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Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?

By | April 25, 2011, 5:37pm PDT

Summary: MIC Gadget has posted images of an alleged iPhone 4S in white. It’s definitely not the white iPhone 4 (which will being arriving stateside on Wednesday) it

MIC Gadget has posted images of a device that some people are calling the iPhone 4S, in white.

It’s definitely not the white iPhone 4 which appeared in the UK last week, and will being arriving at U.S. Best Buy stores on April 27 — it’s packing what appears to be a larger 3.7-inch screen.

Here’s another shot of the alleged leak (right) as compared to a 3.5-inch white iPhone front panel (left).

Looks Photoshoppy to me. What’s your take?

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Jason O'Grady is a journalist and author specializing in mobile technology. He has published six books on Apple and mobile gadgets and his PowerPage blog has been publishing for over 15 years.

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Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
ma.isa Updated - 13th Oct
Wow! iPhone 4S will be release later. So I think this photo whether it's Photoshopped or not, doesn't matter now because there is really iPhone 4S. It was a disappointment to some people that it wasn't iPhone 5. As what I heard from early reviews,iPhone 4S may look similar iPhone 4 but the difference is a faster processor chip,better camera~ an 8MP which will allow me to take better iPhone cool pictures and Speech Recognition. It also has Find My Friends feature of iOS 5. Potential commands would be like "is my sister at Toronto homes " or "who is here?"
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
zaghy2zy 25th Apr 2011
IT's a Chinese knockoff.... maybe their try at creating real-to life iphone 5 mockup sample? hmmm?
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
Roykate 25th Apr 2011
I don't know what to say
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2/10ths of an inch bigger????
CathyCC 25th Apr 2011
2/10ths of an inch bigger screen?
Do you know how small 2/10ths is????
Diagonally!
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
Rick_K 26th Apr 2011
Why not simply wait till Apple announces the next iPhone? While playing the I got the scoop game people often forget to check their sources, I believe that one of the most important rules of journalism (mind you I could be wrong), is to check your sources.
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
heymatthew 26th Apr 2011
@Rick_K I'll second that.

I seem to remember similar speculation about the iPad 2 (ie, SD slot, retina graphics, USB port, 7" display option, etc.).

You don't HAVE to post stuff. If you don't have anything legitimate to talk about or something constructive to bring to the table, take a day off. I think it's better to post good information than to post speculative information such as this.

Nobody will know what the iPhone 5 or 6 or 8 or 20 will look like until Apple releases it. Or someone leaves it in a bar and Gizmodo gets their hands on it.

Take a break sometime...
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Journalism?
grillomalta 5th May 2011
@Rick_K - I thought the fundamental rule of journalism was 'Never let facts stand in the way of a good story!'

Changing all your manufacturing jigs for 2/10 of an inch is dumb... absolutely false news.
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Bigger screen cost savings?
hyermish 26th Apr 2011
If this slight expansion of the screen keeps the same resolution, the "retina" display gets a little less crisp. My guess is that the display will still be around 280-300 ppi, which is still quite stunning and most people won't be able to tell the difference. This could make the touch panels a bit cheaper to manufacture. So the perceived larger screen (edge to edge) would give Apple an additional profit margin on the product.
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
Alan C Vonderhaar 26th Apr 2011
lame
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PHotoshop
icboulder 26th Apr 2011
Looks like Photoshop to me. I have taught PHotoshop and this would be easy to create. That said, they could be creating the larger screen, and I think they may. But, the screen looks like Photoshop to me.
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
phatkat 26th Apr 2011
I looks like a photoshopped. The glare pattern doesn't appear to match the icons on the screen.
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Really, does anyone actually give a ?
Scrat 26th Apr 2011
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
dheady@... 26th Apr 2011
Nice rumor though the logic behind such a move escapes me. Apple has a perfectly good screen as it is for the iPhone 4. I suspect, based on some rumors on AppleInsider earlier today about iPhone '6' ramping up production with a totally new technology for the screen that you'll be seeing iPhone '5' as more of an incremental evolution, much as the 3GS was.

Though I must admit I'm puzzled why this is gaining any traction at all.
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
Remiss63 Updated - 26th Apr 2011
The image of a hand holding the supposed device is clearly Photoshopped, however the image below on the right with a reflection of a point and shoot camera may be a template for the coming iPhone 5 screen.
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
james347 27th Apr 2011
Boring.
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RE: Is this the 3.7-inch iPhone, or Photoshop?
ma.isa Updated - 13th Oct
Wow! iPhone 4S will be release later. So I think this photo whether it's Photoshopped or not, doesn't matter now because there is really iPhone 4S. It was a disappointment to some people that it wasn't iPhone 5. As what I heard from early reviews,iPhone 4S may look similar iPhone 4 but the difference is a faster processor chip,better camera~ an 8MP which will allow me to take better iPhone cool pictures and Speech Recognition. It also has Find My Friends feature of iOS 5. Potential commands would be like "is my sister at Toronto homes " or "who is here?"

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