Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype

TaoViet.tn posts photos, takes it apart
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Suggested by theblogismine
Posted May 12, 2010 11:00 AM CDT

Believe it or not, yet another prototype of the new iPhone has slipped out of Apple's clutches. The Vietnamese site TaoViet.tn has posted a pile of images and a video of the new phone. The site's down, thanks to all that traffic, but you can see many of the images at MacRumors. It's unclear exactly how they managed to snag the gadget—the site just says it was bought in the US by a Vietnamese businessman.

The model is very similar to the one Gizmodo snagged, and still bears the double-camera. There are a few cosmetic changes—the screws are gone, and the back now clearly reads 16GB instead of XXGB. The site also busted it open, and found what looks like a proprietary Apple CPU inside. For full details, check FastCompany. So will Apple visit its terrible wrath upon Vietnam? Stay tuned.
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