Vincent Nguyen, who earlier posted what may be a leaked photo of Apple’s mobile phone on aMobileME.com, claims to have received a second image from an anonymous source.
Nguyen writes, “Hopefully this second image will help answer questions about the bottom half of the touch pad.”
Along with the image, Nguyen also received this info:
touch pad has backlight possibilities to show click wheel, Numbers or other input-interface… or just a track pad…
Full article with larger image here.
This is a rumor and this photo could be a fake, but we cannot currently discount it.
Related articles:
RUMOR: Apple ‘iPhone’ photo leaked? – December 21, 2006
Linksys announces iPhone family of Voice Over IP handheld phones and devices – December 18, 2006
RUMOR: Apple on track with ‘iPhone’ release, no delay – December 16, 2006
Fortune: Steve Jobs’ Apple ‘iPhone’ could upend entire US wireless distribution model – December 15, 2006
RUMOR: Apple ‘iPhone’ may include JAJAH VoIP software – December 15, 2006
RUMOR: Apple ‘iPhone’ details surface as release date grows closer – December 15, 2006
Report: Skyworks selected to supply ‘Front-End Module to Apple’s new iPhone’ – December 15, 2006
Broadcom wins SoC bid in ‘upcoming stealth phone’ coming soon from ‘major consumer device company’ – December 15, 2006
Gizmodo guarantees ‘iPhone’ will be announced on Monday – December 14, 2006
Report: Apple expected to debut ‘iPhone’ – December 14, 2006
Analyst describes Apple ‘iPhone’ featuring metal case in multiple colors with virtual click-wheel – December 14, 2006
UBS analyst: Apple may launch MVNO, serve as own carrier for ‘iPhone’ – December 13, 2006
Apple using ‘iPhone’ as diversion? – December 11, 2006
Apple’s ‘iPhone’ silence drives rumor mill crazy – December 08, 2006
BusinessWeek: Wish List for Apple ‘iPhone’ – December 08, 2006
Apple ‘iPhone’ could cause Nokia, Palm, Motorola, and RIM to really start to sweat – December 07, 2006
Apple shares fall as CIBC sees ‘iPhone’ release delayed – December 07, 2006
Analyst expects 16GB flash-based Apple iPod video player, 4-8GB flash-based ‘iPhone’ models – December 07, 2006
Prudential: Apple ‘iPhone’ to sport iPod click wheel; video iPod by Q2 – December 06, 2006
RUMOR: Apple’s smart phone project to feature ‘extensive integration with Mac OS X’ – December 05, 2006
Apple begins ‘iPhone’ production – December 05, 2006
Apple needs to think different about data security for ‘iPhone’ – December 05, 2006
NVIDIA graphics chip for next-gen Apple video iPod delayed? – December 04, 2006
Kevin Rose: Dual-battery Apple ‘iPhone’ coming in January; $249 for 4GB, $449 for 8GB – December 03, 2006
Apple applies for ‘Mobile Me’ trademark – January 11, 2006
the plot thickens….
real or not, don’t ya just love being a mac freak?! what else gives you this type of anticipation regularly?
interesting, does fall into the patent’s released earlier
beautiful, he realized the errors in his pic from before after reading peoples’ comments on it and decided to superimpose a scroll wheel and numpad on top.
“Someone is obviously paying attention to your comments about the picture and the possibilites and questions it raises.” he says.
yeah, that someone is him. douche.
Why is the middle column of numbers lower than the other two?
Judging from a closer look, the “keys” are photoshopped into the picture.
Besides that it would be impractical and there is no really practical (LCD) technology to realize this kind of touch pad in this way. If it was to do that, the whole design would be realized in a completely different way.
My verdict: FAKE!
MDN word: trouble – now if that doesn’t fit…!
