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Photo: Where iPhone 3G's Come From

Submitted by Edward Kirk on July 28, 2008 - 8:31pm.
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One person over at removethelabels.com has an interesting story. Their mother purchased an iPhone, and was playing around with it and was about to change the wallpaper when she discovered that it had already been used to take three pictures, which were still on the device. Two of them were blurry, but the third was not, and it's contents was very surprising. Check them out after the break.

The three pictures (shown below) appear to have been taken on the iPhone 3G assembly line, and offer a fascinating glimpse at where iPhones really come from. Not a lot places you'll see that many 3Gs in one place these days.


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Submitted by Stephen007 on July 28, 2008 - 10:07pm.
Very interesting pics.

Question, however... how could someone take a picture from an iPhone in the factory? Doesn't it need to be activated first? You don't have access to the main menu features just right out of the box, do you?

Submitted by xxx on July 28, 2008 - 10:10pm.
hmm. not sure how authentic these are?

Submitted by baby-iphone.com (not verified) on July 29, 2008 - 1:14am.
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Very interesting pics.

Question, however... how could someone take a picture from an iPhone in the factory? Doesn't it need to be activated first? You don't have access to the main menu features just right out of the box, do you?
possibly they are "tested" at random for quality then restored back unactivated for sale.

Submitted by frannyc28 on July 29, 2008 - 3:42am.
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hmm. not sure how authentic these are?
Well the iphones look authentic. If the story about JUST finding the pictures is authentic or not that's a totally different situation. but the pictures show lots of iphones...

Submitted by nic08 on July 29, 2008 - 10:04am.
Interesting, is it really an iphone?

They're referbs

Submitted by teeje on July 29, 2008 - 10:04am.
How many new iphones have cheap labels stuck to them? Look closely at pic 3.

Submitted by Zak Reiter on July 29, 2008 - 5:40pm.
someone is giving us clues about the location of the main hive!

Submitted by warlock on July 29, 2008 - 5:50pm.
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How many new iphones have cheap labels stuck to them? Look closely at pic 3.
they cant be refurbs because Apple hasnt started producing refurbs ... according to my local Apple Genius... interesting point though.

Submitted by ijoe13 on July 29, 2008 - 5:59pm.
Interesting stuff...

Submitted by teeje on July 30, 2008 - 9:39am.
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they cant be refurbs because Apple hasnt started producing refurbs ... according to my local Apple Genius... interesting point though.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...aldeals/iphone

Submitted by warlock on July 30, 2008 - 10:28am.
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There are no refurbished iPhone 3Gs on the site...and, check out the conversation I had with an Apple Store Rep. online... Refurbished iPhone 3G's don't exist yet...

Pic 2

Submitted by Unregistered (not verified) on July 30, 2008 - 4:09pm.
Picture 2 looks like someone's fingers with one of those page turner condom looking things on their finger. I know it provides absolutely no help but its kind of like Where's Waldo now.

Submitted by frannyc28 on July 30, 2008 - 4:17pm.
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The link doesn't show any available refurbish iPhone 3G