3G iPhone Already Ordered By Apple?

[ezekielrage_99]

So this is a next Tuesday rumor?

 

[Texasfight]

Iphone sold out in New York - 1 Week wait at onl-line store

LOL, what if they sell out of the old phones early and nobody can get a new one until June. Seriously though, why start manufacturing before getting FCC approval? That doesn't make any sense at all. 😱

 

[TheYankees1903]

iPhone Stock is LOW!

According to TUAW Apple's stock of the iPhone is no existant in some of Apple's NY stores. Apple is also stating 5-7 days till the current iPhone model ships. That is a very long time for a product that has been out for almost 2 months. I think (or maybe just hope) that they are ready to announce the second version of the iPhone.

Maybe they did get FCC approval already. I say this because (although it doesn't seem likely that Apple did get FCC approval) Apple would want to get the 3G iPhone out of the door as soon as it is announced so they do not ruin sales for to long a time. Apple really needs the iPhone to sell well all year long to reach its 10 Million iPhone mark for 2008. Maybe they will announce the device on April 1 (Apple's 32nd Birthday [I know it is April fools Day]) or sometime around there and then officially launch it at the end of june with the iPhone 2.0 firmware. By doing this Apple could use the WWDC to push apps for the device again (like last year's WWDC and web apps). I can see it now... "The iPhone is one of the best selling device's on the market and now the iPhone gets even better! Now developer's can have their apps downloaded and running via 3G. It has never been a better time to be an OS X (says this to push the fact that the iPhone runs OS X) developer!"

Then by the time Late June comes around they have iPhone 2.0 firmware, iPhone 3G selling, and a strong store full of apps for them to take 30 % of each sale form. This would also allow for the 3G iPhone to be announced and released in Q2 as many experts have predicted!

What do you think?

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/03/25/huffington-post-new-york-apple-stores-running-out-of-iphones/

TheYankees1903

FYI: The whole OLED screen is a great idea although I do not know how realistic it is... But if it ups the number of pixels, the ppi, battery life, and allows for haptics then I am all for it.

 

[iTeen]

oooo...a OLED in a iPod Touch.
sounds like a plan to me.

 

[TheYankees1903]

You Beat Me To It

LOL, what if they sell out of the old phones early and nobody can get a new one until June. Seriously though, why start manufacturing before getting FCC approval? That doesn't make any sense at all. 😱

You beat me to it but still read my write up. I think I have some pretty interesting thoughts. What do you think of them?

TheYankees1903

 

[SirOmega]

With the first iPhone, it was approved by the FCC on February 6, 2007 (there is a scan of the note from the lab with a 2/06/07 date)- less than a month after the announcement, and nearly five months ahead of the release date. I'll assume that the iPhone 2.0 could be in FCC testing right now, since I expect a September release along with all the other iPods. Who knows, the approval could have been what spurned this extra order.

If we take a little license with this rumor (which could be off a little), it could be just a confirmation of the original order after the FCC approval, or it could be a different model (cheaper?).

I'm hoping for a 32GB $499 model, but unless Apple figures out a way to cram 4 8GB flash chips in there we're stuck with 16GB (the current iPhones use two 8GB chips, the touch uses 4x8GB chips). We probably wont see 16GB flash chips until 2009 (Samsung says they're starting 128Gbit flash chips on 30nm in 2009).

TheYankees1903 makes a good point that I've raised before - Apple has a tough positioning strategy here. As soon as they announce a 3G phone, sales of the existing phone will plument. If you discount the phone in response to the annoucement, then you have the iPhone and the iPod Touch at the same or similar price points.

Edit: After more research, there was also a report from the lab on 4/19/2007. So testing did extend to April. But by April they knew it was good.

 

[Bad Paper]

The cost would be astronomical

You realize that you're talking about a company with fifteen billion dollars in the bank, right?

 

[pmpsta]

I'd suspect if they are ordering 10Mill iPhones it's not all the be deliveried on the same day, sounds like a one year supply, to allow manufactures to lock in their supply contracts as well.

Contract of that would include a few samples for testing and q&a.

Defiantly not for at once delivery. These are most likely estimates they're giving the factories for capacity and production line planning as well as to all the parts suppliers so they can ramp up their productions.

