iPhone 5 Cases, Specs Seemingly Debunked By Top Media Source
Posted by Michael Nace on Saturday Sep 3, 2011 Under iPhone 5 Opinion, iPhone 5 Rumor
MacRumors may not know it, but they’ve just poked a gaping hole into the purported iPhone 5 case story that has been hanging around the rumor mill all summer.
It appears that MacRumors has the done the heavy lifting in exploding the claims that the current el cheap-o iPhone 5 cases currently being sold ahead of the next iPhone release are in fact fraudulent.
A phenomenal MacRumors article today reveals an impressive array of specs and blueprints of the iPhone 5 that their own designers retro-designed from the original design document that they reported on back on July 26th. The design specs from this article came originally from MobileFun, who included the design document (a kind of graphical blueprint) along with snapshots of the purported iPhone 5 cases, which were reported to have come from a different manufacturer. However, MobileFun stipulated that “this release seems to corroborate many of the features indicated by the first image,” and that the specs and iPhone 5 case were copesthetic with one another.
MacRumors‘ findings, however, suggest otherwise.
After explaining that “Based on that same design document, we commissioned a set of renderings in an attempt to get an idea of what the iPhone 5 might look like,” there was one problem: “What we can’t explain, however, is that the actual third-party cases circulating are significantly longer and wider than what the design document would have suggested.”
In other words, the purported specs of the iPhone 5 suggested by the design document blueprint in the original article from MobileFun apparently don’t produce an iPhone 5 that fits the cases that are supposedly designed from that same blueprint!
The purported iPhone 5 case design document, originally from MobileFun
Oops.
MacRumors has been incredibly generous and magnanamous in their own report, concluding, “Unfortunately, we don’t have any definitive answers.” Other tech websites, like 9to5Mac, seem more than willing to forgive the incongruity between the specs of the original iPhone 5 case design document and mis-fitting iPhone 5 cases by saying simply, “why would case manufacturers begin spending millions of dollars to build these cases without any definite knowledge?”
The fact remains, however, that none of these reported iPhone 5 cases are being released by any of the top-tier iPhone case manufacturers. Instead, they seem to be coming from the same level of manufacturer that creates “dollar store” iPhone cases that cost pennies to produce at most. Thus, it really remains to be seen if “millions of dollars” are being spent on this current crop of speculative iPhone 5 cases, and instead woud suggest that opportunists in Asia are looking to capitalize on the old adage that a sucker is born every minute.
On the contrary, the iPhone 5 News Blog‘s source is an executive at a legitimate iPhone case manufacturer in Asia, and his source is from one of the largest iPhone case companies in the world. All of these sources are saying the opposite: that the next iPhone will retain the same form factor as the iPhone 4. That notion, along with recent photos of leaked components, remains much more realistic than the “phantom iPhone 5″ with a 4-inch screen that these iPhone 5 cases purport.
iPhone 5 Case-Gate: Something’s Fishy
While the rest of the iPhone 5 rumor mill is busy trying to sort out who is telling the truth and who is lying with respect to the lost iPhone 5 prototype, no one is asking questions about this story, and what part (or all) of it is true/untrue? To be sure, MacRumors is the honest broker in the story, since it was they who did the due diligence in determining that the iPhone 5 the original MobileFun design blueprint would produce would not fit into the cases that were created from the same blueprint.
Remember, MobileFun claimed in their article, “If these images are authentic – and we have every reason to believe that they are – then the iPhone 5 is a radical evolution of the iPhone concept, and a bigger departure from the iPhone 4 than previous case images have shown.” If we take Mobilefun’s word for it and both the design document and iPhone 5 case photos are “authentic,” then it means that the iPhone 5 cases are so poorly made that they don’t even fit the iPhone 5 specs that they are supposedly based on.
Or, another possibility is that MobileFun was sent fake photos — either one or both of them are fake — and it was irresponsible to say that the iPhone 5 case “seems to corroborate many of the features indicated by the first image” of the iPhone 5 design. Clearly, they do not, and because they do not, the entire reliability of their story is contaminated — meaning that the long line of stories that came after it are all rendered bupkis.
