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Eug · Dec 21, 2006, 02:55 PM

centerchannel68 · Dec 21, 2006, 03:01 PM

That is freakin' retarded.

imitchellg5 · Dec 21, 2006, 03:04 PM

That's dumb®. Apple wouldn't do that.

RAILhead · Dec 21, 2006, 03:06 PM

If Apple calls it the iPhone, I'm going to send Steve a turd every day for 3 weeks.

kick52 · Dec 21, 2006, 03:13 PM

yeah...
they cant use the name iPhone. if this was real, it would be old.

::maroma:: · Dec 21, 2006, 03:20 PM

That tagline on that poster is horrible. Apple wouldn't put out a lame ass line like "Many abilities". Also, the kerning is too tight. Typesetting looks like poop.

And so it shows that the video screen has the numbers on it to dial, so what is that big blank space down below the screen for?

I give this a D-

Dakar² · Dec 21, 2006, 03:20 PM

I want steve to come out in January, through a brick with 'iphone' written on it on marker and yell, "You want an iPhone? Here's you're ****in' iPhone! Now move on!"

rickey939 · Dec 21, 2006, 03:49 PM

I'd talk on it.®

macintologist · Dec 21, 2006, 04:50 PM

"no buttons"

Funny thing is, apple has done this before. Like with the shuffle. No display. LOL

Gossamer · Dec 21, 2006, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by macintologist

"no buttons"

Funny thing is, apple has done this before. Like with the shuffle. No display. LOL

Only Apple would make a cell phone with no screen.

centerchannel68 · Dec 21, 2006, 05:27 PM

The bottom section is supposed to be a touch pad.... which is just dumb. If they did do that, it would be a touch sensative screen, not something like a screen up there and a pad down below. That makes no sense.

vmarks · Dec 21, 2006, 05:32 PM

Who likes cleaning the oils off of touchscreens? Not me.

Course, the same can be true of phone screens up against the head.

centerchannel68 · Dec 21, 2006, 05:34 PM

Indeed.

::maroma:: · Dec 21, 2006, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

The bottom section is supposed to be a touch pad.... which is just dumb. If they did do that, it would be a touch sensative screen, not something like a screen up there and a pad down below. That makes no sense.

If the bottom section is supposed to be a touch-pad, then why have all the numbers and navigation displayed on the screen above? What purpose does that serve? The pic is total bunkness. (<-- new word)

Nexus5 · Dec 21, 2006, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

If the bottom section is supposed to be a touch-pad, then why have all the numbers and navigation displayed on the screen above? What purpose does that serve? The pic is total bunkness. (<-- new word)

What do you think why the touchpad has the same size as the display? You touch the pad - not the screen. Its a "touchscreen" with the sensible area offside the screen. Thats the purpose it serves! Got it?

nexus5.

Gossamer · Dec 21, 2006, 06:41 PM

That's horrid...you can't just punch numbers in, you'd have to slide your finger over to see where the cursor is.

- - e r i k - - · Dec 21, 2006, 06:43 PM

Hehe. This is the lamest mockup yet. These guys have obviously no sense of how to design an UI.

Kevin · Dec 21, 2006, 06:48 PM

I just called Steve. He said it wasn't true.

imitchellg5 · Dec 21, 2006, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Nexus5

What do you think why the touchpad has the same size as the display? You touch the pad - not the screen. Its a "touchscreen" with the sensible area offside the screen. Thats the purpose it serves! Got it?

nexus5.

Oooh calm down. You sound as if you made it yourself.

kick52 · Dec 21, 2006, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Nexus5

What do you think why the touchpad has the same size as the display? You touch the pad - not the screen. Its a "touchscreen" with the sensible area offside the screen. Thats the purpose it serves! Got it?

nexus5.

great word.

::maroma:: · Dec 21, 2006, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Nexus5

What do you think why the touchpad has the same size as the display? You touch the pad - not the screen. Its a "touchscreen" with the sensible area offside the screen. Thats the purpose it serves! Got it?

nexus5.

