With the plethora of iPhone rumors floating around these days, here is a handy way to tell if a rumor is true — i.e. the iPhone will kick ass — or is false — i.e. it will be made by vat-grown German virgins genetically engineered to have tweezers instead of fingers. Please print out this flow-chart to assist you in your rumor assessing now and in the future as it is applicable for almost all Apple products. Note: this flowchart does not work with country-wide launch rumors” simply because the Apple doesn’t care about them and they are often announced right on the carrier’s websites as a badge of pride and are rarely false.
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