Is this photo fake?

[uscmatt]

I saw this over on Gizmodo and there's some debate about whether this is a really photo or not.

 

[badtzmaru]

I have no idea if it's real or not. i did read the gizmodo post and the one it links to. Neither provided any details.

it could be a picture that someone loaded ON the iphone. if i saw this in the apple store, i would have taken more photos.

 

[Kchino]

It's recovery mode, it looks real to me.

 

[dominatrix]

why ? whats the point to know if its real or not ?

i cant see nothing relevant there..

 

[Cleverboy]

why ? whats the point to know if its real or not ?
i cant see nothing relevant there..

If its real, you'll notice all the other things that become "true" and "factual" assuming this is in an Apple store, as the source suggests. #1.) The iPhone was either manipulated into going into this mode, or it simply "crashed" (as its being reported) to a screen such as this. #2.) If manipulated, it was done inside a store, and represents the possibility of random people walking up to iPhone in Apple stores and "crashing" them to this screen. Either way you see it... not too cool.

~ CB