Is the Gizmodo iPhone HD scoop fake?

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Post by jewgonewild » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:15 PM UTC

Is the Gizmodo iPhone HD scoop fake?
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Post by rationalbeaver » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:47 PM UTC

Which is more likely: Someone created a truly impressive and convincingly realistic fake iphone which they subsequently "lost" in the hopes that someone would find it and leak/sell it to the media.

OR

Mr. Sewell has a lot of oldish letterhead that he needs to use up?

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Post by ugh » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:48 PM UTC

I never thought I would write this – but, yeah, that’s linkbait.

The article is about the stationary of the letter Gizmodo got from Apple, asking them to give the iPhone back. The stationary seems out of date.

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Post by Anon84 » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:49 PM UTC

rationalbeaver wrote: post #2

Which is more likely: Someone created a truly impressive and convincingly realistic fake iphone which they subsequently "lost" in the hopes that someone would find it and leak/sell it to the media. OR Mr. Sewell has a lot of oldish letterhead that he needs to use up?

Well, now that you mention it... http://www.reallifecomics.com/comics/2010/20100420_2439.png

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Post by jordanmessina » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:54 PM UTC

Considering how much negative publicity Gizmodo has received after all this, I'd think they would admit if they made it up by now...

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Post by noelchurchill » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:55 PM UTC

Maybe legal department is the last to get the latest updated stationary.

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Post by davidedicillo » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:55 PM UTC

rationalbeaver wrote: post #2

Which is more likely: Someone created a truly impressive and convincingly realistic fake iphone which they subsequently "lost" in the hopes that someone would find it and leak/sell it to the media. OR Mr. Sewell has a lot of oldish letterhead that he needs to use up?

I'm sure that's the real deal, I thought it was funny that in a company so design oriented, a VP still uses letterhead from 2005. Usually big companies destroy the old stationery after a branding change.

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Post by djcapelis » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 11:58 PM UTC

ugh wrote: post #3

I never thought I would write this – but, yeah, that’s linkbait. The article is about the stationary of the letter Gizmodo got from Apple, asking them to give the iPhone back. The stationary seems out of date.

Now if it was stationary from the future well then it'd be a real story!

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Post by bmalicoat » Wed, Apr 21, 2010, 12:02 AM UTC

If Apple's 'green' claims are to be taken seriously they can't be throwing out all sorts of paper when they update their logo or font.

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Post by kylebragger » Wed, Apr 21, 2010, 12:03 AM UTC

I noticed that the letter says "sent via email" — perhaps this is just a recreation by Gizmodo based on the text of the email...