At this juncture, it would be interesting for iPhone enthusiasts to be made privy to what MobileFun knew, and when they knew it. This story has dominated the iPhone 5 rumor mill for the entire duration of the summer, and it now appears that the entire story has been debunked even before the next iPhone is released.
Related: “More iPhone 5 Case Sightings, and What You Need To Know About iPhone Case Designers.”
Many thanks to MacRumors for their insightful report!
Michael Nace is the Publisher of the iPhone 5 News Blog and iPhone 6 News Blog. He has published articles about the iPhone since 2010.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 5:36 pm
It’s interesting how close this is to the iPhone icon in the Apple Photo Stream beta software…
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September 3rd, 2011 at 5:40 pm
The only similarity I see, Core2, is the home button. I think the notion that tech media sites could look at that little icon and determine the size of the iPhone 5 is actually kind of funny.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 6:45 pm
I wouldnt mind a lost iPhone 5 video or picture ATM…
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September 3rd, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Michael, It seems that the Photostream icon is appearing to be more and more credible and indicative about a redesigned iPhone than previously thought by many. The reason is that it originates within Apple. Previously, Apple has always used specific icons to depict iPhones, iPads, iPods, etc. Never has Apple used a “generic” icon to encompass all their products. In addition to this, given that Steve Jobs has reiterated several times that iPhone 4 has one of the best cameras on the market, it would make sense for Photostream to include an iPhone icon rather than an iPod touch or iPad icons (whose cameras suck). Given this and a lot of other details/analysis about it, it seems very likely that this was an accidental leak on Apple’s part about the design of their new iPhone.
As for trying to determine the size… Apple’s icons for depicting their devices are remarkably and accurately scaled. You can look at the Macrumors article about this, and it will show that every icon used to depict every Apple device has been intricately planned and scaled in such a way so as to reflect the actual dimensions and look of the Apple device. That’s why, to many who know Apple, this is some solid evidence of a redesigned iPhone 5.
Also, you might notice how it looks a lot like Samsung GS2. Many have speculated that the current lawsuits might be about just this… that Samsung not only copied their original iPhone in a blatant rip off, but also copied their upcoming iPhone 5 that was supposed to be a secret until Sept/Oct. Perhaps that’s why they have been aggressively going after Samsung Galaxy tablet because they can’t go after Samsung GS2 with accusations coming from an unreleased iPhone.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 7:08 pm
As for cases, I agree, there is definitely something wrong here. Either the cases that are in the market are the real deal and show the iPhone to be thinner than the iPod touch, but slightly taller and wider than iPhone 4. Or, these new case schematics with different dimensions are the real deal, which show the new iPhone to be actually shorter than the iPhone 4, but just very slightly wider than the 4.
However, two commonalities between the new case schematics and the “older” cases already in the market shows that the new iPhone will definitely have a different design, a slight tear drop design, and tapered back edges. They also show a phone that is somehow, amazingly thinner than current iPod touches.
So, contrary to Macrumors, I think a conclusion we *can* draw about the iPhone 5 is that it will be incredibly thin, have a slight tear drop shape, a larger than 3.5″ screen, and tapered edges. So basically… exactly what Joshua Topolsky on TIMN said months ago.
We have only come in a full circle, it seems, with little addition to the info.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Roflmao, I don’t doubt that apple is very meticulous with its icons and renderings. It is very established that Jobs himself has been passionate about details like icons, fonts, etc — and Apple has led the way in this regard. And I don’t doubt that — somehow — the icon could indicate a new screen dimension and/or the elongated home button.
My issue with basing anything on the icon is about size and scaling. Let me set my argument for you. First, here’s a bit of evidence that supports the claim that the icon is reliable. Here is a list of all Apple’s icons:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=13276383&postcount=4
Now, in that list, the iPad icon is properly proportioned to the iPhone, thus establishing Apple’s commitment to proportion and perspective even with its icons.. But now lets look at the Photostream icons:
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/photo_stream_iphone_icon_2.jpg
First off, the icons on this graphic are nothing like the ones pictured above. It is a cartoonized version of the iPhone, and lacks the contour line aesthetics of the other ones. So, we cannot assume that it comes from the same set of art. Furthermore, the two other icons in the photostream graphic are not equally scaled to the “iPhone 5″ icon: the digital camera icon may or may not be properly scaled to it, and the mouse arrow, while an exact size of the Mac cursor arrow, is against a photo that is smaller than the size of a Mac’s icon.
