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iPhone Icon Reveals 3G iPhone Design?


Left: original iPhone, Right: new iPhone?


Forum user mrat93 found an interesting image of the iPhone in a file called "iPhone.icns" that accompanies the iPhone SDK. Amongst the icons, one photo of the iPhone appears different than the others. It has been zoomed in and set alongside the usual iPhone icon for comparison. Direct size comparisons can't be made, since the smaller image was simply zoomed in to the approximate size of the larger image. There are, however, some clear differences to the outer casing.

The significance of this is unknown. While it could represent an early peek at the subtle design changes of the next iPhone, it may simply be an old "artist's rendition" that was never replaced.

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48 months ago
I was searching my Mac for the iPhone SDK dmg file because I never used it and I wanted to delete it. I found a file titled "iPhone.icns" in Macintosh HD>Developer>Platforms>Aspen.platform>Developer>Library>Xcode>Plug-ins>AspenSupport.xcodeplugin>Contents>Resources.

In the file was a group of icons and pictures of the iPhone, and one looked different. Anybody know what this is? Could it be the 3g iPhone? I doubt it, but I still find it interesting.
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48 months ago
Matches the thinner front bezel on the most recent leak pics. That would be pretty cool.

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48 months ago
I just searched the file name in Google and it doesn't look like anybody else has posted this before.
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48 months ago
Holy smokes! Amazing find! I bet this is the 3G iPhone!

good work!
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48 months ago
that is the best photo ive seen for months... In comparison could you upload a picture of a normal iphone graphic from the sidebar, (the pic above this one).. even from the small pics the bottom of the present iphone looks much rounder
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48 months ago

that is the best photo ive seen for months... In comparison could you upload a picture of a normal iphone graphic from the sidebar, (the pic above this one).. even from the small pics the bottom of the present iphone looks much rounder


Good idea! Let's see both of them side by side (I am at work) :D
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48 months ago
Man this is a great find, which version of the SDK do you have?
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48 months ago

Man this is a great find, which version of the SDK do you have?


I think I just have the 1st version, I never used it.
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48 months ago
Post some more close up pics!
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48 months ago
It's kinda hard to compare between the different images - what's different exactly?
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