Aussie Apple resellers receive boxes with "DO NOT OPEN" warning
Australian resellers began receiving mysterious packages from Apple on Friday with a warning across the top that breaching the boxes ahead of June 10th would be a violation of their non-disclosure agreements with the company.
mactalk.com.au, which posted the below photo to its forums, notes that June 10th in Australia is actually around the same time of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs's June 9th WWDC keynote in the US. The site adds that it believes the boxes contain a single demonstration 3G iPhone to be displayed by the resellers immediately following the company's announcements.
Earlier this year, the Australian Apple fan site published a report in which it said that local resellers had started to receive guidance from the Cupertino-based company regarding a local 3G iPhone launch during the final week of June.
The report added that the touch-screen handset would arrive unlocked for use on many of the nation's wireless carriers and that Australian Apple resellers, unlike those in the US and Europe, would be privy to market the device to their customers.
In recent weeks both Vodafone and SingTel have announced deals with Apple to market the next-generation iPhone in Australia.
mactalk.com.au, which posted the below photo to its forums, notes that June 10th in Australia is actually around the same time of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs's June 9th WWDC keynote in the US. The site adds that it believes the boxes contain a single demonstration 3G iPhone to be displayed by the resellers immediately following the company's announcements.
Earlier this year, the Australian Apple fan site published a report in which it said that local resellers had started to receive guidance from the Cupertino-based company regarding a local 3G iPhone launch during the final week of June.
The report added that the touch-screen handset would arrive unlocked for use on many of the nation's wireless carriers and that Australian Apple resellers, unlike those in the US and Europe, would be privy to market the device to their customers.
In recent weeks both Vodafone and SingTel have announced deals with Apple to market the next-generation iPhone in Australia.
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Anyway, that's quite an early delivery... 4 days till they can open it. I can understand that it's a long weekend so delivery was on the last working day before Tuesday. Then Tuesday at 4am or so Steve gives his talk and they open the box... but surely it's a huge risk on Apple's part to be 4 days early? (is it possible they meant to deliver Monday evening but forgetting Monday is a holiday they said deliver on the previous working day?)
I guess I'll check back midnight on Tuesday morning to see what it was.... before Steve speaks.
(though quite possibly every reseller will be instructed to open it only afterwards)
Apple would not risk... steve being upstaged....
A couple points:
1. Why would Apple print out a shipping label on a regular piece of paper and tape it to the box? Everything I've ever received from Apple has been an actual shipping label, not a homemade job of just taping a piece of paper to the box. THIS SCREAMS FAKE.
2. Why would Apple place the shipping label on the bottom of the box?
I'm surprised AppleInsider posted this photo. It's clearly fake.
Just wondered why this article is so confident in its facts?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2084...next-week.html
You think it?s just bad journalism?
Give me a break here.
A couple points:
1. Why would Apple print out a shipping label on a regular piece of paper and tape it to the box? Everything I've ever received from Apple has been an actual shipping label, not a homemade job of just taping a piece of paper to the box. THIS SCREAMS FAKE.
2. Why would Apple place the shipping label on the bottom of the box?
I'm surprised AppleInsider posted this photo. It's clearly fake.
Maybe the actual shipping label is on the other side? And that's why this warning label is at the bottom?
But any how it does look/sound fake to me, I mean, its not like Apple hire spys to check up on every single pre-release product package they send out, or electronically GPS tags every box so it sends out a signal when its being opened. I would open it straight away.
why is it not misdirection?
Why hasnt Brendan (Ireland) posted that it IS a REAL LIVE i(Pad) Touch
or as Steve will announce it inside Brendans head "An iPatch"
Why Hasnt Temp Insanity been opened??
My god! Its full of Stars!
or electronically GPS tags every box so it sends out a signal when its being opened. I would open it straight away.
If it's an iPhone, it could send out a signal when it's turned on for the first time.
Count me in the "it's fake" category though.
I think whether this is legit or not depends somewhat upon how important the Australian market is to Apple. If they feel that they want or need to have new iphones to display without any delays on Steve?s announcement, then I could accept that this is the real deal.
but c?mon,.. it?s not like we can?t make a pretty good guess of what?s in the revised iphones, anyway.
How embarrassing.
Hello All,
Just wondered why this article is so confident in its facts?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2084...next-week.html
You think it?s just bad journalism?
Very bad journalism. Would expect better from a paper of the Telegraph's stature.
I'm also surprised that someone hasn't pointed out that the box size and shape run counter to the argument that there is only a "single new iphone" inside as stated.
Their professional reputations are on the line if they spill the beans and their employers have signed cross-guaranteed pledges worth at least $5 million each as compensation to Apple if their stories violate embargo. All this, despite the fact that they have a track record of discretion. They have a dedicated Apple tech support on call 24/7 to answer any question they may have on the device.
Have you seen any rumoring or revealing articles about iPhones from them in the last 2 weeks?
I'm not saying this is real or fake, but none of the reasons posted here as to why it's an "obvious fake" have any merit whatsoever IMO.
How about this, Australia is an island populated by descendants of criminals so Jobs would never trust new items to be shipped there days ahead of a major event, especially if it could ruin his big reveal on Monday.
PS: I also believe in phrenology.
And that line about Australians, i take personally. Be it sarcastic or not.
You do have to remember that MacTalk has received tip-offs before and they have, every time, proved legitemate.
And that line about Australians, i take personally. Be it sarcastic or not.
Australia is a nation of immigrants actually. And as for you, if you can't take a joke, you're not very Australian***.
My theory about whats in the box: anyone seen that movie 'Seven'?
[ *** in proper Australian this would be "Fuck you if you can't take a joke" ]