Okay, so we'll go ahead and crush a few dreams up front -- there's nothing here that proves this isn't some funky
KIRF iPhone or just an ad hoc or jailbroken app making things look completely funkadelic. Now that our skepticism is out in the open, we'll be honest and say we really, really hope this is legitimate. According to the eBay description, this here
iPhone prototype was constructed a few months prior to the real iPhone's release, and it actually powers on, makes calls and receives SMSs. It sports a totally beta plastic matte screen, and the software is obviously pre-release. Oh, and the best part? The auction winner also scores a second beta phone that won't turn on (yet), but we're sure the right tweaker could fix it up into the most amazing secondary phone the world has ever seen. Forget all that bad economic news you've been hearing -- you best bring the bring the bank if you're thinking seriously about claiming this.
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posted March 9th 2009 7:42PM
If real, Apple would not do something like this so I'd expect a lawsuit and criminal charges. Because that's too good of a story, I'd call this fake.
What a waste of money, why would you want a buggy prototype phone? You Apple people will pay anything if it has an apple logo on it. I was gonna buy a Mac-Mini but not for the ridiculous price they are charging
Same picture, same description.
Posted on January.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=627449
its been taken down from ebay now, i wonder whats going to happen to it?
the listing is GONE!!
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This is a valuable tool for jailbreakers etc. It had a "terminal" button and a bluetooth button, something jailbreakers would kill to have.