How Apple disguised the iPhone 4G

Still more to talk about the iPhone 4G found in a bar by one of Gizmodo’s employees. If the whole story is to be believed, then we have to ask how many of those prototypes are around. Jason Chen from Gizmodo actually wonders, in fact, how come others like this haven’t been spotted before.

The answer is in the fact that Apple disguises the prototypes rather well. There are probably more of these around, being tested by Apple employees, but they can’t be recognized. One of the blurry points on the story was how the iPhone 4G was disguised. The prototype was wrapped in a black plastic cover, adapted to the phone in order not to catch too much attention. The prototype looked like a standard iPhone, with a scratched cover. Once the cover is removed, the plastic pieces covering the on/off, volume and mute buttons come off.

The solution seems rather smart, since the cover looks like one for the old iPhone. Also, the iPhone covers are generally smooth, like this one, and hence one will not pay attention to the fact that the size isn’t quite like the 3GS. The video above shows the process of uncovering the disguised iPhone 4G.