The point of going through it like this is, for me, to try and highlight the absurdity of using a innocuous little icon to get to this:
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/compare.jpg
or this:
http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/01/what-the-iphone-5-icon-looks-like-extrapolated-into-full-size/
I mean, are we really doing this? Are we really looking at that little icon and determining the iPhone 5 to have a 4″ screen and a completely different size and shape to the iPhone 4?
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September 3rd, 2011 at 7:46 pm
lol! I think it’s like an oasis in the dessert… We just need an iPhone 5….
The longer the wait the more desperate we become, needing to know what it will be like!!
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:21 pm
In all honesty I kinda hope the lost iPhone story is true. I can’t take this anymore, one day I’m led to belive that the iPhone 5 is just a minor refresh (an iPhone 4 with a better camera and more power) and the next day I’m led to belive that the iPhone 5 is a HUGE upgrade and will put all other phones to shame.
As far as the cases go, I’m pretty sure that apple will not make the iPhone 5 that much bigger than the iPhone 4. I think it’s more possible that we will see an iPhone 5 that is around the same size (or slightly smaller) as the iPhone 4, but uses up the unused space for a bigger screen. Just as this article shows (http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/03/if-you-believe-these-iphone-5-cases-your-next-iphone-may-have-a-4-inch-screen/) it is possible to fit a bigger screen within iPhone 4 like measurements.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Been with Verizon for 10 years or so. However just saw the T-mobile Ad for 2 phones unlimited Data\voice & text for 99$ a month……If they had an iPhone I’d switch…
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 pm
There’s just a lot of things I do not understand. Someone help me out here, these are not meant to be rhetorical. As far as the icon, yeah it is a stretch (no pun intended) on the idea of analyzing screen size and such. My question: what reason would they have for putting something there that is basically a complete departure from anything apple? It looks like a GS2.
Secondly, why would Apple only do a “4GS”? I am just an enthusiast, so forgive my seeming ignorance here, but we have all seen how sweet the new Android phones are. It seems like Apple would get left behind quickly if they don’t keep up to pace. I’m typing this on an iPhone 4, and can tell you I have serious GS2 fever. If the post sounds choppy, it’s due to typing on the phone.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Hi Devin, and it’s good to have you here on the blog. As for your first question about how this little Apple icon looks like the GS2, I cannot give you an answer. As I’ve said, my sources tell me that the next iPhone’s form factor will be almost exactly like the iPhone 4.
As for your second question about the “4GS,” Apple could call it this if the next iPhone is a 4G phone. When the iPhone 3G came out, it was due to the launch of the 3G network, and when they added the “s” to the 3Gs, the “s” stood for “speed,” because of the upgraded chip. The next iPhone will have the upgraded A5 chip — hence the “s” — and if it was a 4G phone, you get 4G + s = 4Gs.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 11:09 pm
I went to thinking and if the next iPhone isn’t a worthwhile upgrade I’m asking for the Samsung Galaxy Note on Christmas! The only think I wouldn’t enjoy so much would be CrapdroidOS and the Stylus but I really don’t have to use it so…….. yeah. The phone has nice specs, a gorgeous screen and a nice look so it wouldn’t be that bad. Oh and it will probably be upgradeable to Ice Cream Sandwich (that OS makes me chuckle!) since it’s the first smartphone + tablet device and that’ what ICS is all about!
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September 4th, 2011 at 12:10 am
Michael, I know what you mean. It is a bit absurd, and when taken out of a rumor based context, it seems even more incredible. But, I think this goes to show how desperate we are, collectively, to try to make out what the iPhone 5 looks like.
The other two icons… I believe they are scaled differently and/or are generic icons. What I mean is that, each icon is scaled differently and independently of the other two icons. So that mouse cursor is scaled differently than the “iPhone” icon, and the camera is also scaled differently and independently. Since Apple doesn’t even make a camera, the scaling on that doesn’t really even matter.
The secondary reason people are making a big deal out of the icon is that Apple’s known to seek perfection on everything. Even on icons. That’s why, it seems extremely non-coincidental, and more of a mistake, that Apple would put that icon up instead of an icon for iPhone 4. Given past tendencies of Apple to scale icons precisely, some people can just scale up the icon to try to guess what the iPhone 5 will look like. It’s just the reverse process of what Apple did of scaling it down, and so it’s pretty logical.
