Fascinating iPhone and iPad Prototypes Revealed by Samsung Trial Documents
This is a discussion on Fascinating iPhone and iPad Prototypes Revealed by Samsung Trial Documents within the iPhone News & Site News forums, part of the iPhone News category; Apple’s forthcoming court case with Samsung may not even have started yet, but already it’s throwing up some fascinating insights into Apple’s design process, The ...
Fascinating iPhone and iPad Prototypes Revealed by Samsung Trial Documents
Apple’s forthcoming court case with Samsung may not even have started yet, but already it’s throwing up some fascinating insights into Apple’s design process, The Verge reports. Several previously top-secret photos of early prototypes of both the iPhone and iPad have emerged prior to the start of the trial, including photos of a Sony-design-inspired iPhone prototype created by Shin Nishibori, with one version even including a Sony logo that had been tweaked to read “Jony”, possibly referring to Apple’s Jony Ive. The Verge also posts several fascinating pictures of iPad prototypes, including ones with a variety of kickstands, a 16:9 version with wide handles at the sides, and an iPhone with eight sides and sloped corners. Also interesting to note is that many of the early iPad designs seem to have been named “iPod”, indicating that Apple may have been thinking of calling it that to begin with.