Another Apple Prototype Goes Missing In A Bar

[Waaghpowa]

-HERR SNIP-

Absolutely not. It's a revolution. Apple is most certainly made of visionaries.
/sarcasm because Poe's law.

We must arrange parades in honour of their ingenuity.

 

[GeorgW]

Seems like an obvious marketing ploy, if not then they do have shit security, to paraphrase the dear OP.

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

Well that's a rather peculiar form of driving up excitement and exclusivity over a phone... Believed it once but im afraid this time it isn't going to work.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Apple should eadopt a new regulation on stop carrying a prototype product into a bar.

 

[Simalacrum]

Wait, isn't this still a rumour? I remember there being reports that this whole news is unconfirmed elsewhere...

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Yeeeeaaaaaah. I was skeptical about the first time not being deliberate. But again? Admit it, Apple, you're just trying to build more hype.

How did they know it was a prototype? Don't they all look the same?!

I've heard the 5th version is more slim than iphone 4.

It also has half the battery life, and the user looks up to 30% more pretentious and condescending! [/obligatory Apple dig]

 

[Aeroastrix]

I wonder if Jobs starts a new company, will he pull this 'completely incidental' publicity stunt?

btw I predict Steve J will release a new portable device that will defeat the Iphone

the name: The Handjob.

 

[Beryl77]

Wait wait, how did they track it down to a specific house? Since when is that possible? I know that it's possible to track one down but until now I thought they can only tell the general area and surely not exactly in which house it is.
OT: I doubt it's an accident, smells like a marketing stunt to me.

 

[Dragonclaw]

Yeah, this sounds waaaay too much like "Hey, we got lots of buzz last time when it was an accident...let's do that AGAIN!"

 

[5t3v0]

I wonder if Jobs starts a new company, will he pull this 'completely incidental' publicity stunt?

btw I predict Steve J will release a new portable device that will defeat the Iphone

the name: The Handjob.

well at least he is not masking what he really wants from all of us...

 

[robert01]

What i got out of this is that with the Iphone5, Apple can track you back to your goddamn house.

They could do that with the iPhone 4, nothing has changed lol.

OT: I think this is maybe more of a publicity stunt than it is a mistake.

 

[Lim3]

They must have several of these prototypes for them to be floating around and leaving the building.

It may be a marketing stunt, to get it into the mainstream news for free.

That said I'm pretty sure if apple held a press conference releasing a new iPhone that would also get onto the mainstream news - and without everyone saying "man Apple are a bunch of idiots." Also the cops wouldn't be to happy about them tying up resources in a search for a phone that is part of a marketing stunt. Also imagine the legal ramifications for getting a warrent to search a house and it was part of a stunt. The State wouldn't be to happy.

Also why does everyone keep saying "if Steve Jobs this and Steve Jobs that"?

The man has cancer. His had cancer for years and he finally made the decision that it was resulting in the inability to be CEO of Apple, though it should be noted he now sits on or chairs the Board of Directors.

 

[dmase]

ha apple's going to become a "dry" company when its all said and done. Take the booze away that'll solve the problem.

 

[gphjr14]

Once is believable twice is just annoying.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Was this the one made out of wood? [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.310349-Woman-Buys-Wooden-iPad]

Or better yet, from air? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdsCj4eSWE]