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Photos of cases and parts of the oft-rumored, lower-cost iPhone – which has been referred to in multiple outlets as the iPhone 5C – have flooded the interwebs in recent weeks, but a new set raises the spectre of an ugly legal battle between Apple and arch-rival Google. We refer to an assortment of photos of what are said to be …

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  1. Christopher W

    Unsophisticated buttons?

    They'll fit right in with the unsophisticated UI then!

    1. returnmyjedi

      I hope you're not referring to iOS 7, which is going to magical. Not that it's anymore magical than iOS 6 which is of course, err, magical.

      Magic!

      PS. Those buttons look magical.

      1. Darryl
        Trollface

        Magical. That's why they made it look like My Little Pony, so the colours will fit in just fine

        1. Vociferous
          Facepalm

          You mean they're slavishly copying Microsoft?

          (http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/windows-8-anime.png (yes, that's the real Japanese version of Win8 pro))

          1. Michael Habel
            Alert

            So that's what Hachi-tan looks like then....

            /!\ For Me-tan...

        2. Anonymous Coward
          Anonymous Coward

          Fixed

          "Magical. That's why they made it look like My Little Pony, so their punters will fit in just fine"

          1. wowfood

            Re: Fixed

            The iPhone will never be as popular as MLP!

            *cough*Dashisbestpony*cough*

            1. Rukario

              Re: Fixed

              > The iPhone will never be as popular as MLP!

              iBrony?

      2. Chris 171
        Meh

        I'd go as far as REVOLUTIONARY!

      3. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        "I hope you're not referring to iOS 7, which is going to magical"

        Yes - apparently it's a straight port of the Windows Phone UI...

      4. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Magical...

        AND revolutionary. You left out revolutionary.

        And lethal cunning...and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope. Or wait...I may be confusing things.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      It will

      It will satisfy the cravings and give hope to all of those Android users who were unable to afford an iPhone but now might.

      1. Goldmember

        Re: It will

        My last 3 'droids have all cost more than the equivalent Jesus phone. Then again, they have all actually been good at what they do.

      2. Kay Burley ate my hamster
        FAIL

        Re: It will

        It's not about capitalist/childish dreams of have the biggest, best or most expensive.

      3. Arnold Lieberman
        Joke

        Re: It will

        A fool and his money...

      4. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: It will

        "It will satisfy the cravings and give hope to all of those Android users who were unable to afford an iPhone but now might."

        And they can finally ditch that virus protection software for good, plus get some decent software that they'll actually have to buy, bless 'em.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The hues are nothing like the same.

    1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
      WTF?

      Uninformed opinion! They FEEL the same.

    2. John 104

      @AC colors

      you are looking at them wrong

    3. Seanie Ryan
      Thumb Down

      holy crap !!!

      is there no end to the lengths these crap journalists will go to to try make up a story out of absolutely FUCK ALL.

      God almighty, so anyone who has used colours in their products are now copying Google? INSANE

      if you were in any way UNBIASED, then where was the article saying that Google copied the original Apple logo by using colours.

      FFS, i'm off.

      1. Turtle

        @ Seanie Ryan

        Although I am not sure, nevertheless I will, making an effort to be generous, assume that the article was an attempt - however feeble and tedious - at humor.

        That doesn't mean that the article isn't moronic....

      2. Darryl
        Gimp

        Re: holy crap !!!

        Wow, either extremely sensitive about any fun poked at Apple, or time to switch to decaffeinated.

      3. oolor
        Holmes

        Re: holy crap !!!

        The fact it is in Bootnotes should have clued one in that this is not a real article, this goes double for you, Turtle, as a silver badge.

      4. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: holy crap !!!

        @Seaanie Ryan::

        FFS, a fanbois and an anthropogenic global climate change denier in one body.

    4. Craigness

      I bet you'd not be able to tell the difference if a judge held them up at the other end of a court room.

      1. I like noodles

        "I bet you'd not be able to tell the difference if a judge held them up at the other end of a court room."