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” />
It must be a fake. Every time a product is on the horizon, we get all the fake shots of it being posted and I can’t remember a single instance where we’ve seen a true ‘sneek peek’ of any Apple product before it was unveiled. Just on the balance of probability, it’s a fake.
if this pic is real maybe they wanted the #5 to be centered within the scroll wheel i mean its only a theory whether it makes any since or not and there are some Motorola phones that have the same button layout so it may not be fake. I do think its fake but if not I will be purchasing this sometime in the not so distant future.
I must agree that it’s a fake, but only because of a usability issue. Lots of people punch phone numbers into their cell phones without looking at the keypad. This phone would require users to look at the keypad as they dial numbers, which seems like a step backwards in usability, and therefore not very Apple.
cmd opt 8
cmd +
Get a closer look.
And um, typhoon?
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” />
You need a good woman in your life!
Now it’s obvious it’s a fake. First, the whole switiching between a keypad/scrool wheel thing would be too complex for a backlight (an LCD, maybe – but not a backlight). Second, why would the ‘buttons’ have letters on them when it’s already been suggested that the alphabet is shown on screen. Finally, it’s obvious the keypad is superimposed from another model because the vertical row beginning with ‘2’ is positioned slightly lower in relation to the rows on either side. This is a common feature of existing phones which have some sort of circular input just below their screen – but which obviously the ‘iPhone’ doesn’t.
Good try Mr Nguyen – but no cigar!
It’s exactly the same shot as the previous one. Same song, tracking is in the same place. Just the super-imposed keypad and scroll wheel.
He should’ve left it alone. Now it’s totally a fake.
fake:
Where are the call send and call end buttons?
You can even clearly see the artifacts surrounding the numbers 3 & 6 left over from his (very poor) photoshopping.
After recieving feedback from the first fake picture, this guy went back to Photoshop and updated the fake. Nice job!!!
macster,
The call send and call end buttons will “appear” on the third leaked iphone posting after Nguyen reads our criticisms.
Why do I pay attention to these rumors? There must be a better way to spend my time. They very rarely pan out anyway. God, am I stupid!
Always Right: I agree. The one I have is nutzo! And, I said regularly…not biweekly.
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”raspberry” style=”border:0;” />
I think this is a fake, also.
No Apple legal on it, so that shows it’s nothing to worry about. But, I like the design well enough.
FAKE!
What are the chances that Apple would use a (different) Zero 7 tune, just like the fake (really cool) iPhone video that was flying around last year?
Just like every other picture of a rumored Apple product, we will only know it’s real when Apple legal shuts it down.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a Photoshopped image or not, even a bad one. It could be a mockup. If Apple’s ad agency of record is indeed producing iPhone ads, they coul be working with FPO (For Position Only) non-final art. Heck, they may not ever even SEE the final art before it runs in a magazine or on a billboard. The printer can just throw in the final art at the 11th hour.
As far as the middle row of buttons being lower than the others, chances are they are on your phone too. Take a look.
I hope this is someones picture that they fixed up in Photoshop cause the click wheel is off centered in this picture.
Total fake…
I smell fake ! If you examine the usability, you would scroll on the keypad, but use the touch screen for pause/ fast forward/ etc ?
Not likely, I’m not fooled.
One thing that everyone is overlooking is the fact that this particular phone concept would be very uncomfortable to use. There is a sharp edge along the top that would ostensibly be pressed against the cartilage of one’s ear. Ouch! Try hold an iPod mini or iPod nano in a phone-use position and see how it feels.
That edge has to be contoured.
when it is introduced by Steve it will happen like this:
@ MacWorld Keynote…
Steve’s talking… saying about some new Mac or some new Mac OS ‘it just works’…
Hear cell phone ringing…
Steve says: ‘cuse me, I have to take this call’… reaches into his Levis, pulls out the iPhone and says ‘hello, this is Steve’
Audience goes wild, two people die from SCA, two more lose their breakfast, one rips off clothes, stock drops 2 pts, shipping today, NOTE THE WIDE SCREEN.
The one pictured here ain’t the one.