Is the Gizmodo iPhone HD scoop fake?

rationalbeaver|16 years ago

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?

Anon84|16 years ago

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

davidedicillo|16 years ago

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.

bmalicoat|16 years ago

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.

ugh|16 years ago

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 The stationary seems out of date.

djcapelis|16 years ago

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

jordanmessina|16 years ago

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

anigbrowl|16 years ago

They're about to get a whole lot more, I think. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1280955

kylebragger|16 years ago

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

davidedicillo|16 years ago

That's also when the paper copy is a hard copy of an email previously sent.

tzs|16 years ago

He offers no evidence than Apple has some a wide standard for letterhead. That was a pretty worthless article.

noelchurchill|16 years ago

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

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