“An anonymous source has just given us an interesting nugget: A photo of what looks like the Verizon iPhone,” Adriana Lee reports for TodaysiPhone.com. “And that’s not all — check out the upper left corner. See what it says there? That’s right, ‘Verizon LTE.’ In other words, this looks like it could be a Verizon iPhone that supports the carrier’s 4G network.”
Lee reports, “Unlike previous fuzzy or out-of-focus leaked pics, this is an extremely clear image. But is it real? Well, we asked the tipster where the photo came from. He wouldn’t say specifically, but he did mention that the MacBook in the background belongs to a Verizon engineer in the Pacific Northwest region and that the handset is running iOS 4.2.”
More info and larger photo in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
It’s easy to spoof your carrier.
This isn’t proof of anything.
It is simply more fuel for speculation.
I believe it when I see it!
I’d rather see a T-Mobile splash on the screen. But to all you VZ users, enjoy if true.
MW: “year” as in maybe it’s VZ’s year.
Another “leak” from MAC on the eve of Microsoft’s super triumphant release or Windows Phone 7. Aren’t you MAC fangirls tired of the smoke and mirrors vaporware, empty promises and product concepts that never make it to the public?
Honestly, I can’t see why any carrier would want to add the overpriced, proprietary I-Phone when Windows Phone 7 with Zune music player and awesome Exchange integration is right around the corner. You heard it here first: expect a fire sale on I-Phone paperweights in 3 months. I Outlook calendar’d it.
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Right … and the Beatles catalog is coming to iTunes. Wake me up when this rumor has made it to the reality stage.
Do you how easy it is to Photoshop “Verizon LTE” into that image?
Oops, I left out a word: “Do you KNOW how easy …”
What the hell time is it on that thing?
So the real question is not whether or not this Verizon iPhone is real or fake but whether or not the previous post is the real Zune Tang or not.
If it’s you ZT, we’ve missed you and your ridiculous commentary.
It is not news to some of us. The Verizon techs have had the iPhone for a while now.
LTE is supposed to be fully operational in 2 weeks.
@ ZuneTang. Dude where you been? Glad you are back.
If it is real, I am going to say unequivocally that the person using the phone with the “Tagnt6532a” designation instead of the time at the top center of the phone’s menu bar either had permission to release this or will be in the CEOs office shortly.
FAKE 1 |fāk|
noun
a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham : the painting was a fake.
• a person who appears or claims to be something that they are not.
DERIVATIVES
faker noun
fakery |ˈfākərē| noun
ORIGIN late 18th cent. (as an adjective; originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash.’
ZT,
As annoying as your comments are, it’s good to see that your back. Some things just make MDN feel like home!
Now I can kick my shoes off.
ZT,
As annoying as your comments are, it’s tiring to see that you are (sorry I couldn’t copy the bad grammar) back.
Some things just make MDN read like crap!
Now I feel better.
Verizon Engineers don’t use Macs! That is 100% guaranteed, so that right there is a guaranteed spoof
ZUNE TANG !
How many false rumors does it take to stop the flow? One more than we’ve already had.
If, I say IF, this photo is real (someone is going to lose their job) the LTE reference should be very telling.
VERIZON iPHONE NOT COMING UNTIL JULY 2012.
Guys, this is fake, I you jailbreak a iPhone you can install a app called make it mine. It let’s you change the carrier name and time. I could make my iPad say Verizon LTE easily. Or I could be wrong, maybe the time was tagnt6532a
@ Zune Tang
Good to see see man. I never grew tired of your bit, because inevitably, someone would always take the bait.
It’s very entertaining.
Yep, I too can gleam from looking at that sectional shot of a laptop that it definitely belongs to a Verizon engineer from the Pacific Northwest region, just North of I-90 in the Henry Jackson Wilderness area if I’m not mistaken…
Jeez!…
MDN Magic Word is the “F” in FUD!
See see? See you.
It’s only showingbfour bars!
Hey, it’s “the Network” after all! Can you hear me now?
who leaves their iphone set across the spacebar and trackpad of their macbook?
I vote fake.
Ok anybody who is stupid enough to fall for this “leaked photo” needs serious help. Like the other guy said, ITS A JAILBROKEN IPHONE 4 WITH MAKEITMINE INSTALLED! Some people are really gullable about spoofs like these. I pulled the same prank with my iPod touch telling everybody I was a tester for the verizon iPhone LTE and people honestly beloved me! Anybody can do this and this guys iPhone in the pic is no different from my fake “verizon iPhone tester”.
It goes like this. If enough rumors make the rounds then Apple is obliged to release a VZ iPhone. Now I get it!