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and several other countries later that same month. The iPhone 4 was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) in June 2010 and went on sale in the U.S. Now, YouTuber DongleBookPro has gotten their hands on what appears to be a fairly early prototype of the iPhone 4, showing the Death Star logo with hardware that was very different from what we ultimately ended up seeing.
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Such is the case with Apple’s infamous “Death Star” prototypes, which bore a logo of the iconic Star Wars planet-killer in an attempt to disguise their true identity. More often than not, however, we see merely the prototypes and get some third-hand information from sources who don’t really want to speak on the record. Still, we occasionally do hear interesting stories from former Apple employees - sometimes even from those who were once in very high places within Apple. Naturally, those still working within the walls of Apple remain tight-lipped about such things. Thank you,” he wrote.Īpple has lost several iPhone 4 prototype units, the first of which famously got technology site Gizmodo scraped off the invitee lists at the company’s events.Needless to say, Apple’s myriad prototypes have become very popular collector’s items and have created lore of their own, with various legends and tales told about exactly why Apple’s designers and engineers made many of the decisions they did. If you don’t email me OR If you don’t have ‘appropriate feedback’ your bid will be cancelled. “Due to non-legitimate bidders I am canceling ‘some’ bidders and I am requesting all potential buyers to EMAIL ME FIRST.
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However, the price soon went back to normal (if we were to consider $1,750 for a useless phone ‘normal’) as the seller canceled some illegitimate bids. It has been reported that the auction once reached an incredible one million dollars. Needless to point out, this could well get that employee in a world of trouble.Īt the time of this writing, the current bid was US $1,725.00. It can also give away the identity of the employees this unit was assigned to.
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Most notably, the unit has a “DF1692″ marking etched on to the front and back glass plates.Īs the folks at Cultofmac point out, this code is the unique identifier of a prototype device used to keep track of it.
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There are also no plus and minus symbols on the volume buttons, and the unit is virtually unusable as a phone (or for anything an iPhone does for that matter), as it cannot be activated. Originally discovered by This Is My Next and listed on eBay as “Apple iPhone 4 black APPLE GENUINE PROTOTYPE, TESTER”, the device appears to be a genuine prototype with notable features such as the five Xs appearing where the model number should be.
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The sale could well get both the seller and the buyer in trouble. An iPhone 4 prototype has emerged on eBay attracting bids that currently net over $1,700 to whomever is selling it.