I suggest to recollect, what saw fans of iPhone before occurrence of the first real photos. I will begin with earliest news on Web - from September, 2006.

1.09.2006, iPhone: new rumors

22.09.2006, Apple iPhone. Probably, there will be at once three models

10.10.2006, And again about Apple iPhone

22.11.2006, Apple will be engaged in release of mobile phones in 2007

22.11.2006, Apple iPhone’s Sketches

22.11.2006, Hot photos of a cellular phone iPhone

Hottest Apple iPhone prototypes from Web

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