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I don't buy that this is real...the lack of response on the screen is suspicious. Wouldn't you want to show off the fancy new software too if you'd found a ful

I don't buy that this is real...the lack of response on the screen is suspicious. Wouldn't you want to show off the fancy new software too if you'd found a fully functional prototype? Asian phone clone shops are really good, and if they already had a model to work from on the Giz post, I would posit it's entirely possible that it's a clone.

not_an_alien 16y ago
It seems to be a hardware prototype only, with some boot check and no system rom.
- jeremymcanally 16y ago
  If that's true then the background is 100% out of character for Apple. I don't speak Vietnamese, so perhaps he explains that part (i.e., he loaded his own software on it), but I don't think an Apple-provided diagnostic would look like that.
  - zweben 16y ago
    I believe it. Apple device diagnostic modes are usually extremely rough. You can put iPods into diagnostic mode. It's just unadorned text, and, on older iPods at least, you had to click the forward and back buttons to scroll through the menus. I remember seeing a different iPhone test screen that was similarly unrefined. Apple's 'character' is to have things looking good by release, not necessarily internally.
    - jgrahamc 16y ago
      e.g. my old iPod nano in diagnostic mode: http://blog.jgc.org/2006/09/ipod-nano-in-diagnostic-mode.html http://blog.jgc.org/2006/09/ipod-nano-in-diagnostic-mode.htm...
      - twism 16y ago
        Where is the flaming fireball on the screen?
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    - jeremymcanally 16y ago
      I've seen their diagnostic modes plenty of times, and they don't look like that. I've seen them on iPods and on my laptop, but they don't have a shiny background on them that's totally outside their design aesthetic. That's what doesn't look right.
quan 16y ago
The guy in the video says it's brought back (usually from the States) by a friend of his. His explanation for the unresponsive screen is due to Apple disabling the device remotely, probably triggered by failure to input some passcode . He just describes how the new phone is a little taller but not as wide as previous gen. He also mentions that both the front and back are made of glass. That's about what I can make out of the noisy background.

not_an_alien 16y ago

It seems to be a hardware prototype only, with some boot check and no system rom.

jeremymcanally 16y ago
If that's true then the background is 100% out of character for Apple. I don't speak Vietnamese, so perhaps he explains that part (i.e., he loaded his own software on it), but I don't think an Apple-provided diagnostic would look like that.
- zweben 16y ago
  I believe it. Apple device diagnostic modes are usually extremely rough. You can put iPods into diagnostic mode. It's just unadorned text, and, on older iPods at least, you had to click the forward and back buttons to scroll through the menus. I remember seeing a different iPhone test screen that was similarly unrefined. Apple's 'character' is to have things looking good by release, not necessarily internally.
  - jgrahamc 16y ago
    e.g. my old iPod nano in diagnostic mode: http://blog.jgc.org/2006/09/ipod-nano-in-diagnostic-mode.html http://blog.jgc.org/2006/09/ipod-nano-in-diagnostic-mode.htm...
    - twism 16y ago
      Where is the flaming fireball on the screen?
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  - jeremymcanally 16y ago
    I've seen their diagnostic modes plenty of times, and they don't look like that. I've seen them on iPods and on my laptop, but they don't have a shiny background on them that's totally outside their design aesthetic. That's what doesn't look right.

quan 16y ago

The guy in the video says it's brought back (usually from the States) by a friend of his. His explanation for the unresponsive screen is due to Apple disabling the device remotely, probably triggered by failure to input some passcode . He just describes how the new phone is a little taller but not as wide as previous gen. He also mentions that both the front and back are made of glass. That's about what I can make out of the noisy background.