Earlier in the month, we showed you one of the earliest known iPad prototypes dating back to 2000, looking particularly bulky when compared side-by-side to today’s iPad. Today, we also caught a glimpse of an early mockup envisioning a Sony-inspired iPhone that Samsung is now using to establish prior art in the courtroom.


Bryan Bishop, reporting for The Verge, highlights one particular prototype labeled the N90:



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Here’s an interesting look at one of the concept render’s for a sixth-generation iPhone (left) and Apple’s early iPhone prototype (right)

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This is interesting
Shown at the article top is the first CAD rendering of the iPad, which dates back to 2004. Here’s how designers envision its back (notice the iPod branding).

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It doesn’t look too bad and while I’m sure an iPad like this would have wowed people, I’m really glad Apple abandoned it in favor of today’s design.