Images of entry-level iPhone prototype allegedly revealed

By on Jul 28, 2011 at 9:42 AM
mobile July 28, 2011

Images of what is claimed to be an entry-level iPhone 4 prototype have surfaced online courtesy of a site called Tinthe. The same site in the past published photos of an engineering sample white iPhone that featured what is said to have been a very early test build of iOS 4, in addition to having the white plastic MacBook before announcement and release. The iPhone this time around appears to be an iPhone 4-like device, except the user that uploaded the photos claims it’s more of an “iPhone 4 lite” with plastic casing on the front and rear opposed to the glass exterior the current model features. From the photos however, this to me looks like a pre-production white iPhone 4 at best, and at the very worst, an aftermarket conversion kit commonly found on the streets of China and online. Additionally, the phone looks like it’s jailbroken which wouldn’t make much sense. Lastly, we exclusively reported that Apple would be selling its least expensive iPhone product, the iPhone 3GS, alongside the iPhone 4 and soon-to-be introduced iPhone 5. Why would Apple want to have a lower-cost iPhone 4 that looked like the company’s now high-end — and soon to be mid-end — iPhone 4? If you’re still not convinced that this product is either not ever being released, or is an aftermarket creation, there are a few more photos after the break for you.

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  • Anonymous

    this is crap

    • Ashley Keith

      you should take a picture of your iphone and submit to BGR as “iphone5 protoype” – appears that’s all the credibility needed

  • Bringit

    Adios Android.  Your “if we can’t beat them on innovation or quality we’ll beat them on price” biz model is now squashed.  See ya.

    • Sebastian

      Innovation? Not Apple

      • Bringit

        Yes, Apple.

      • Steve Jenkins

        Bad Bringit, Bad……..dont make me get the newspaper. That’s it, your an outside dog from now on….

    • Anonymous

      So you excited about that innovative new notification system?

      Note: I know he’s a troll, but I couldn’t help it. 

      • Bringit

        Yes.  

        Note:  I know he’s a douchebag, but the truth must be told!

    • Dudebjm

      If Apple was going to squash Android, it would’ve happened in 2008 when there was only one Android device to choose from.

    • Nick Drake

      The devices are practically the same price…what are you talking about? Oh, you don’t know? You’re an apple fanboy? Tsk tsk, go figure.

    • scroaty poo poo

      I like you Bringit, we should make love, please?? just touch my genitals while geller and jobs give me a rusty trombone

  • http://twitter.com/cdoruff Collin Doruff

    Mr. Geller, you yourself basically disputed this article as BS and yet you still posted it?

  • LittleOgre

    Its a iPhone 6! :D

    • Steve Jenkins

      …..according to BGR’s analyst’s ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stuart-Pollock/510494412 Stuart Pollock

    Apple don’t do cheap/lower-end, it’s just not their mantra. I’ve never been a fan of Apple and the eco-system lock-in they have and I can’t see why they would release something of inferior quality when it’s current range fill those gaps perfectly already at their respective price points or cheaper when a new one comes out.

    • http://www.facebook.com/applelover Tim Meesseman

      They’ve been selling the 3GS for $49 for the past year. So what makes you think they won’t do a cheap iPhone this time around?

      • Anonymous

        Apples and oranges my friend.  The 3GS didn’t go for $49 when it first came out.  It’s not a cheap, low end phone, it’s just old.  Stuart’s original statement was accurate.  It’s not like Apple to make cheap hardware.  I can’t see them becoming the new Dell.

  • Tony

    soooooooo it’s going to look exactly like a regular iPhone?   ooooooooh magical!

    • http://www.facebook.com/applelover Tim Meesseman

      This is the low-end phone… not the iPhone 5. RTFA

      • Tony

        I understand that Timmy.  Let me reword it so that you understand my comment.  “soooooooo it (referring to the low-end iPhone model pictured above) is going to look exactly like a regular iPhone (referring to the standard model we have grown accustomed to)?   ooooooooh magical!”

