The recent legal process between Apple and Samsung turned out to be a gold mine of closely guarded secrets. The legal saga, which dragged on for almost five years and ended with the North Koreans admitting the theft of intellectual property, revealed many interesting facts about the Silicon Valley company. Among other things, the fact that Apple created a bunch of different designs for the iPhone smartphone, but they never saw the light of day. Below you can see all the rejected designs for the iPhone smartphone.
Apple is among the recent legal battle with Samsung revealing all of his rejected designs for, among other things the iPhone smartphone. He also found himself among them the octagonal iPhone. Among other things, Samsung challenged the fact that Apple cannot patent a square smartphone with a rounded edge, but the judge turned a deaf ear to his arguments. In the end, the North Koreans agreed to a settlement and credited Apple for intellectual property infringement 548 million US dollars, which is still almost half the amount originally allocated.
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Rejected Designs for the iPhone Smartphone: 
White iPhone, but only on the back. 
Good thing this iPhone design didn't make it through. 
Octagonal iPhone. 
A design that could be the inspiration for the iPhone 4. 
A round and rather chunky iPhone. 
iPhone with rounded edges.