As for the icon looking like a cartoon instead of the classical icon style, it’s because the entire Photostream webpage is made to look like a friendly, non-expert like place. The font to me first looked like the playful Comic Sans (but apparently, it’s a different font similar to the one in the Notes app). So it definitely looks like Apple wants that webpage to be playful… thus the cartoon icon instead of a regular icon. But that doesn’t necessarily remove its credibility of being perfectly scaled and a replica of a new iPhone front.
Hope you see my point of view!
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September 4th, 2011 at 1:12 am
@roflmao i think your right about the samsung thing. I remember i while back reading that samsung copied apple smart phone but the court demanded to see that the iphone 5 was actauly in production and that they had something to copy. Mabey that was the delay mabey that was the iphone 5 but samsung won so they got the design and apple swiched to a refresh. Makes sence but theres no evidence. Ugghh i dont even know anymore i just want a new iphone!!!!!
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September 4th, 2011 at 3:20 am
I think I agree with ROFLMAO…
I try not to think of the scaling issues or the cartoonish look of the icon. To me, when I initially saw that icon, I immediately noticed it did not look like a normal iPhone. That is obvious enough.. On top of that, the program was released from Apple themselves.
These two facts seem good enough for me to suggest that the new iPhone will look like that icon. But I will feel foolish if a simple refresh is released. I will expect Apple to answer what that icon is all about, as well as why we had to wait for a simple refresh.
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September 4th, 2011 at 4:04 am
I think that when it comes to the crunch, there’s only a limited number of outcomes regarding final designs for the next iPhone. And as more and more details, rumours, ideas etc come out out of the woodwork, it will be pretty simple to just amalgamate all of the different possibilities and determine what the most likely design will be. Analysis is the key, but then again it’s maddening attempting to come to a conclusion about anything apple/iphone related. we’ll know when they say something and that’s about all we can do, just wait. In the meantime the only thing to do is agree that it will either be a new original design, or it will retain the same form factor as the iPhone 4, but with upgraded capabilities. what more is there to question? sorry but it kind of looks black and white to me lol
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September 4th, 2011 at 4:18 am
apparently Best Buy is having store managers come in at 6am October 21st to set up an Apple display fixture for a new product. I think we may have an official release date now! got my info from 9to5 Mac, just lettin my pals here at iphone5newsblog know what’s up!
hope it’s legit! -Anthony. http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/iphone-installation-bby.jpeg
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:44 am
I’ll say this, Roflmao: nothing about that icon or the graphic as a whole was a “mistake.” Having worked in the creative department of a major corporation, I can tell you that graphic designers slave over graphics like that. There were most likely several drafts submitted to the departmental manager, who had to sign off on it, and then it probably went to two or three other directors, who also had to sign off on it before it went live. Several sets of eyes saw that icon, and they most likely saw it several times.
If anything is to be made of that icon, you can rest assured that it was put there on purpose.
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:48 am
Daniel, your comment is totally blowing my mind. You said, “I try not to think of the scaling issues or the cartoonish look of the icon,” but the whole rationale for sites like MacRumors and 9to5Mac retro-designing mock-ups from the icon is based on the fact that they believe they can deduce the size and scale of the iPhone. I mean, let’s look at MacRumors mock-up again:
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/compare.jpg
The bottom of the mock-up doesn’t even line up with the blown-up icon! lol! You also said, “But I will feel foolish if a simple refresh is released.” I’ll tell you this: if the next iPhone turns out to look nothing like that icon, I’m going to totally hold the media outlets who espoused this theory responsible — not avid readers like you. I don’t think that Apple needs to (or will) respond, but I think some of these tech sites will have to answer for the BS they tend to conjure up.
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September 4th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Michael, yes I understand the naming scheme. What I meant was – a refresh seems like a tactical blunder at this stage of the game. To my knowledge Apple is losing market share over time as these new devices (I.E. GS2) come out with these amazing specs. That’s what I meant by getting left in the dust. Which was hyperbole on my part, the iPhone will always be radically popular. But just from this laymen’s perspective, I do not see why a refresh “makes sense”.
