The now widespread leaked new iPhone received additional confirmation tonight from tech writer John Gruber. After contacting sources, the historically accurate blogger now believes the device is an authentic test mule that was simply lost. The situation may be urgent as the iPhone is “a unit Apple is very interested in getting back” the writer said

…(Updated with backing details) The now widespread leaked new iPhone received additional confirmation tonight from tech writer John Gruber. After contacting sources, the historically accurate blogger now believes the device is an authentic test mule that was simply lost. The situation may be urgent as the iPhone is “a unit Apple is very interested in getting back,” the writer said.It’s unclear why the shell was claimed to be a Japanese copy by a Spanish site earlier this weekend, but the example is no longer thought to necessarily represent the final model. The seemingly thicker and less refined body may at once be due to its pre-production nature but also to hide the design by letting testers fit the prototype in existing iPhone cases and mask the obvious differences….

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