Today's sign that the 3G iPhone is nigh
The iPhone will soon be faster. We'll define 'soon' as between four and six weeks.
(Credit: CNET Networks)Widespread iPhone shortages, combined with an explosion in carrier deals, point to the launch of the next-generation iPhone as right around the corner, according to Piper Jaffray.
I know, I know: this isn't the first time you've heard that theory. But you have to admit that signs are piling up that a 3G iPhone is in Apple's short-term plans. Let's recap the evidence so far.
The iPhone is currently unavailable at half the Apple retail stores surveyed by Piper Jaffray over the weekend. Both the 8GB and 16GB models are unavailable from Apple's online store. Shortages have also been reported in recent weeks in the U.K. following a price cut.
Also, Apple is adding wireless carriers at a frantic pace. Canada, Mexico, Australia, much of Latin America, four new countries in Asia, and almost half of Europe are now on track to start officially selling iPhones in short fashion. The big Asian prizes, China and Japan, remain outsiders for the moment, but unlocked iPhones are selling briskly in China under the table.
Piper Jaffray expects Apple to announce the 3G iPhone at the Worldwide Developer's Conference in June (where, believe it or not, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver a keynote address). The iPhone 2.0 software is expected to arrive by the end of June, which will mark the one-year anniversary of the iPhone's debut.
So, those of you who were wondering if you should wait to purchase an iPhone until the 3G model comes out, rest easy. You simply can't buy one now even if you wanted to--or at least, you're going to have trouble finding one.
GE Interest Plus
First, No 3G
Second, $100 price drop
Third, new 32GB model introduced
This is why blogs are useless. Why not just go to the source if you want to know what is going on. In this case www. apple.com.
There is no new iPhone on the Apple Store site. There is a $100 cheaper model and a 32GB model on the site, but they are iPod Touch models and not iPhones. Next time you berate the blog site about fact checking, you might want to start by checking your facts.
The one I see shows the 8 & 16 GB iPhones as unavailable. You must be looking at the iPod Touch page. Talk about useless, your whole comment is thus.
http://switchtoamac.com/site/3g-iphone-in-may-new-mobile-device-at-wwdc-2008.html
That story is from April and now that the iPhone is sold out in the UK and the US, it more plausible now.