Thanks for the welcome. Been reading here a while.
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September 4th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Michael, Yeah I do agree with you that coming up with specific sizes or whatever based on that icon may not be accurate.
I guess my point is this: Apple releases a program, in which an icon of presumably an iPhone is present yet does not look like any of our iPhones. That is what was strange to me. Deducing actual dimensions/sizes does not hold much water.
It is only the fact that Apple released that icon that makes me wonder about it. Surely you agree that when viewing the icon (not blown up as that last link you sent), that the design is different, even disregarding the change in home button.
Bottom line is that I find it so strange that something officially released from Apple would contain a graphic of a product that is yet to be released.
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September 4th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I think this wait Apple is putting everyone through is ridiculous. Unless, the very day the galaxy S 2 is released for At&t and the Iphone 5 makes an announcement the same day, galaxy S 2 here I come. To me this iPhone 5 should have been released a longgg… time ago. A year and what about to be 5 months? Then the iPhone 5 gets released?? No thanks… Sorry Apple as a loyal fan, you have truly disappointed me. Besides Androids operating system looks great, and Apple will more than likely bring exactly what already has been brought to the table from android to their phone. If only HTC brought to the table what Samsung is about too then I’d truly be happy… I hope Micheal can bring something to this blog from now and September 18th that can change my mine. Like I said I am an Apple fan boy.
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September 4th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
I wish the people who keep threatening to buy an Android phone would just go do it and shut up…I’ve had every iPhone that’s been made and would not have anything else…if somebody gave me an Android phone of course I’d take it, and use it as a paperweight. There is no way a person who visits this site everyday will ever be happy with a phone other than one made by Apple.
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September 4th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
“Patience is the ability to wait and calmly preserve. We all grow impatient, but some people have more trouble waiting than others do. We tend to forget that all good things take time.” – John Wooden
LOL!
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September 4th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I found this reading the article about BestBuy setting up an Apple fixture. There is an update that says that pre-order sales are going to start this week and be released the first week of October, but there hasn’t been an announcement yet, could they still do it this week? here is the link: http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/04/best-buy-anticipating-iphone-5-for-sprint-preorders-starting-next-month/
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September 4th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
I would shut up but my phone doesn’t come til the 18th :/… Just Like Almost Everyone Else Who Wants Android. I love Apple and this blog but patience is so hard to have
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September 4th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
I tried typing in
apple.com/iphone5
apple.com/byah!!!
apple.com/tellmethesecret
apple.com/pencil
‘control: apple.com’
I wasn’t surprised with my results… back to the drawing board!
I just hope we hear something soon!
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September 4th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
RyTK, i already emailed him that too
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September 4th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
@undfeatable, that’s good, let’s hope that someone says something soon, patience is wearing thin…:-(
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
I can say with a good amount of confidence you will not find anything slip threw on apple site until they flip the switch, so to speak. Even if you know where to look, you can’t get at the content.
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September 5th, 2011 at 12:14 am
That Samsung Galaxy Note does look really good. I don’t care if it’s to big with a 5.29″ screen. It’s a super AMOLED plus display at 1280×800 resolution at 287ppi not bad. And a 1.4GHz dual core exynos processor…oh yeah. I sort of like the samsung OS. If I don’t like the iPhone 5, I’m definitely getting the Note.
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September 5th, 2011 at 12:33 am
KV the Note is the most amazing Droid I’ve ever seen. That’s coming from the guy that literaly forced his parents to switch to AT&T so that he could get an iPhone 4, since he was tired of drooling over anyone that walked by using their 3Gs! The parents obviously took advantage of the switch and got iPhones too but complain that they’re getting old and need a bigger screen to see well. So when I showed then the Galaxy Note, the first thing they said was: “When’s Apple going to do that? They have to do it soon!” So this just means that “mature” people want a bigger screen! (Immature people do too!) lol
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September 5th, 2011 at 12:48 am
That Samsung Note certainly caught my eye, too. I don’t think that I could switch to an Android phone, though. I tried out my nephew’s HTC Evo 4G and I was not impressed. It did not seem very user friendly at all. I would also worry about the quality. If I bought it, would it last me the whole 2 years of my contract? I can tell you all that the only phone that has outlived my contract had been the iPhone. I have had Samsungs and Nokias and all of the others and they usually die about 6 months before my contract is up. It never failed.
