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Apple has demanded the return of a next-gen iPhone (4G) that was reportedly found in a Redwood City bar.

According to Gizmodo, the iPhone was left behind by a rather tipsy Apple Software Engineer known as Gray Powell and subsequently obtained/torn-down by the publication.


Unsurprisingly, Gizmodo has agreed to comply with Club Cupertino's request.

"Happy to have you pick this thing up. Was burning a hole in our pockets. Just so you know, we didn't know this was stolen as they might have claimed - meaning, real and truly from Apple," Gizmodo's editorial director Brian Lam wrote in response to Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell.

"It was found, and to be of unproven origin when we bought it. Now that we definitely know it's not some knockoff, and it really is Apple's, I'm happy to see it returned to its rightful owner. P.S. I hope you take it easy on the kid who lost it. I don't think he loves anything more than Apple."



Meanwhile, Gizmodo's Jesus Diaz claimed that Powell sounded "tired and broken" by his ordeal.

"But at least he's alive, and apparently may still be working at Apple — as he should be. After all, it's just a fu**ing iPhone and mistakes can happen to everyone — Gray Powell, Phil Schiller, you, me, and Steve Jobs," opined Diaz.

"The only real mistake would be to fire Gray in the name of Apple's legendary impenetrable security, breached by the power of German beer and one single human error."






The new iPhone OS 4.0 software will be released in June during WWDC, along with the new iPhone 4G. The photo you see above is probably the iPhone 4G phone. Apple has kept extremely quiet about the iPhone 4G (no surprise there), but that hasnt stopped people from finding out more about it. Gizmodo purportedly has pictures of a prototype of the iPhone 4G. They claim that the iPhone 4G was found in a bar, and the person who found it sold it to them. We dont know what price Gizmodo had to pay, but some blogs are saying that they had to pay $10,000 USD. Whatever they paid, its a small amount compared to the traffic theyre getting. With the almost 3 million pageviews their post has gotten, they have already earned a huge amount of money through ad revenue.

The following new features are added in iPhone 4G smartphone: * Front-facing camera Used for Video Chat * Back camera Theyre saying its improved * Micro-SIM , as opposed to the standard SIM in the current iPhone * Improved display * Power, mute, and volume buttons are metallic