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'Enable 3G' Setting in iPhone Firmware NOT Fake

There are circulating claims that the 'Enable 3G' setting screenshot in the latest iPhone 2.0 Beta was faked.

Asking whether or not this screenshot is fake is like asking if a perfect digital replica of a photo is fake. The story remains the same regardless of the answer. As mentioned in the original story, the exact wording and text from the screenshot appears in Apple's iPhone 2.0 firmware:


Apple expects the 3G option in the upcoming iPhone to impact battery life enough that it offers the user and option to turn it off.

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49 months ago
this should put to ease all of the whiners that complained about the 3G Battery life sucking!
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49 months ago
I'll believe it when I see it (in two weeks).
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49 months ago
Fake Or Not I Want 3g And 3g Will Be Here At Wwdc!
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49 months ago
good. i'm looking forward to this ;)
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49 months ago
I assume this is in response to my submission to you Arn? :p
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49 months ago

this should put to ease all of the whiners that complained about the 3G Battery life sucking!


How does it do that?
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49 months ago
Please, please, please... don't let it be DoCoMo!!!! Softbank PLEASE!!!

... In Japan
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49 months ago
Here's the full story for anyone who cares.

1. 3G screenshot posted by an 'unofficial developer'.
2. it gets a lot of press
3. 'unofficial developer'. gets accepted into iPhone Dev program.
4. He posts in a "wink-wink" disclaimer later: "oh, that wasn't a real screenshot, I just photoshoped it and it was a big coincidence" so he doesn't get in trouble from Apple for posting it in the first place
5. a site that can't read between the lines posted it as truth.

The screenshot is legit.

btw, here's a video with someone using the 3G switch on an iPhone (37 seconds in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1rUtQJxMg

arn
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49 months ago
I believe the photo was NOT fake. Even if it was, the concept certainly isn't. It is a little similar to being able to turn of Wifi. I will welcome this feature, but I doubt I will have much trouble with battery usage. Most of my phone usage is in the car: car charger = full battery.

WWDC hurry up!!!!
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49 months ago

Here's the full story for anyone who cares.

1. 3G screenshot posted by an 'unofficial developer'.
2. it gets a lot of press
3. 'unofficial developer'. gets accepted into iPhone Dev program.
4. He posts in a "wink-wink" disclaimer later: "oh, that wasn't a real screenshot, I just photoshoped it and it was a big coincidence" so he doesn't get in trouble from Apple for posting it in the first place
5. sites that can't read between the lines post it as truth.

The screenshot was legit.

arn


thanks, i didnt understand the first post at all until you said that
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