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September 5th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Hey all bgr is reporting iPhone 5 is coming first week of October, leaked memo from Best Buy confirms, here’s link:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/04/rumor_best_buy_preparing_for_oct_launch_of_apples_iphone_5.html
Sorry, just noticed above poster beat me to it!
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September 5th, 2011 at 1:57 am
The Iphone 2G was the First smartphone I ever had. Loved everything about the iPhones. Always had and thought I always would, until……Target had the Infuse on sale for $49. My wife loved the idea of a 4.5″ display. She wanted. She gotted. Then she used it. The Android system was different and strange. She was familiar with the iOS and enjoyed the simplicity of it as did I. So, I gave her my 3GS and I took the Infuse. Hated it. Listed it on ebay after about 3 days. But, in the 3 days it was listed I began to discover Android. People, you have no idea, if you’ve never used one for days not minutes, what the Android phones can do. AMAZING. I swore I’d never leave Apple. Guess I’m going to hell. Have 2 upgrades coming. Getting a SG2 for me and will get my wife the Note after Christmas. Samsung is clearly the leader in smartphone technology and will remain so until Apple dumps their stupid “One phone a year” strategy. By the time they bring out a new phone out, the previous one has been outdated for 9 months. Give Steve back his tainted Apple koolaid and Live the future now! Get an Android!
Btw, the Infuse sold for $370. Nice ROI dontcha think? lol
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September 5th, 2011 at 7:55 am
I’m dying for a Droid, but I want an iPhone because I have 4 movies, 300 songs and 300 apps that can just switch right over to the iPhone 5. Samsung is freaking awesome but I’ve been with apple since about 2009 when the iPod touch 3 gen came out. And my iPad! I can use my iPad for movies and stuff and get a Droid but I’m worried if the Note will last me 2 years O.O help me decide!!!!!!!!!
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September 5th, 2011 at 8:16 am
That is what I am concerned with as well. I have an iPad that can take all of my apps. I have had an iPhone since 2007 when they first came out. But, will the Samsung last as long as my iPhones have? Will I even know how to use the stupid thing? iOS is easy simple and clean to use. It does not freeze up like the androids are prone to do. I wish we had some idea when they were planning to release the phone. I would hate to get something and then have it come out right after.
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September 5th, 2011 at 10:03 am
@ Roflmao – no one knows what the iPhone 5 will look like. So Samsung cant know either right? How can Apple sue Samsung for the S2 when it’s been out for 4 months and the iPhone 5 has no release date? You really think Samsung found out what the iPhone 5 will look like and copied it? Hahahahahahah Apple copied the LG Prada and made it better. Samsung copied the iPhone and made it way better, so whats wrong with that? My 3G with ios 4 is a total joke. Im going with the S2 and never looking back!
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September 5th, 2011 at 10:18 am
@ Aimée – Android don’t lockup like all the Apple fans want you to believe. They know it’s better so they have to find something to convince themselves that Android sucks and ios is better, but it’s not. They bring up things that happened when Android first came out but with 2.0 it’s solid as a rock and that’s why Android has 46% of the market share to ios 18%. If Android sucked so bad, why is it doing better than ios? and why is Apple copying features from Android? My 3G with ios 4 locks up, is slow, laggy and I cant take it anymore. two months ago I checked out Android at AT&T and it took 5 mins to figure it out and I love it. Do what you want, but you have no idea what your missing.
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September 5th, 2011 at 10:21 am
Apple copied the iPod from Kane Kramer, copied the MacOS “dock” from Acorn computers, Was sued by Burst.com and settled for the technology used in the iPod and iTunes, copied the iPhone from LG Prada, NeoNode, and Samsung F700, copied parts of iOS (like swipe to unlock etc) from NeoNode, Sued by Nokia and settled for patents related to GSM and UMTS standards as well as 802.11 WiFi technologies, Sued by Cisco and settled for using the “iPhone” name, copied the Finder icon from a Picasso painting titled “Two Characters”, copied the App Store from Jailbreak/Cydia, Sued by Personal Audio and lost for patents related to playlist implementation on the iPod. Apple was ordered to pay Personal Audio $8 million. Was sued by Mirror Worlds and lost for patents related to Cover Flow, Time Machine, and Spotlight features found in Mac OS X and iOS. Apple was ordered to pay $625.5 million to Mirror Worlds. Copied iMessage from Blackberry and copied Android features that include Notifications, Wireless syncing, Tabbed browsing, New split keyboard, Open apps from the lock screen, and Over the air updates.
