AT&T clarifies the black iPhone rumor

by Vincent Nguyen on May 12, 2008





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If you're about to run to your local Apple or AT&T store to snag up a new black iPhone, let me save you a trip. I just received and email from AT&T representative with the following quote:

"The reference to "iPhone Black" was simply a temporary placeholder used over the weekend for a scheduled catalog update. It was meant to temporarily distinguish the various iPhone models-4GB, 8GB and 16GB-but was never reassigned. It should be corrected on the site by now."  Brad Mays, PR for AT&T.

This is actually kind of silly from my perspective. I apologize if our previous articles here and here got your hopes up. At lease now you know for sure.

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Laurent 05.12.08 at 11:00 pm

sure… someone at AT&T screwed up and now they’re trying to cover it up. :)

2 yarulb 05.12.08 at 11:17 pm

Iphone manual on Apple site showing GSM details.

Features on Apple Store listing shows GSM as well:

Specifications
Screen size
3.5 inches
Screen resolution
320 by 480 pixels (163 ppi)
Input method
Multi-touch
Operating system
OS X
Storage
8GB and 16GB
GSM
Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz)
Camera
2.0 megapixels
Wireless data
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Battery*
Talk time: Up to 8 hours
Standby: Up to 250 hours
Internet use: Up to 6 hours
Video playback: Up to 7 hours
Audio playback: Up to 24 hours
Dimensions
4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
Weight
4.8 ounces / 135 grams

3 rtln 05.13.08 at 4:29 am

Sure, because “8″ was too hard to type as a placeholder. “Black” is much easier. I hope someone got a nice lecture about being a dumbass.

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