Abraham Vegh

My awesome iPhone 4 delivery story

This morning, the FedEx tracking page changed from “Delivered by 10:30 AM” to have no delivery date/time. I took it in stride, but then I got frustrated, and decided to give FedEx a call to find out exactly what the deal was. I got through to a human surprisingly quickly (thank you Mary!) and after giving her my tracking number and she informed me that iPhone orders were varying in delivery time (she said they were supposed to ship in the afternoon, not the morning) I was about to thank her and hang up, when…

THE DOORBELL RANG

I told her, “Mary, if that’s you guys, I owe you a beer.”

Boom.

Apple was prepared

In yet another post about the possibly stolen prototype fourth-generation iPhone, Jason Chen details the disassembly process of the device for Gizmodo.

Here’s an excerpt:

There are no markings on the board, but even so, the board was encased in metal all around so nothing could get through and would be very difficult to remove without breaking the device. Anyone trying to take this part off the phone would damage the device irreparably. On top of this metal, there was a thermal paste-like material. And on top of that, black tape. They really didn’t want people looking inside.

Despite their record and policies regarding prototype hardware, Apple obviously took the possibility of a leak very seriously, ensuring that should the device end up in the wrong hands, it would take a supreme level of skill and resources to force this device to reveal its innermost secrets before it could be recovered.

I don’t believe for a single moment that Apple planned for or wanted the device to be leaked, but I fervently believe that they were prepared for the possibility.

2

The number of lines visible beneath my eyes.