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September 5th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
We got a Droid fanboy! I think he’s the first hardcore one! Lol
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September 5th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Thank you, @Samdroid, but I DO know what I am missing. I have tried them out at the “phone store” (what my son calls the AT&T store) and I am all set, thank you. I love my Apple products because they work and they last forever. If that makes me a “fan person”, then so be it. I am pretty sure that there will be a new phone soon. I just have to have patience, which is not one of my strong suits.
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September 5th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
Aimée! Patience is a virtue! I always wanted an iPhone but I couldn’t because my old carrier didn’t have it. AT&T then bought my carrier and was going for an imminent merger. The merger wasn’t so imminent (it lasted a year and a half). I got money for an iPhone 3gs on my birthday which was on March 2010 I had to wait till June to get one so I waited, but then they changed the merger date to August! I went to the AT&T store on August 3rd to get my 3gs and found out it was just $99 and I asked why, so they went all like: “Didn’t you hear? The new iPhone just came out and it’s AWESOME!”. I saw the iPhone 4, fell in love, ordered it and got it on August 24th! (It was on a 3-4 week back order!) I had to wait A LOT, but I ended getting a better product than the one I wanted. So there’s my story on how I got my first iPhone! Hope my words were of hope to you! Lol
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September 6th, 2011 at 3:03 am
Concerning iOS locking up etc., anyone running an iPhone 3G model on any firmware newer than (I think) 3.1.3 is going to hate their life. The phone is not really equipped to handle that operating system.
I borrowed an iPhone 3G from a friend to use for a while, and it was the pits on iOS 4. I downgraded it to 3.1.3 and it was a much, much better experience.
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September 6th, 2011 at 3:45 am
people, just so you know: this post was originally about the DESIGN of the iPhone 5. NOT THE NEVERENDING ANDROID VS APPLE ARGUMENT, which you have successfully turned this into. way to go and stick to the subject. thanks for clogging up my email inbox
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September 6th, 2011 at 8:43 am
LOL! Cristian, they certainly were! I am so glad that you were able to get the iPhone 4! My sister loves hers. I have played with it a couple of times and I loved it, too. The iPhone 5 has an even better and faster chip?! I am too excited!
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September 6th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Michael, I think I might have given the wrong perception when I said that the icon was put up by mistake. What I meant is that yes, the icon was put there on purpose (and probably approved by several pairs of eyes), but the mistake part of it is that they didn’t intend this icon and the webpage to go public. As it is, Photostream is still in beta phases (I think a first beta), along with iCloud. As such, it is not meant to be viewed by the public (legally, the developers who have access to it are bound to a NDA). So this is supposed to be something they’re working on to release alongside the iPhone 5, iCloud, and iOS 5 (all coming sometime this fall). As fate would have it, the designers approved the iPhone 5 icon for Photostream, but forgot that any developer with access to this first beta could take a snapshot of it and splash it across the internet (illegally of course, due to the NDA).
Leaks from within Apple aren’t anything new either. If you remember, the Apple website “leaked” new updated Cinema Displays that supported Thunderbolt in pictures. I guess, even with all the secrecy and much sought after perfection, Apple still makes a couple of mistakes here and there. And it seems that the rumor mill capitalizes on these mistakes so that we can at least gain a bit of an idea as to what Apple’s brewing up in Cupertino!
But maybe these aren’t even mistakes. Maybe they’re supposed to be intentional leaks. Apple’s also had these before. The only thing that makes the Photostream icon so fascinating is that the icon originates from within Apple, and Apple doesn’t do coincidences or “generic” icons so well.
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September 6th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Yeah Aimée! I’m also in the wait for the iPhone 5! I believe my contract can be renewed after a year and i already finished a year on August 24 2011! I wanna keep up with the times so an iPhone 5 might just do that!
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