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AllThingsD has now put together a gallery of dozens of images of the early iPhone ^[2] and iPad prototype designs from the court documents revealed during the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Samsung ^[3].

Among the many filings on Saturday was a document with dozens of sketches and prototypes for both the iPhone and iPad. Some had already been included in earlier filings, but Saturday’s collection was particularly extensive.

The filing features a host of sketches, images from computer-aided design programs, and photographs of actual models that Apple fabricated as part of its design process.

Among the concepts that had previously surfaced was a series of the early Sony-inspired designs used by Samsung as evidence that Apple had copied the iPhone design from earlier innovators.

"Purple" dates back to August 2005 — months before the Jony prototype was originally designed. According to the documents, Shin Nishibori's Sony-style touches were simply "an 'enjoyable' side project," embellishments on a concept ^[4] Apple had already designed. The documents contend that Purple remained free ^[5] of the alleged Sony inspirations, ultimately giving birth to the iPhone in 2006 (and looking decidedly like the iPhone 4 ^[6]).

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