Apple iPhone to be Released on June 11th?

sportsfanMAW · Mar 30, 2007, 12:47 AM

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-617...-0-5&subj=news

Oh man i can't wait!!!!

lanray · Mar 30, 2007, 12:54 AM

Yeah, I just read this a few minutes ago. I probably won't get the first generation (just got a 8525 - it's pretty sweet and plenty for now), but I can't wait to see it/play with it. Nice to have a date to (hopefully) hang our hat on.

twoodcc · Mar 30, 2007, 12:55 AM

thanks for the link

Wild-Bill · Mar 30, 2007, 01:18 AM

I certainly hope

doesn't wait to update their entire product line on that date. I have been waiting for a Mac Pro update since December. If they were smart, they would introduce the new lines/updates separately from the iPhone.

MacbookSwitcher · Mar 30, 2007, 01:45 AM

Good link.

I can't wait to get my hands on one. The good thing is, it will be easy for me to play around with one without buying it.

EricNau · Mar 30, 2007, 01:51 AM

Although the date does make sense, their source is a customer service manager at Cingular. Are we to believe that Cingular employees know the release date of an Apple product before the Apple employees?

MacbookSwitcher · Mar 30, 2007, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricNau

Although the date does make sense, their source is a customer service manager at Cingular. Are we to believe that Cingular employees know the release date of an Apple product before the Apple employees?

Good point. I can tell you firsthand that no one knows two months prior to release, what the exact release date of a phone will be, as it can change day-to-day based on issues found during carrier certification.

whooleytoo · Mar 30, 2007, 08:33 AM

Perhaps I'm grasping at straws, but could there be any significance in the fact it's being released at WWDC?

How often do they release products at the developer conference that are closed to 3rd party developers? Was any iPod ever announced there?

netdog · Mar 30, 2007, 08:39 AM

Wonder what our date will be. Wonder who will even be the provider.

psychofreak · Mar 30, 2007, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whooleytoo

Perhaps I'm grasping at straws, but could there be any significance in the fact it's being released at WWDC?

How often do they release products at the developer conference that are closed to 3rd party developers? Was any iPod ever announced there?

Last WWDC came the 5.5G iPod...

StrayRooster · Mar 30, 2007, 08:47 AM

Does Jobs usually speak on the first day of the conference? Or at the end of it?

I'm sure he'd be the one to annouce 'Go out and buy it now'.

MacRumors · Mar 30, 2007, 08:48 AM

CNet's Gadgest Blog claims that Cingular has confirmed the release date of the Apple iPhone.

Quote:

Now Cingular is confirming that the release date will be June 11. A customer service manager at Cingular (we called 800-947-5096 and were transferred to sales) gave us that date late Thursday, but, alas, said he didn't have any additional information beyond that.

While Cingular Customer Service is not likely the best source of inside-Apple information, the date does correspond with the start of Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference.

Apple has officially stated that the iPhone will be released in "June 2007".

whooleytoo · Mar 30, 2007, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psychofreak

Last WWDC came the 5.5G iPod...

Thanks.

Ah well, there's that theory out the window.

xfiftyfour · Mar 30, 2007, 08:54 AM

I don't think it's totally inconceivable that a Cingular CS employee would know an exact date. I mean, it's not as though the "Apple secrecy" applies anymore, since they've already announced June. Surely Cingular knows exactly when they'll be able to start selling these things, since there's a lot that Cingular has to do to prepare for its release as well.

I think the date is given even more credential if the CS employee pulled June 11 without being particularly aware of any Apple event.. too much of a coincidence for him to have said June 11 and that just happens to also be the first day of an Apple conference..

mrrory · Mar 30, 2007, 08:55 AM

I want one! Please! It's not too much to ask... I've spent so much money with Apple over the years, this would be a great reward for loyalty...

coumerelli · Mar 30, 2007, 08:56 AM

Oh thank Heaven for 6Eleven!

bah! That just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Seriously, this makes a lot of sense. I think Steve-o would want the largest audience for this event, and he won't have a bigger one until January '08. This is easy.

cannonball · Mar 30, 2007, 08:57 AM

It makes perfect sense to me.

mattscott306 · Mar 30, 2007, 08:58 AM

Interesting, but 1. Why would a (low level) cingular rep have access to the release date of an apple product?

2. Why release on a Thursday? Everything else goes out on Tuesdays. (I loves me some Apple Tuesdays)

StrayRooster · Mar 30, 2007, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattscott306

2. Why release on a Thursday? Everything else goes out on Tuesdays. (I loves me some Apple Tuesdays)

June 11th is on a Monday. And I'll be the first in line.

mattscott306 · Mar 30, 2007, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrayRooster

June 11th is on a Monday. And I'll be the first in line.

So looking at October 11th on my calandar isn't the same as June 11? (oops)

Still, why release on a monday then?

Mydriasis · Mar 30, 2007, 09:01 AM

Hey thats my birthday. That would be a pretty nice present.

amac4me · Mar 30, 2007, 09:01 AM

I'll wait for the announcement from Apple but my hunch is that the release will happen on June 21, the first day of WWDC 2007

xfiftyfour · Mar 30, 2007, 09:03 AM

We already had a thread goin' about this....

lol

StrayRooster · Mar 30, 2007, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattscott306

Still, why release on a monday then?

My guess is because it's the first day of WWDC. I'm betting that Jobs will want to announce the release, but does he speak on the first day of the conference?

