Early iPad and iPhone prototypes revealed
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Court documents obtained by The Verge offer a fascinating glimpse of some of Apple’s early iOS device designs. The documents, which the Cupertino company has been forced to release ahead of an upcoming trial with Samsung, reveal a number of different prototypes, including an eight-sided iPhone, and an iPad with a kickstand.
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Is is it just me, or is this prototype eight-sided iPhone incredibly ugly?
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The rear of the device doesn’t look much better either.
![prototype iPad rear](/postpics/ipad-prototype1.jpg)
You would imagine that the smaller bevel on this prototype iPad would have made it difficult to hold, also note the lack of a physical home button.
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It might be branded “iPod” but this is obviously a tablet device, that strange looking hole is for a kickstand.
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The curves of this iPhone prototype remind me of the iPod mini and Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone.
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I’m guessing Apple would have added their logo to the rear of the final version.
Visit The Verge for even more photographs.