iPhone HD/4G Rumors Gone Wild


Over the weekend photos of what appears to be at least a prototype if not the actual next iPhone hit the web. Apparently "found" at a bar in San Jose, the device has rode the rumor roller coster of "look what we found," "it's fake," "it's real," and the current stop "ZOMG it's real."

Gizmodo has their hands on the device and declares it the next iPhone. The phone sports a front-facing camera for video chat, improved rear camera, a camera flash, and Micro-SIM like the iPad. The phone is bricked and apparently only showed connect to iTunes start-up screen. The display, Gizmodo says, looks to be improved, but no way of telling if it's the rumored double-resolution 960x460 pixels.

Other new tidbits includes a split buttons for volume, rather than the typical rocker button, and all buttons are metallic. The shape is a complete departure from the iPhone 3G/3GS as it's flat rather than curved. Gruber over at Daring Fireball speculates that back is made of ceramic. He also feels the phone seems legit. The phone is also slighter larger and about 3 grams heavier. The phone also sports a battery about 16-percent larger.

Gruber stated that upon calling around he found that Apple apparently is missing a phone and would like to get it back. If this is true, we can only imagine that there will be accounting of testing iPhones in Cupertino Monday morning. Yikes for the poor individual who lost it.

Is it real, or is it fake? Gizmodo walks through many good points of why it appears legit. Apple legal has yet to call for photos to be removed and even reclaim the device. That would probably be the final nail in the it's fake coffin.



This Is Apple's Next iPhone