French Designer Philippe Starck Claims Apple Will Reveal ‘Revolutionary’ New Product Within 8 Months [Updated]

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So Stack wasn't working on a new Apple TV or the iPhone 5, but Steve's private yacht instead.
Is Starck referring to an Apple television, the iPhone 5, or something else?

The French designer Philippe Starck, famous for both his interior design and mass produced goods like toothbrushes and chairs, revealed in a recent radio interview that Apple has been working on a “revolutionary” new product that will be unveiled within the next 8 months.

“Indeed, there is a big project together which will be out in eight months,” Starck said during a radio show with France Info. But he didn’t actually mention what that product may be, citing Apple’s “religious cult of secrecy” when pressed for further information. What he did say was that the product is “quite revolutionary.”

Based on recent rumors, our money is on that much-anticipated Apple television set. Apple’s co-founder, Steve Jobs, has already revealed to his biographer, Walter Isaacson, that he had “cracked” the TV set (not literally), with “the simplest user interface you can imagine.”

But it’s possible he could be referring to the sixth-generation iPhone, which is expected to get an all-new, “teardrop” design.

Starck also revealed that he was good friends with Steve Jobs, and that the pair met regularly before Steve passed away last October. He now meets with Steve’s widow, Laurene Powell, when he’s in California.

[via AppleInsider]

Update: Apple has responded to the rumor, and it looks like Starck was actually helping the late Steve Jobs design a yacht.

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