  • Sean Humphrey

    Quick question John. If you question every iota of information regarding this supposed leak/revelation, not to mention strongly dispute the physical evidence present here, why on Earth would you have considered, even for a second, posting this article? I just don’t get it. I’m no Apple hater, nor an Android fanboy, none of that nonsense. I simply do not understand why you felt this was even worth anyone’s time, yours in particular, unless it was for no other reason that to post an article pertaining to Apple today. If that’s the case it’s just silly at this point, and possibly even unprofessional.

    • Konstantine Neikours

      Sean, I guess any kind of rumours about Apple drive traffic to BGR… But I still expected more professionalism. 

  • Anonymous

    Once the iPhone 5 comes out won’t the iPhone 4 itself BE the entry level iPhone?  I’m assuming there will be a price drop like there was with the 3GS.  It doesn’t make sense for Apple to be working on a budget friendly version of the iPhone 4 when the iPhone 4 will soon be budget friendly anyway.  I could understand if it had released along with the iPhone 4 last year, but not now.

  • Anonymous

    If you know it isn’t real, then why post it?

    • Steve Jenkins

      Because its an iPhone, and even if it isnt real its still “magical” /s

    • Tony

      it had the word Apple in it.

    • Anonymous

      Apple rumors make a lot of money for the websites.

  • http://twitter.com/mikemosh511 Mike Mosher

    Only apple could get people to create this many rumors and get this excited about a price drop to a year and a half old product.

  • Anonymous

    Bloody hell. It’s over for us fandroids. They release this phone and we’re screwed. No more claiming market share makes android better. I’m glad I’m buying the iPhone 5 and dumping my sgs2

    • Anonymous

      I actually have a DROID X you PAPINYC iMpersonator aka Scroat aka Scroaty-ca-ca aka you iNbred, violated by your father/uncle, Tennessee backwoods hillbilly, on a stand-alone Unlimited Data Plan for PDA/ Smartphone with Verizon. Oh and by the way, as Apple’s newly hired CtO, Chief tAmpon Officer, I can tell you that we, here at Apple, have finished testing your Mother (really your Uncle after his sex change) for STD’s; she/he will now be sent to The Center for Disease Control for a period of not less than fifty years for maxiMum quarantine.

      Sincerely,
      PAPINYC, CtO

  • Briancarr21

    another copied story from another source. BGR has no originallity at all

  • Anonymous

    My bet is this is the entry level iPhone, not the 3GS as reported on this site.  Changing the back to plastic is super smart.  By contrast, making a phone out of glass was idiotic.  And please don’t tell me how many units of the iPhone 4 have been sold.  I get it.  That being said, the fact that the Apple store stocks glass backs and can change them out in a flash tells you just how many of them have been broken.  A lot.

  • Spoken Wordâ„¢

    Another Apple/iOS story…. Im shocked! BGR doesn’t usually post anything about Apple/iOS. O_o

  • Conmeomay

    tinhte not tihte 

  • Anonymous

    I guess Scroat was right. Apple will actually rule the world. I HATE that jerk.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jshurak Jeff Shurak

    I thought plastic phones = crap

    • CD1090

      Isnt that what every iPhone lover said?

  • Nick Drake

    This is weak. This is a legitimate fake

  • marK

    ‘mid-range’

    sry

  • Anonymous

    Not gonna happen Apple will not go the android way and make cheap garbage.

    • http://apple.com Yes_iHave_an_iPhone

      iPod Shuffle…..? Yeah…….

  • TooMuchNoise

    Next apple will make the iPhone Shuffle where you can make a phone call to a randomly selected number on your contact list and randomly drop the call.

    • TooMuchNoise

      And budget minded people will buy it because it’s say Apple.

  • appletimemac

    Jesus Christ BGR, this is the fakest shit I’ve ever seen. They used pen or marker for the lines… You can see some mistakes on them…. God people are so fucking retarded.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YUFMRZR353MU35T5ADC7KKT7IQ Josefina Nixon

    I just paid $22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $675 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, WildCent.com

    • Anonymous

      You FUCKING WHORE SPAMMING CUNT… I HATE YOU!!

  • Anwapusx

    it’s not a plastic front… it has an anti-glare screen protector look at the home button you can tell. idiots.

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