Tony Fadell denies buying Apple's Product (RED) Mac Pro, gold EarPods at auction
Though he was pictured holding the items, former Apple executive Tony Fadell has revealed he did not purchase a Product (RED) Mac Pro or a set of gold EarPods at a charity auction.
Fadell took to Twitter on Friday to dispel speculation that he had bought the items at a Sotheby's auction in New York City last month. Earlier this week, a pair of photos showed him with both items, which led to the incorrect assumptions that he was now the owner.
The pictures were posted by noted photographer Kevin Abosch on Twitter, who even claimed that Fadell was "already trying to hack" the Product (RED) Mac Pro. Abosch also said Fadell "stopped by" to show off the items, though it's now been revealed he is not the true owner.
"To be clear, I'm not the owner of either," Fadell wrote on Twitter. "The real owner will reveal themselves if they so choose."
The comments seem to suggest that one person did indeed purchase both of the extremely limited items crafted by Apple's design chief Jony Ive. They were part of a series of items auctioned off in November to benefit The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The event proved popular, with the red-colored Mac Pro becoming the most expensive PC ever sold, at a price of $977,000. The gold EarPods also went for $461,000, meaning those two items alone cost their owner more than $1.4 million.
Fadell's tenure at Apple is best remembered for his role in creating the iPod, Apple's best selling media player. He has since moved on to found Nest, a home automation company that sells a connected thermostat and a smoke detector.
Fadell took to Twitter on Friday to dispel speculation that he had bought the items at a Sotheby's auction in New York City last month. Earlier this week, a pair of photos showed him with both items, which led to the incorrect assumptions that he was now the owner.
The pictures were posted by noted photographer Kevin Abosch on Twitter, who even claimed that Fadell was "already trying to hack" the Product (RED) Mac Pro. Abosch also said Fadell "stopped by" to show off the items, though it's now been revealed he is not the true owner.
"To be clear, I'm not the owner of either," Fadell wrote on Twitter. "The real owner will reveal themselves if they so choose."
The comments seem to suggest that one person did indeed purchase both of the extremely limited items crafted by Apple's design chief Jony Ive. They were part of a series of items auctioned off in November to benefit The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The event proved popular, with the red-colored Mac Pro becoming the most expensive PC ever sold, at a price of $977,000. The gold EarPods also went for $461,000, meaning those two items alone cost their owner more than $1.4 million.
Fadell's tenure at Apple is best remembered for his role in creating the iPod, Apple's best selling media player. He has since moved on to found Nest, a home automation company that sells a connected thermostat and a smoke detector.
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Even the rumors about things that aren’t even rumor material are fake!
Even the rumors about things that aren’t even rumor material are fake!
Even the rumors about things that aren’t even rumor material are fake!
He probably just doesn't want the world to know that he has $1.4 million in computer equipment in his home.
Kudos to the fake pictures !!
That Photoshop work was extremely convincing
He probably just doesn't want the world to know that he has $1.4 million in computer equipment in his home.
Probably his wife found out, and he's like "No honey, I bought them online, really!! Don't you look gorgeous today, did you do something to your hair?"
Lol I love the comments in the this thread.
The comments seem to suggest that one person did indeed purchase both
I haven't read his Twitter posts, but your Twitter snippet does conclude by saying "if they so choose"
Yeah, I wouldn't let this Tony fella(if that's his real name) put his grubby paws all over my million dollar custom Mac. What the hell does he know? /s
Ballmer bought them for his kids.
That would be journalism. This site is just an ad server with clickbait. Powered by Huddler.
What? Those items are fake? (see how easy it is to create a rumour)
Underpowered I'd say.
Did you notice these kind of articles get more and more common where they say one thing as almost absolute fact and then 1-2 days later they go 'nah, never mind, it wasn't true'. Like Samsung selling so few watches and everybody was all over it, then another article comes out and changes it all. We'll probably have to start giving articles a 2 day settling-in period before commenting on them just in case the story changes.
This story was originally based on Kevin Abosh's Twitter feed and it doesn't even mention Fadell as a buyer:
https://twitter.com/kevinabosch
The comment about hacking the Mac Pro was clearly a joke about the way he was looking at the Mac Pro.
The $1,000,000 was for charity, not for a computer. The computer is not worth $1,000,000. You'd never get out of it in resale.
Thanks for clearing that up. You clearly don't think much of the level of intellect around here.
Thanks for clearing that up. You clearly don't think much of the level of intellect around here.
Someone said he didn't want people to know he had 1.4 million worth of computer equipment. I was responding to that. Is that okay with you?