The Case of the Lost-Then-Found iPhone 4G Prototype
A 21-year-old bar visitor named Brian Hogan has been identified as the person who gave a technology blog Apple’s iPhone 4G prototype. Hogan’s attorney said Hogan thought the $5,000 payment was for exclusive access to the prototype. Other technology sites have reported they got inquires about access to the iPhone 4G prototype.
It’s unlikely that spending time in a bar ever made anyone as famous as Brian Hogan. The 21-year-old Californian was identified Thursday and quickly became well-known, since he was the remaining unknown character in the Case of the Missing-and-Then-Found iPhone 4G Prototype.
Earlier this month, technology blog Gizmodo posted photos and details about a prototype of an upcoming 4G version of Apple’s popular iPhone. The blog, owned by Gawker Media, said the prototype had been left in a Redwood City, Calif., bar, found by someone, and sold to the blog for $5,000.