Apple makes use of a wide range of take a look at units and prototypes when it’s contemplating new iPhone options, and one such take a look at system was not too long ago found by AppleDemoYT, who shared a video at the moment. This uncommon prototype iPhone was initially sourced from a facility that recycles electronics.
The “Vesica Piscis” iPhone is exclusive as a result of it would not have an Apple emblem, and it as an alternative a logo that appears like two crescent moon shapes. It is a image that has been seen on prototype Apple units earlier than, particularly an early model of the AirTag. The form that Apple is utilizing is a mathematical form shaped when two disks with the identical radius intersect, referred to as vesica piscis in latin. It is a image that has influenced every little thing from structure to artwork.
It seems to make use of parts from the iPhone 13 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional, although it additionally has components that belong to neither of these iPhones. There are quantity and energy buttons that don’t click on when pressed. Apple is recognized to have labored on buttons with haptic suggestions for the iPhone 15, nevertheless it’s not a function that ever materialized.
There’s a single, mixed quantity button moderately than separate buttons, and a modified SIM tray that’s shorter than regular and secured with screws. Engraving on the amount button aspect means that the system was at a “Ranger” prototype stage and was used for area testing.
A few of the inside parts, such because the digital camera, are non-functional and seem like placeholders, and there are a minimal variety of inside cables connecting to the logic board. One cable connects to the charging port and one other connects to the buttons on the system. The logic board itself has a singular structure that could be a cross between the iPhone 13 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional.
When turned on, the iPhone shows a message about microcontroller initialization being accomplished, and when linked to a Mac, it’s labeled as “Bender,” which appears to be a Futurama reference. It doesn’t reply to enter.
Primarily based on the serial quantity, it seems the system was manufactured in Could 2021, which predates the iPhone 13 Professional. It doesn’t appear to be an iPhone 13 Professional prototype, although, as a result of the iPhone 13 Professional would have already been finalized. The digital camera bump is just like the iPhone 14 Professional, so it might be a 14 Professional, however the mixture of parts makes it tough to determine.
AppleDemoYT speculates that it’s a take a look at system for experimental options moderately than a prototype for a particular iPhone mannequin, and it could have been designed to check haptic button know-how.
No matter it was used for, the Frankenstein iPhone gives an attention-grabbing take a look at among the testing that Apple does when contemplating new options.