Does the name of today end in a “y”? Why, yes. Then it must be time for another iPhone 5 rumor. This one, as unsubstantiated as any other, is worth passing on simply because of the crazy levels of paranoia contained within.
According to Charles Arthur at the Guardian, iPhone 5 units are already installed in carrier facilities and are undergoing testing. Of course, being an Apple product, it must remain secret at all costs, and you can be sure that the handsets weren’t tossed into a Jiffy bag and mailed over to AT&T and Verizon. Nope. The iPhone 5s are locked inside specially constructed boxes, like pirate treasure:
[M]y understanding is that barely anyone inside the carriers gets to open those boxes, and even when they do the hardware is encased in a dummy body which means there’s no clue to what the actual phone will do.
Arthur goes on to speculate on the methods Apple might have to instantly identify any leaks, and also asserts that the whole Antennagate mess could have been avoided if Apple had simply let more people test the handset in the wild before launch.
I love this story, and I imagine that top level telco employees have to undergo an Indiana Jones style quest every time they need to access to iPhone 5. The liver-spotted, besuited executive enters a secret floor of the AT&T building carrying aluminum briefcase which is handcuffed to his emaciated wrist. At each of several progressively heavier doors he has to scan his watery retinas and worn-out fingerprints to gain access.
Finally, in the Testing Chamber, he unlocks the case. It hisses as the air pressure equalizes, and he draws out a small light gray microfiber bag, printed with the Apple logo in darker gray. Inside the bag is a small, polished weight, perfectly spherical but for a small flat circle the size of a dime. The executive places it on an empty plinth next to the unibody aluminum box securing the iPhone. He waits. His breathing stops. The sphere sinks a millimeter and something inside the box clicks. The lid pops open. The executive breaths, and the giant stone ball remains safely in its niche in the wall, ready to chase an unauthorized invader at a later date.
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