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Is that iPhone a legit early Apple mockup before, or just a joke?
by alisonkisk 5y ago
Is that iPhone a legit early Apple mockup before, or just a joke?
- someotherperson 5y agoNeither -- it appears to be a third-party mockup of what an Apple phone could have looked like.
- callahad 5y agoJust a joke. There were plenty of rumors about an Apple phone around that time, but it was generally referred to as the "iTunes Phone." And the mockups were significantly more hideous: https://web.archive.org/web/20070630183849/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/05/06/28/motorola_itunes_phone_revealed.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070630183849/http://www.applei... Five months after Mac OS X Tiger's release, the iTunes phone was unveiled: the Motorola ROKR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_ROKR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_ROKR). You can find some fun things in the old MacRumors archives (https://www.macrumors.com/archive/ https://www.macrumors.com/archive/). For example, a post (https://www.macrumors.com/2005/07/29/steve-jobs-on-itunes-phone-and-carriers/ https://www.macrumors.com/2005/07/29/steve-jobs-on-itunes-ph...) from July 2005, two months before the ROKR, and two years before the iPhone: > When questioned about the lifespan of the iPod and why the functionality won't eventually move into the cell phone, Jobs answers, "I'm going to leave the answer to our actions in the future." Or this (https://www.macrumors.com/2005/09/20/jobs-on-motorola-itunes-video-ipod-bluetooth-and-more/ https://www.macrumors.com/2005/09/20/jobs-on-motorola-itunes...), from September 2005: > - Feels that Bluetooth isn't a good option. Sound isn't good. Recharging headphones is a pain. Eleven years later: AirPods.