Did T-Mobile Germany really leak the 3G, 16GB iPhone? Doubtful.

So you may or may not have seen the above supposedly leaked German T-Mobile ad floating around the internets today, which outlines a new iPhone featuring not only HSDPA, but double the current device's capacity (16GB), all for a paltry €499 (about $700 US) when released on November 12th. Is it possible? Sure, anything's possible, and these guys even show off an iPhone with German-translated icons. Still, we're not convinced. What's more likely, that Apple, which managed to keep AT&T almost totally in the dark right up until launch day, really sealed the deal with T-Mobile on a new iPhone that just happened to get leaked more than a month in advance? Or that this image -- a ridiculously easy photoshop job -- is every bit as fake as the Ich Lüge bullets from Heathers?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in, via TUAW]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2007 10:34PM]

The fact is says iPod instead of iPhone is a dead giveaway it is a fake.

I don't think Apple would want their only European distributor to get the product name wrong!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2007 11:58PM]

I think the same its says ipod apple wouldn't want people to be mistaking their products... i know don't it just smells fishy to me.... it may be done for the simple reason someone who hates iphone because of the recent price reduction and they are trying to make apple lose some sale on iphone.... it just seens really weird and the other thing is if it is real why would apple want to pisse american customers more than they are right now??? apple also said that is the line that they are bringing for the holidays... i don't think 3g is going to be out until next year...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 12:38AM]

hi, i'm new to this web site, just checking in see if the new guy can win any thing, thanks

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 12:53AM]

Good morning to all Engadget-Users from Germany,

for me and many other users in the message-boards this look like a fake � as you said some photoshop and an hour of work! Enough to make the german iPhone freaks go crazy ;-)

I marked some things on the image � if you like check out my blog

http://apfel-telefonie.de/2007/09/09/gefakte-t-mobile-anzeige-sorgt-fuer-aufruhr/

Hope you all can understand the german words!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 3:25AM]

Hehe, i'm pretty sure it's fake now that i've seen that.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 2:14AM]

I think the government should ban Photo Shop.

[DonaldMick Posted Sep 10th 2007 7:57AM]

shopped, pixels, etc

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 10:50AM]

erm - its not beyond the realms of possibility the image was resized - hence pixelated.;) I agree this image seems a little fishy but your point doesnt really stand up.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 9:44AM]

Damn it! I thought the Ich L�ge bullets were real!

You've raped the memories of my teenage years!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2007 10:45PM]

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/29/t-mobiles-german-iphone-plans-soar-to-new-heights

For all of you "nay-sayers", it is true. Deutsche Telekom will be releasing the iPhone for T-Mobile Germany, but they have claimed that it will not be usable in the U.S.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2007 10:47PM]

http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/07-09-19_tmoi_iphone,20,,newsid-5827,en.html

the English version of the press release taken straight from Deustche Telekom's web site.