So are you suggesting that the images you see on the screen (the numbers, navigation buttons etc) appear on the bottom touch pad? If not, are we supposed to just estimate where the buttons are supposed to be based on the screen above?

You aren't making sense man. You are getting all angry about something you aren't thinking through. What purpose would a blank touchpad serve? You need to have the buttons on the area you are touching so you know what the hell you're doing.

GOT IT?

nonhuman · Dec 21, 2006, 06:52 PM

Maybe if the bottom part used e-ink or something.... But nah.

- - e r i k - - · Dec 21, 2006, 06:53 PM

Steve says:

You have to understand how we do things at Apple. We think different. So, por ejemplo, as they say in the Netherlands, we don't start with the phone, or the software. We start with the ads. We'll spend months doing storyboards, writing slogans, making fake billboards that we put up in one of our windowless warehouses. I realize this is the reverse of how most companies do it. Just about everybody else starts with the product, and only when it's done do they go, Oh, wait, we gotta come up with some sort of ad, don't we? Which is why most advertising sucks, because it's an afterthought. Not here. At Apple, advertising is a pre-thought. And if we can't come up with a good ad, you know what? We probably won't do the product. It's why we're different. (And no, the one you see here is not the actual iPhone.)

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Regarding our iPhone

misc · Dec 21, 2006, 06:55 PM

This has been up for a couple days... Apple hasn't forced them to take it down yet. Fake.

Nexus5 · Dec 21, 2006, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

So are you suggesting that the images you see on the screen (the numbers, navigation buttons etc) appear on the bottom touch pad? If not, are we supposed to just estimate where the buttons are supposed to be based on the screen above?

You aren't making sense man. You are getting all angry about something you aren't thinking through. What purpose would a blank touchpad serve? You need to have the buttons on the area you are touching so you know what the hell you're doing.

GOT IT?

No. I am getting angry?

Why should I get angry?

Ok, lets call it trackpad. Why should there not be a (kind of) cursor? Or something like the concept nintendo is using with the DS.

nexus5.

- - e r i k - - · Dec 21, 2006, 07:31 PM

A cursor on a phone? Wow, talk about lame and inaccurate navigation on a small screen!

What DS concept are you talking about? Using a stylus on a touch sensitive screen? That's not exactly what's pictured here, is it?

But then again, if you want that, you'd be better off getting this phone. Which is already out.

C.A.T.S. CEO · Dec 21, 2006, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Eug

Fake

imitchellg5 · Dec 21, 2006, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO

Fake

Welcome to the party.

nonhuman · Dec 21, 2006, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Welcome to the ~~party~~ social.

Fixed™

imitchellg5 · Dec 21, 2006, 08:24 PM

Oh yeah I forgot the Zune is supposed to change everything we've ever known ever. How do you make the line?

SirCastor · Dec 21, 2006, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Welcome to the ~~party~~ social.

Fixed™

That that actually made me laugh out loud.

analogika · Dec 21, 2006, 09:59 PM

Didn't anyone notice that the original image's name is "iPhoneMOCKUP...jpg"?

nonhuman · Dec 21, 2006, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Oh yeah I forgot the Zune is supposed to change everything we've ever known ever. How do you make the line?

Like italic or bold but S.

centerchannel68 · Dec 22, 2006, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by Nexus5

What do you think why the touchpad has the same size as the display? You touch the pad - not the screen. Its a "touchscreen" with the sensible area offside the screen. Thats the purpose it serves! Got it?

nexus5.

Which is also one of the most horrible ideas mankind has ever created. You should be ashamed.

Nexus5 · Dec 22, 2006, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

A cursor on a phone? Wow, talk about lame and inaccurate navigation on a small screen!

What DS concept are you talking about? Using a stylus on a touch sensitive screen? That's not exactly what's pictured here, is it?

But then again, if you want that, you'd be better off getting this phone. Which is already out.

