Second day of salmon fishing was well worth the struggle yesterday! We limited out with two 30 lb Kings for Dad and Papa.

After the first day of fishing at the Columbia River Bar, Papa Mullinax landed the big fish of the day. A 30 lb king salmon.

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Well the night before Dad’s second surgery all of us were stopping at Whole Foods off Denny Way in Seattle when I ran across a mythical white iPhone 4.

The phone was being operated by an Italian businessman waiting for coffee. I showed a bit of curiosity and asked if it was some type of cover when he explained, “no I’m on a trip testing out the new white model debuting in Italy in February.”

After talking with him a bit about how I liked the white version he let me look it over explaining their apple group was struggling to keep the edges from yellowing after several weeks of use. He was confident the new white body will hold up better over time.

There wasn’t any memory size indication but it provided the model number A1332.
Kinda fun if it’s legit. Nice white body too. He did not know when the white one may appear in the US.

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Addendum (next day reflection)

The above post was filed from my phone so now I suppose I should fill in a bit more info from my computer today.

It was a strange happenstance for me to run into something like this.  I was very surprised to see someone so casually using a phone that is by all accounts only being tested in California.

I typically pay attention to tech moves, not just Apple stuff, so personally it was just nice to see the phone I may upgrade to down the road.  (I currently own the white 3GS, and it was a good conversation starter with the gentleman.)

This was more curiosity for me than anything. I was in the grocery looking for yogurt when I spotted a well dressed man scrolling through something on a white iPhone4.  I had heard of cases that can replicate the white look and casually asked him if it was a case.

He responded just as casually that it wasn’t and preceded to explain that it was in fact a iPhone4 that was being tested.  I mentioned that I would like to get one eventually (showing my 3GS phone to him) and if I could take a look.

The request was granted, then he decided to point out the antenna improvement (it wraps around the body now) without being prompted.

When I looked closer to the edges (to see if it was some kit build) he mentioned the white phones were having problems with the edges yellowing after being used, but he thought it was solved with this particular version.

Altogether, it was a slightly surreal, casual discussion from a curious shopper to a businessman taking a break with his phone.

Before departing to continue looking for yogurt, I asked if I could take a quick picture with my phone.  He set it down and turned it over (I think because he had some type of Italian social networking, message app open at the time) and that was the end of it.

I departed, complimenting his phone with a thumbs up and a ‘va benne!’

Overall, it was a nice phone.  It was just as nice as my sister’s black iPhone4 in quality engineering.

It surprised me yesterday when I learned that even though it’s shown on the Apple web site, the test versions haven’t been seen out and about.

My impression today: the phone seemed legit and the user was very polite.  If it was a fake or modified phone, it really didn’t seem that way to me.  Ultimately it was just a nice talk about a nice phone with a polite Italian.

A lightning storm blew threw about 12:30 a.m. and I was able to capture a bit. This version was edited on my iPhone using the lo-mob photo app.