{"id":535076,"date":"2010-04-19T17:35:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/?p=8728"},"modified":"2010-04-19T17:35:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:35:16","slug":"so-a-guy-walks-into-a-bar%e2%80%a6-and-discovers-apple%e2%80%99s-latest-iphone-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535076","title":{"rendered":"So, a Guy Walks Into a Bar\u2026 and Discovers Apple\u2019s Latest iPhone | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A guy walks into a bar, but instead of the customary lame joke or flat beer, this guy actually finds the next, unreleased generation of the iPhone, according to Gizmodo.<\/p>\n<p>The phone, apparently retrieved from a bar in Redwood City, California was camouflaged to look like a regular 3GS phone. Since reports later surfaced that Apple was indeed missing an experimental iPhone 4 from its offices, Gizmodo is now convinced that this is the missing prototype.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embeddedvideo\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"615\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nxbHCR-W8zc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tinkering around with the prototype, Gizmodo found a lot of new and improved features. The happy investigators report that the prototype not only sports a front-facing camera for video chats, but also boasts an improved regular back camera with a flash and larger lens. The display is reported to be better, and the unit pops out a Micro-SIM instead of a standard SIM card. Gizmodo adds that there are split buttons for volume, and notes that the power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic in color.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, they didn&#8217;t get a chance to suss the operating system out, as Apple remotely disconnected the phone.<\/p>\n<p>So, what else can you expect from the new iPhone? <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5520164\/this-is-apples-next-iphone\">Gizmodo<\/a> describes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"more-8728\"><\/span>The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or ceramic or shiny plastic in order for the cell signal to poke through. Tapping on the back makes a more hollow and higher pitched sound compared to tapping on the glass on the front\/screen, but that could just be the orientation of components inside making for a different sound<br \/>\n\u2022 An aluminum border going completely around the outside<br \/>\n\u2022 Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)<br \/>\n\u2022 Everything is more squared off<br \/>\n\u2022 3 grams heavier<br \/>\n\u2022 16% Larger battery<br \/>\n\u2022 Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gizmodo says it is confident that the lost and found phone is the 2010 model of the new iPhone, as the device behaves like an iPhone when connected to a computer, but has obvious hardware differences from existing iPhones. What&#8217;s more, when the tinkerers disassembled the phone, they found &#8220;multiple components that were clearly labeled <strong>APPLE<\/strong>.&#8221; And they believe this to be the 2010 model because they say it&#8217;s too early for Apple to be testing out its 2011 model in such a finished form.<\/p>\n<p>With its sleek looks, flash, better back camera, and another microphone for superior voice clarity, Gizmodo&#8217;s final verdict was that the upgraded phone is a winner.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>People who bought the 3G two years ago and are now in the perfect position to upgrade and get a dramatically different, and better, phone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Related Content:<br \/>\n80beats: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/80beats\/2010\/04\/05\/ipad-arrives%E2%80%94some-worship-it-some-critique-it-hp-tries-to-kill-it\/\">iPad Arrives\u2014Some Worship It, Some Critique It, HP Tries to Kill It<\/a><br \/>\nDiscoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2010\/04\/16\/apple-app-store-backs-off-rejection-of-pulitzer-winning-political-cartoonist\/\">Apple App Store Backs Off Rejection of Pulitzer-Winning Political Cartoonist<\/a><br \/>\nDiscoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2010\/02\/19\/is-apple-taking-sexy-back-raunchy-apps-vanish-from-the-app-store\/\">Is Apple Taking Sexy Back? 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The phone, apparently retrieved from a bar in Redwood City, California was camouflaged to look like a regular 3GS phone. 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