wasn't a part of product (red)?
patriotsn1 @ Jan 5th 2009 2:46AM
Least interesting, informative, relevant article ever?
Chris Ziegler @ Jan 5th 2009 3:00AM
It's a debunk. Lots of sites today are passing this off as a viable spy shot of a red iPhone to be announced at Macworld this week.
patriotsn1 @ Jan 5th 2009 3:02AM
ahh, my mistake... This is the only site I go to for gadget info so this was the first I had heard about it.
pika2000 @ Jan 5th 2009 2:47AM
iPhone Air? Should this be in Keepin' it real fake section?
katatonic @ Jan 5th 2009 3:16AM
my girlfriend would rather like a red nokia e71.
http://www.e71blog.com/2008/12/black-and-red-e71-spotted-at-nokia-world-2008/
Andrew @ Jan 5th 2009 2:51PM
you dont have a girlfriend