Apple Losing Iron Grip

Apple have long held a debatable iron grip of secrecy over their products. Nothing is to be seen until it is announced, and whatever is announced is always delivered. No exception. But this time round, not one, but two – and maybe even more iPhone 4(G?)’s have been leaked. First, the Gray Powell incident.

But now, there’s some guy in Vietnam claiming he has a working device – although it shows a static screen, the device seems exactly operational, and boasts an A4 chip – with the same serial number as the A4 chip in the iPad. It’s still got pretty much all of its old features, and the front-facing camera present in the model Gizmodo discovered is still there.

But what’s with this? A company who never shares their secrets, leaking some important things? They’re famous for generating hype – so why leak out something and spoil the surprise?

The other notable thing is that Gray Powell hasn’t lost his job (well, so they say). So why did, when an iPhone prototype went missing and wasn’t found by anyone, a Foxconn employee become so tormented over losing it that he killed himself?

Too many questions. Not enough answers, Apple.