        Ah but sure Mr Cook would just have to stand there and theatrically demonstrate that no matter how hard he tries, the buttons simply don't fit, and thereby get off scott-free

  3. unwarranted triumphalism

    Black

    That's my favourite colour for controls. Ideally they should be completely black and light up in black on a black background when you operate them.

    1. returnmyjedi

      The black ones on that hefty Lumia are a nice black, and made from ceramic so you can clean them with Cilit Bang.

    2. Tom 35

      Re: Black

      Apples problem is they never label the buttons. They should be properly labelled in 4 point Helvetica narrow in a nice medium grey.

    3. ElNumbre
      Joke

      Re: Black

      Only priest phones have truly black phones. All other "Black" phones are just really, really, really, really, really, REALLY dark blue.

    4. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Black

      Ideally they should be completely black and light up in black on a black background when you operate them

      Alternatively they can be blank but display "don't press this button again" when pressed!

    5. LarsG

      Re: Black

      Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy refers to the rock band Disaster Area and their ship which was pre-programmed to crash into the sun.

      Zaphod stated, 'Every time I press one of these black controls, labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to let me know I've done it'

      Credit where credit is due.

      Prior art perhaps..

      1. kmac499
        Happy

        Re: Black

        Both Prior and definitley Art

        ( btw Hotblack Desiato is an esatey\lettingy agent in W London )

    6. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Black

      It is going to be difficult to fit the phone with an escape pod, though.

      1. mrfill
        Happy

        Re: Black

        You have forgotten that it is equipped with the Infinite Improbability Drive.

        Why is the sea curling up at the edges?

  4. Graham 24

    TV Remote Prior Art?

    An electronic device with four buttons, one red, one yellow, one green, one blue.

    I've got a couple of those at home, lying on the sofa...

    1. Field Marshal Von Krakenfart
      Trollface

      Re: TV Remote Prior Art?

      Yes, but did the patent for the TV remote buttons also say "on a mobile phone"?

      Anyway, they should be OK, the buttons have rounded corners....

      1. wowfood

        Re: TV Remote Prior Art?

        Maybe microsoft should sue. After all their controller has yellow green red and blue buttons.

  5. TS

    Where have I seen those colors before...

    Hmmm... I kinda remember them on some sort of logo... maybe some fruit or something. Apple better sue that company as well, before Google sues them.

    1. larokus
      Happy

      Re: Where have I seen those colors before...

      They can't sue. Apple invented 'colours on an electronic device' just check with the USPTO it's all there

    2. Annihilator
      Alert

      Re: Where have I seen those colors before...

      It's also the colours of the Windows flag logo! All incontrovertible proof that Google, Microsoft and Apple and all the other big companies are all run by the lizard people.

  6. Tim99 Silver badge
    FAIL

    Rik - You have surpassed yourself...

    Just when I think that you couldn't be a bigger click-whore, you surprise me with more bait.

    1. Toothpick
      WTF?

      Re: Rik - You have surpassed yourself...

      Was it such a slow news day that you had to make this crap up?

      1. Jamie Jones Silver badge
        Happy

        Re: Rik - You have surpassed yourself...

        Why all the hostility?

        This is The Reg - they often have humourous articles - no need to get so worked up!

        1. Miek
          Linux

          Re: Rik - You have surpassed yourself...

          Maybe some people only find things amusing on Friday's.

    2. Ace Rimmer
      Stop

      Re: Rik - You have surpassed yourself...

      "But let us now remove the tongue that has thus far been so firmly lodged in our cheek,"

      Right there at the end of the article for anyone who'd read it and not already worked that out for themselves.

      Nuff said to the haterz really.

      1. Miek
        Coat

        Re: Rik - You have surpassed yourself...

        What a Guy!

        Mine's the one with the smoked kipper in the pocket.

  7. Buzzword

    Windows

    Even Windows 3.x had those four colours.....

  8. Busby

    Is it just me or do those colours seem almost deliberately embarrassing for a phone. Could this be deliberate to make sure those with the "real" iPhone dont get too pissed off when the cheaper version launches?

    1. ThomH

      They're very similar to the colours of many cases. And they're made out of plastic so that you don't have to surround your anodised aluminium in a plastic case.

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