We've just witnessed what's arguably the cutting edge of smartphone hoaxes this week. Remember the Sony Nexus X? It's a fake; an impressive 3D render combined with superb attention to detail. It worked so well that it managed to throw off intelligent readers and publications alike. Now the person behind it all has decided to publish a rundown of how he pulled it off, and why.
"I faked the Sony Nexus X. Truly sorry."
As is par for the course with such hoaxes, details like camera, flash, speaker, and SIM slot placement were taken from real phones — in this case the Xperia Ion and upcoming Xperia TL. It was all integrated with an eye towards maintaining Sony's Xperia design philosophy to create a convincing device. The creator of the...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/19/3527284/how-the-non-existent-sony-nexus-x-fooled-the-tech-world
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