Amaya Toman Ngo-April 2010, iseva ye-Gizmodo yathola ukunakwa kwabantu abavamile nabaqeqeshiwe. Iwebhusayithi egxile kakhulu ezindabeni zobuchwepheshe ezishicilelwe izithombe ze-iPhone 4 prototype engaziwa, eyazihlakaza yaba izingxenye ngazinye. Ngakho-ke abantu bathole ithuba elingajwayelekile lokubheka ngaphakathi kwe-smartphone ezayo nangaphambi kokuba ibone ngokusemthethweni ukukhanya kosuku. Indaba yonke ingasebenza njengomkhankaso wokulwa notshwala - i-iPhone 4 prototype yashiywa ngephutha kukhawunta yebha ngunjiniyela wesoftware we-Apple owayeneminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa ngaleso sikhathi uGrey Powell.
Umnikazi wendawo yokucima ukoma akapholisanga maseko wabikela izindawo ezifanele lokho okutholiwe, kanti akuzange kufane nokuthi kube nesiteshi samaphoyisa esiseduze. Abahleli bephephabhuku i-Gizmodo bathenge idivayisi ngo-$5. Ukushicilelwa kwezithombe ezifanele akuzange kuhambe ngaphandle kwesiyaluyalu esifanele, esihlanganisa ukusabela kuka-Apple. Uma uthi nhlá, i-prototype ye-iPhone 4 yayibukeka njenge-iPhone 3GS, kodwa ngemva kokuhlakazwa kwavela ukuthi ibhethri elikhudlwana lalifihlwe ngaphakathi kwedivayisi, ifoni ngaleyo ndlela yayiyi-angular futhi mncane kakhulu. Izithombe zivele esidlangalaleni ngo-Ephreli 19, 2010, cishe inyanga eyodwa nesigamu ngaphambi kokuba i-smartphone yethulwe ngokusemthethweni nguSteve Jobs eWWDC.
Abahleli bephephabhuku i-Gizmodo kwadingeka babhekane nezinsolo ezingekho emthethweni zokwephula umthetho, kodwa impikiswano enkulu yayibangelwa ukusabela okunonya kuka-Apple kulokhu kuvuza. Ngemva kwesonto kushicilelwe isihloko, amaphoyisa agasela efulethini lomhleli uJason Chen. Lokhu kugasela kwenziwe ngesicelo se-Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, inhlangano ezinze eCalifornia ephenya ubugebengu bobuchwepheshe. U-Apple ubeyilungu lekomidi eliqondisa le nhlangano. Umhleli wayengekho ekhaya ngesikhathi kugasela, ngakho uphiko lwangena endlini yakhe ngenkani. Ngesikhathi kugasela, kuthathwe ama-hard drive amaningi, amakhompyutha amane, amaseva amabili, amafoni nezinye izinto efulethini likaChen. Kodwa uChen akazange aboshwe.
Igalari yezithombe
Ukuhlaselwa kwamaphoyisa okwaqalwa yi-Apple kwabangela igagasi lokucasuka, kodwa abantu abaningi baphikise ngokuthi uGizmodo kwakungafanele athenge idivayisi kumnikazi wendawo yokucima ukoma kwasekuqaleni. Kwaba namazwi athi impendulo ka-Apple yayinehaba futhi ayinasizathu. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuvuza kwesithombe se-iPhone 4, iwebhusayithi eyayidume ngaleso sikhathi nokuqagela i-Think Secret ikhanseliwe ngokugqugquzelwa yi-Apple. UJon Stewart weDaily Show uzwakalise esidlangalaleni ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngamandla nomthelela i-Apple ewuphethe. Ucele u-Apple esidlangalaleni ukuthi akhumbule unyaka we-1984 nendawo yawo yokukhangisa yangaleso sikhathi, eqondiswe ku-"Big Brother". “Zibukeni esibukweni bantu!” esho eduma.
Ngokumangazayo, uGrey P0well akazange alahlekelwe isikhundla sakhe enkampanini futhi wasebenza ekuthuthukisweni kwesoftware ye-iOS kuze kube ngu-2017.
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