An LG Nexus 4 handset was apparently "lost" in a San Francisco bar by a Google employee last month.
The handset, which no one came back frantically looking for, was locked and had a "not for sale" sticker and Google logo on the back.
Jamin Barton, the bartender who found it, showed the mysterious handset to a regular in the know about these things, who "immediately" identified it as the unannounced but leaked-to-high-heaven LG Nexus 4.
L'odeur du rat
This suspiciously clued-in regular named Dave called Google, as you do, at which point the tech giant began panicking and strong-armed the bartender and Technology Dave into returning the phone.
But not before Barton took some photos of the handset and sold them to Wired. The images aren't particularly inspiring, but they are in line with the host of other leaks we've seen to date.
The story is ridiculously similar to that of the lost iPhone 4 which was found in a bar and sold to Gizmodo, prompting a major war between Apple and the tech blog back in 2010.
Image credit: Wired
It smells like a planned marketing leak to us but hey, what do we know. The LG Nexus 4 was set to be unveiled at a Google event in New York today which has been cancelled due to the imminent arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
No word on if or when a rescheduled launch is set to take place - we're expecting to see an updated version of Android Jelly Bean and a 10-inch Google Nexus 10 tablet.
Source : techradar[dot]com
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