I am not saying that I like these concepts or find them usefull, I am just speculating what they could do, thats all. I also think that the poster is fake.

I have tried the SE W950, its crap.

nexus5.

kick52 · Dec 22, 2006, 06:06 AM

the actual text looks like it was badly translated from japanese or something.

volcano · Dec 22, 2006, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

If Apple calls it the iPhone, I'm going to send Steve a turd every day for 3 weeks.

iTurd!

Dark Helmet · Dec 22, 2006, 02:09 PM

That is so gay.

I like the OS but that touchpad is stupid.

mitchell_pgh · Dec 22, 2006, 04:17 PM

I could probably use a phone without traditional buttons if they enhanced the wheel a bit.

I text a good bit, but there must be something better than T9

Eug Wanker · Dec 22, 2006, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

II text a good bit, but there must be something better than T9

Full keyboard of course.

I personally hate phones with full keyboards, but nonetheless they do make texting a whole lot easier.

Salty · Dec 22, 2006, 08:27 PM

The thing is you'd get used to a pad interface. Ever use a Wacom tablet? Seriously you just get used to it. You'd just begin to think in relation to where your hand normally sits where you should be pressing down. That said I have trouble seeing this being easily marketable.

IceEnclosure · Dec 22, 2006, 08:45 PM

you guys are talking about this image like you haven't seen THIS one:

I have nothing else to contribute.

OwlBoy · 02:06 AM

Now thats interesting…

Cube Pics 2.0? (Those pics of the cube people had so many reasons were fake.)

-Owl

Visnaut · Dec 23, 2006, 02:08 AM

In that close-up shot of the phone with the overlayed keypad/scroll wheel:

Why is everything generally grainy except for the overlayed controls? They look absolutely sharp compared to the rest of the pic. I smell Photoshop.

Even if you ignore that, I can't imagine apple using "#—♫" and "*a/A" as button labels. It's totally against their uncluttered design philosophy. Not to mention that's an exact copy of a Sony Ericsson keypad.

Before I was on the fence, but now I'm convinced this is a fake. Moreso, it looks like someone else using the original fake to make a new one.

Hash · Dec 23, 2006, 02:14 AM

I think this is pretty close to the original, if not one. I bet that you can switch between scrollwheel and keypad by touching the area above keypad: in this case, keys become grayed and the scrollwheel will become very sharp. All in all, brilliant idea, design and implementation. I bet you can also you the keypad area for all phone functions, drawing, playing and as function keys when making calls

kick52 · Dec 23, 2006, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by Visnaut

In that close-up shot of the phone with the overlayed keypad/scroll wheel:

Why is everything generally grainy except for the overlayed controls? They look absolutely sharp compared to the rest of the pic. I smell Photoshop.

Even if you ignore that, I can't imagine apple using "#—♫" and "*a/A" as button labels. It's totally against their uncluttered design philosophy. Not to mention that's an exact copy of a Sony Ericsson keypad.

Before I was on the fence, but now I'm convinced this is a fake. Moreso, it looks like someone else using the original fake to make a new one.

seconded.

the keypad looks odd against the quality of the rest of the phone.

also, whats up with those horrible grey buttons on the screen at the top? It looks weird against the aqua interface, especially with the caps.

TailsToo · Dec 23, 2006, 09:26 AM

certainly not an Apple product

Salty · Dec 23, 2006, 01:57 PM

After the MDD I've learned never to say anything isn't an Apple product. Dang those things were fugly.

OwlBoy · Dec 23, 2006, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Visnaut

Why is everything generally grainy except for the overlayed controls? They look absolutely sharp compared to the rest of the pic. I smell Photoshop.

I think it has to do with the quality of the photograph and White Background vs grey.

The grey was more forgiving to the edges of the letters.

-Owl

turtle777 · Dec 23, 2006, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by analogika

Didn't anyone notice that the original image's name is "iPhoneMOCKUP...jpg"?

Oh, come on, minor detail. Don't let it spoil the party.

-t