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daringfireball.net - 6/11/2009
Daring Fireball Linked List: The 3G S's Actual FCC ID Matches the One on Those Matte-Finish Rumor Photos
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The 3G S’s Actual FCC ID Matches the One on Those Matte-Finish Rumor Photos Interesting find by Cabel Sasser: Remember the photos from the last few months purporting to show a new iPhone with a rubbery matte finish? The actual 3G S doesn’t look like that, but, the FCC device number visible on ...
Twitter / Cabel M. Sasser: Crazy: the FCC ID on early ...
twitter.com - 6/11/2009
Twitter / Cabel M. Sasser: Crazy: the FCC ID on early ...
— twitter.com — Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! Crazy: the FCC ID on early leaked (unused) iPhone matte body http://bit.ly/f6qpj... matches today's filing http://bit.ly/oMuRb ! Leak trap? 12:44 AM Jun 9th from web cabel Cabel M. Sasser Footer 2009 Twitter About ... (more) Twitter / Cabel M. Sasser: Crazy: the FCC ID on early ...
Comments vote down Engadget found this 6/11/2009found this
Next Generation iPhone Case to Have Matte Finish? Enhanced 3G?
macrumors.com - 6/8/2009
Next Generation iPhone Case to Have Matte Finish? Enhanced 3G?
— macrumors.com — Previously leaked matte iPhone case Alongside the artist rendition of the upcoming 5G iPod Nano, iLounge also... weighed in on the rumors surrounding the next generation iPhone. They've been told that the next-generation ... (more) Next Generation iPhone Case to Have Matte Finish? ...

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Engadget:  Matching IDs suggest fake matte iPhones may not have been so fake

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Matching IDs suggest fake matte iPhones may not have been so fake
Engadget — ... otherwise tried to hide their identities. It sounds like a pretty far-fetched conspiracy theory at first, yes -- but we're aware of at least one wireless carrier that actively puts out bogus information to achieve the same effect, and you might remember that Microsoft was rumored to have done the same thing with prototype Zunes back in the day. Either way, it's a crying shame, because that glossless finish has left an indelible mark on our hearts that won't soon heal. [Via Daring Fireball, matte iPhone picture via MacRumors] Filed under: Cellphones, ...

Leaked iPhone 3G S Matte Finish iPhone Cases Were Real… or Canary Traps?
The iPhone Blog — ... (via DF) wonders on Twitter whether it just might have been one of Apple’s infamous canary trap — information left out to see if it gets leaked, and to catch the source of the leak. Tom Clancy, meet Steve Jobs… ...

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