Is the Gizmodo iPhone HD scoop a fake?

April 20th, 2010

Talking with a friend about the new iPhone HD revelations by Gizmodo, we noticed how the logo on the letter Apple sent them to repossess the iPhone prototype wasn’t their latest version. Not only the logo, but on the bottom right the font used is the condensed Garamond that Apple used to use years ago. This is exactly Apple’s stationery circa 2005. Here’s a comparison between Gizmodo’s letter and others Apple sent to other individuals. Let’s see if you can spot the differences.

Gizmodo’s letter:

Comparison n.1:

Comparison n.2:

What can we deduct from these images? We have 3 possible scenarios:
1) Gizmodo got seriously punk’d
2) Gizmodo really received the mail but they were too lazy to scan it so they just recreate one themselves
3) Somebody at Apple should update Mr. Sewell’s stationery

What do you think about this story?

Tags: iPhone HD, News

http://www.pestaola.gr Titanas

This is getting crazy.. every few hours it’s like a mini saga of nes scoops here and there. You have an eye for details i have to admit but still, let’s wait for Apple to user their army of lawyers. You read that engadget was advised by their legal team not to buy the iPhone?

http://www.davidedicillo.com Davide

Yeah, I don’t know, this could be just some old stationery he still had in his office…
Gizmodo took a risk, we’ll find out soon if Apple will response. For sure I wouldn’t have exposed that poor guy who lost it.

http://www.pestaola.gr Titanas

This is getting crazy.. every few hours it’s like a mini saga of nes scoops here and there. You have an eye for details i have to admit but still, let’s wait for Apple to user their army of lawyers. You read that engadget was advised by their legal team not to buy the iPhone?

http://www.davidedicillo.com Davide

Yeah, I don’t know, this could be just some old stationery he still had in his office…
Gizmodo took a risk, we’ll find out soon if Apple will response. For sure I wouldn’t have exposed that poor guy who lost it.

Walter

Nitpick: the old font isn’t Bodoni, it’s condensed Garamond.

http://www.davidedicillo.com Davide

Yup, you are right. Fixed.

Thanks.

Walter

Nitpick: the old font isn’t Bodoni, it’s condensed Garamond.

http://www.davidedicillo.com Davide

Yup, you are right. Fixed.

Thanks.

http://www.brandonpaton.com Brandon Paton

Was this letter sent in a PDF via email? Or is gizmodo’s letter supposedly scanned?

Draw a perfectly vertical line in photoshop and line it up with the left margin. It’s *perfectly* aligned, up to the pixel, so its probably not scanned in. (it might say that somewhere in gizmodo… I didn’t bother looking)

http://www.brandonpaton.com Brandon Paton

(nevermind.. lol)
robert

All you have to do is read the letter and see that it says that it was sent via email.

http://www.davidedicillo.com Davide

That just means that they sent the same letter via email as well.

http://www.brandonpaton.com Brandon Paton

Was this letter sent in a PDF via email? Or is gizmodo’s letter supposedly scanned?

Draw a perfectly vertical line in photoshop and line it up with the left margin. It’s *perfectly* aligned, up to the pixel, so its probably not scanned in. (it might say that somewhere in gizmodo… I didn’t bother looking)

http://www.brandonpaton.com Brandon Paton

(nevermind.. lol)
robert

All you have to do is read the letter and see that it says that it was sent via email.

http://www.davidedicillo.com Davide

That just means that they sent the same letter via email as well.

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http://twitter.com/josh Josh

How stupid do you guys feel know? Not trying to troll, just saying. I thought it was a hoax at firs too, for sure, and had to eat my words.
http://twitter.com/josh Josh

How stupid do you guys feel know? Not trying to troll, just saying. I thought it was a hoax at firs too, for sure, and had to eat my words.

Davide Di Cillo