This is a bit of a confusing one, but we just got tipped an additional shot of this 4th generation iPhone that
leaked out in Vietnam, but this time with a big twist: it appears to be running
iPhone OS 4. Or at least displaying a screenshot of the new OS, with that telltale wallpaper in the background. We have no idea how this crew might've circumvented Apple's lockdown of the device, and there's always the chance this is some sort of Photoshop or other trickery. Still, a source has confirmed to us that the markings "N90 PRO2" indicate an older prototype N90 (the Apple codename for the new iPhone), which refers to "Working Prototype 2" and might possibly be easier to enable than the newer,
lock tight model Gizmodo obtained. Also, despite the photo's out-of-focus nature, the display (or at least its contents) doesn't appear nearly as sharp as those previous shots we saw of the "fireball" screen. We're digging for more info as we speak, but unfortunately the original source site,
Taoviet, is down right now. We'll keep you posted if we hear anything else about this image's origins.
[Thanks, ITKINGDOM]
Update: The source link is loading for us sporadically. The translated text above the shot reads: "Iphone 4G VN is distributed by the network not it? Maybe not then, we'll be the first use:" It's all so clear now!
Update 2: Woah, do these things just grow on trees? French site
Be Geek has
just received photos of what looks to be a
third iPhone 4th gen floating around in the wild. Chances are it's of a similar build generation as the Vietnam device, since it's lacking those screws at the bottom, but it does seem to a separate device, since it's rocking a different SIM.
Update 3: Turns out this new set of photos was pulled from the same Vietnamese forum, so it seems to be the same phone. Makes sense, but we're still puzzling over that different SIM.
Update 4: Sorry, it's a Photoshop kids. This phone can't boot past DFU.
posted May 13th 2010 12:35PM
I want one! For some reason I suspect Vietnam won't be on the map for very much longer.... headlines read "Apple nukes Vietnam"
@cameronb8 with what? Smugness?
@Mekkakat ohhh that would be a mess...
Time to start counting the pixels..
even just write a quick javascript to check the window width/height
@cameronb8 more like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chYba6bt4aA
(profanity, and lots of it. you've been warned.)
expected phone gets expected OS....in other news...
earlier adobe post necessitates apple post...
@cameronb8
The US military failed to win in 'nam but Apple can?...
@cameronb8
Ehm.. I think is gonna be a nuke missil.
Cupertino must go berserk by now.
They have the same freaky nails
@cameronb8
BTW the man showing off the iPhone was caught today.
Read up more
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/13/few-details-emerge-about-leaked-iphone-in-vietnam/
@Mekkakat I don't know, the smug cloud almost destroyed South Park and the entire western seaboard.
@cameronb8
nah they wouldnt used their iNukes, they are too expensive and uhhhh(trying to stereotype apple)
@cameronb8
Vietnam goes boom baby! But China will defend them since they are world capital for piracy and wouls want to stick it to the Americans lol! Maybe take out China and Vietnam simultaneously! Steve Jobs agrees coz he also hates KIRFS!!
One word. EVO!!! Hahahahaha.
This doesn't prove the device is running OS 4.0. It could also be the beta. I've got the 4.0 beta 3 on my phone, nothing too unique...
Also, this wallpaper is readily available online.
@Edmunn
looking at those nails we know the person has never used an iphone...haha
@Hobsie
We didn't fail to win. We just succeeded at losing.
@cameronb8 : This is clearly a KIRF!
@Hobsie
The U.S. military didn't have Steve Jobs at the helm. Steve Jobs would have had the balls to carpet bomb North Vietnam with daisy cutters unlike those wimps who didn't have the guts.
@cameronb8 that could've been Jason Chen's hand
@ravissimo
That's how I felt. I still read it, though.
@Edmunn Dont they make nail clippers?
could be that this really is an Apples scamm, that at the end we will see a hole different device on WWDC
@cameronb8 Typical, you wait years for a leaked iPhone and then 3 come all at once....
@cameronb8 lol, iphone os 4.0 is really impressive. At least, apple will be having a hard time raiding the house of these guys now. OS 4 impressions. http://j.mp/os-4-0-by-iphone
@cameronb8
Remind me why this is a big fuckin deal?
@David Bailey I also find it very telling that most people focused on the story of the original leek, not the actual phone. It's just an iPhone, with a boring new feature set that everyone expected, and a design that HTC (in fact most phone manufacturers) have been doing for ages.
@gatorduck iNukes are only expensive for the final consumer. They actually cost $29.99 and a Klondike bar to make.
@cameronb8 That explains why someone saw Steve Jobs taking a plane for Vietnam wearing Kill Bill attire.
@Mekkakat
ROMFFLAO!
that should be comment of the year!!!!
@benderfender Why you post bullshit like this?
@cameronb8 the main reason why im not getting this phone is because of its lack luster OS. Its soooooo dull, you can't do any customization, the UI i boring and overall, it looks dated. I was rally hoping that apple would revamp the entire OS so i can looks somewhat attractive.....looks like im gonna have to pass on this paper weight.
@Mekkakat No, Apple will launch Dick Cheney at them, a fate worse than a nuke.
@cameronb8 I think the headline would be "Steve Jobs' head explodes from anger"
@benthe1
exactly, my friend, exactly
@SewerShark
lol
@gatorduck well, you could use the iNuke, but you need a $29.99 adapter first.
@Sled I allready did that it's 720 x 480 http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9756/iphone4g480x720.png
@Sled
Also, has anyone noticed that it says "VeriPhone" or something similar. Either
A. It didn't take them that long to jailbreak the new device
B. It's a fake or something equally as fishy
C. I completely missed something.
@Usedbert
D. Test models are unlocked?
WWDC gonna be very dull zzzZZZZ
I think so after there is know why the mighty apple would let there apple pie slipp through the cracks no way it will be the biggist stunt of all time with all these droid phone being givin away that had too curve the momentom..
@Mekkakat
Engadget should remove this article. Mr. Son Pham, Taoviet's admin has confirmed this photo is fake. The phone featured in the previous article and video review (by Tinhte.com) is real however.
IMHO the Taoviet's admin acted like a kid. Immature. That's why I'd never think highly of Apple's fan boys (yeah Taoviet means "Viet Apple".) Sorry real Apple fans!
Anyway, back to the phone leaked in Vietnam. Rumors say that you can buy similar prototypes, even unlocked ones, for about $4000. In the US of course. SJ should definitely do something if he doesn't want to see his new iphones show up everywhere.
@cameronb8
Another day, another shot in the foot. Man, Apple is on a roll lately!
@cameronb8 Introducing.. iNuke. It's truly revolutionary.
@travisonfire -- "WWDC gonna be very dull zzzZZZZ"
For real. Instead of just bringing Gray Powell and Jason Chen on stage... now they gotta get a Vietnamese dude and a French dude too!
@cameronb8 There's an app for that.
@doug Do you think his right hand looks the same? Poor poor
I guess the saying, "when it rains, it pours" works here!