But yeah, I too love me some Apple Tuesdays

Quote:

Originally Posted by amac4me

I'll wait for the announcement from Apple but my hunch is that the release will happen on June 21, the first day of WWDC 2007

The first day is the 11th.

Erasmus · Mar 30, 2007, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amac4me

I'll wait for the announcement from Apple but my hunch is that the release will happen on June 21, the first day of WWDC 2007

Nnnooooo!!!

Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad!

SJ's WWDC2007 keynote shall be based on new iMacs, Macbook Pros, Leopard and iLife '07, not iPods,

TVs, and especially not iPhones. SJ would just stand up there and blab on about how great the iPhone is, and not actually release any new products that we haven't already heard about!

Please, Stevie J, keep your WWDC keynote focussed on my next notebook, not on some cool phone that I won't be able to get my hands on for another year.

PS. I thought it was the 11th, but whatever. I Want My SR MBP!

Mar 30, 2007, 12:47 AM	#1
sportsfanMAW macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2006	iPhone June 11th!!! http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-617...-0-5&subj=news Oh man i can't wait!!!!

Mar 30, 2007, 12:54 AM	#2
lanray macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2005	Me, too Yeah, I just read this a few minutes ago. I probably won't get the first generation (just got a 8525 - it's pretty sweet and plenty for now), but I can't wait to see it/play with it. Nice to have a date to (hopefully) hang our hat on. __________________ PowerBook 1.5 GHz 80 GB 1.5 MB Read about the Catholic Worker

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Mar 30, 2007, 01:18 AM	#4
Wild-Bill macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in the cloud	I certainly hope doesn't wait to update their entire product line on that date. I have been waiting for a Mac Pro update since December. If they were smart, they would introduce the new lines/updates separately from the iPhone. __________________ Mac Pro Octo 2.8 \| 8800GT \| 14GB RAM \| 3.5 TB MacBook Air Rev. C 2.13 \| 128 SSD 12" PowerBook G4 \| ATV Take 2 \| iPhone 3Gs 16 gig

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whooleytoo macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cork, Ireland.	Perhaps I'm grasping at straws, but could there be any significance in the fact it's being released at WWDC? How often do they release products at the developer conference that are closed to 3rd party developers? Was any iPod ever announced there? __________________ Greenpeace Apple Mac <- Macintosh <- McIntosh apples <- John McIntosh <- McIntosh surname <- "Mac an toshach" <- "Son of the Chief"

Mar 30, 2007, 01:45 AM	#5
MacbookSwitcher macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Good link. I can't wait to get my hands on one. The good thing is, it will be easy for me to play around with one without buying it.

Mar 30, 2007, 01:51 AM	#6
EricNau macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA	Although the date does make sense, their source is a customer service manager at Cingular. Are we to believe that Cingular employees know the release date of an Apple product before the Apple employees?

Mar 30, 2007, 08:39 AM	#9
netdog macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London	Wonder what our date will be. Wonder who will even be the provider. __________________ We don't see the world as it is. We see it as we are. -Anais Nin Classical Homeopath and Naturopathic Doctor in London

Mar 30, 2007, 08:47 AM	#11
StrayRooster macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2007	Does Jobs usually speak on the first day of the conference? Or at the end of it? I'm sure he'd be the one to annouce 'Go out and buy it now'.

Mar 30, 2007, 08:54 AM	#14
xfiftyfour macrumors 68030 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clemson, SC	I don't think it's totally inconceivable that a Cingular CS employee would know an exact date. I mean, it's not as though the "Apple secrecy" applies anymore, since they've already announced June. Surely Cingular knows exactly when they'll be able to start selling these things, since there's a lot that Cingular has to do to prepare for its release as well. I think the date is given even more credential if the CS employee pulled June 11 without being particularly aware of any Apple event.. too much of a coincidence for him to have said June 11 and that just happens to also be the first day of an Apple conference..

Mar 30, 2007, 08:55 AM	#15
mrrory macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: United Kingdom of America	I want one! Please! It's not too much to ask... I've spent so much money with Apple over the years, this would be a great reward for loyalty...

Mar 30, 2007, 08:56 AM	#16
coumerelli macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: state of confusion.	Oh thank Heaven for 6Eleven! bah! That just doesn't have the same ring to it. Seriously, this makes a lot of sense. I think Steve-o would want the largest audience for this event, and he won't have a bigger one until January '08. This is easy. __________________ They say that if you play a Microsoft CD in backwards it plays Satanic music....That's nothing. If you play it forward it installs Windows!!!

Mar 30, 2007, 08:57 AM	#17
cannonball macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2006	Well... It makes perfect sense to me. __________________ \| iMac 20" CD \| PMac G4 MDD \| 12" PBook G4 \| 12" iBook G3 \| B&W (2) \|

Mar 30, 2007, 08:58 AM	#18
mattscott306 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2007	Interesting, but 1. Why would a (low level) cingular rep have access to the release date of an apple product? 2. Why release on a Thursday? Everything else goes out on Tuesdays. (I loves me some Apple Tuesdays) __________________ I'm sleepy.

Mar 30, 2007, 09:01 AM	#21
Mydriasis macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2005	Hey thats my birthday. That would be a pretty nice present.

Mar 30, 2007, 09:01 AM	#22
amac4me macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2005	I'll wait for the announcement from Apple but my hunch is that the release will happen on June 21, the first day of WWDC 2007 __________________ Switch To A Mac http://switchtoamac.com

Mar 30, 2007, 09:03 AM	#23
xfiftyfour macrumors 68030 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clemson, SC	We already had a thread goin' about this.... lol

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