They'll also use the 10 mil number to help in negotiations when costing out the phone.

I'd imagine that along with any prototypes they currently have they'll also make quite a few samples.

 

[inkswamp]

This totally smacks of a Page 2 rumor. 10 million iPhones? OLED display? The cost would be astronomical, and to order 10 million straight off the bat would be totally irresponsible and definitely un-Apple. G3? Sure. But the rest of it is crock.

I totally agree. This rumor is ridiculous. At the very least Apple would figure out how to get a G4 in there. 🙄

 

[Aj2488]

Well you can wait forever, always in hopes of the next big thing around the corner...

...or you can man up and get the product and when it comes time to upgrade or replace you will have been happy the whole time.

I for one, am glad to have purchased the iPhone (right after price drop) and I would have been miserable sitting around with my old motorola reading forums month after month. 😱

Agreed.... unfortunately I'm one of the poor saps stuck with the motorola 🙁 Owell that will change with the coming of 3G!! 🙂

 

[Knolly]

The pricing of 32GB Flash and OLED makes a $500 pricepoint impossible, but I think that putting an OLED display in the higher capacity model would be a smart move.

OLED, perhaps, but 32 gb isn't out of the question. If Apple changes the hardware so it has slots for two flash chips they could certainly slot them in there.

I doubt it will happen as profits wouldn't be optimal, but I'm saying it could be feasible.

 

[Eduardo1971]

Woohoo! Looks like my fiancée and me will be buying our first iPhone sometime in the next few months!

 

[iAlan]

and all for Japan.....

Is it possible that iphone 2 got through the FCC approval without anyone knowing? How could apple order ANYTHING without that?

Was wondering this as well. I seem to remember Jobs saying phones had to be approved 6 months in advance by the FCC. Seems unlikely a new phone could sneak up on us.

Unless of course it doesn't show up in America first. 😱😱😱

I think Japan will see the first round of 3G iPhones. This would be the minimum for the iPhone to gain any significant traction here. Of course the 10 million would not all be in one 'order', i am sure it will be across a 12 month period - but 10 million in this market could support a good demand here.

Now, how about a carrier...

 

[sebimeyer]

Was wondering this as well. I seem to remember Jobs saying phones had to be approved 6 months in advance by the FCC. Seems unlikely a new phone could sneak up on us.

Unless of course it doesn't show up in America first. 😱😱😱

</German. 😀

Edit and off topic PS: Just noticed this: How the hell can I be a "macrumor newbie" in this forum? I joined in Jul 2002! Geesh, the shame, the shame.

 

[bpa1093]

I'm stoked! But how does OLED differ from the iPhone's current display?

 

[sleepingworker]

Although we knew this was coming, I'm very happy to have read this. I really look forward to buying my first iP - a year late.

 

[wesk702]

At least Apple will feel the rewards of the economic stimulus 🙂

Yeah Apple's no dummy. This is exactly what their timing and move will be. Recession proof even more.

 

[Silentwave]

I don't put a ton of stock in this rumor (though OLED and 3G would be definite flag-waving features in my book), but if it is by some stroke of luck true...
then one of those 10 million will be mine on day 1.

 

[Rocketman]

I have not seen the ATNN yet with a larger screen than the iPhone. I have put all my phones on contracts that expire "soon" or end of contract continuation with old hardware.

I for one am looking forward to this particular Apple Rev of a product. I think it will be as revolutionary as the MacBook Intel or the MacPro G5 was.

Less costly than a Mac+ too. 🙂

Rocketman

 

[Peace]

Was wondering this as well. I seem to remember Jobs saying phones had to be approved 6 months in advance by the FCC. Seems unlikely a new phone could sneak up on us.

3G at WWDC08'


Reason the iPhones are running low is because Apple is probably slowing down production on the EDGE ones in anticipation of the 3G rollout in June.

 

[zephead]

Would a 3G iPhone plan be more expensive than the current EDGE iPhone plan?

This has been discussed before, and no, AT&T doesn't bill 3G and EDGE separately. Data is data, no matter how fast or what way you get it.

If you have a 3G iPhone and there is no 3G deployment in your area does the phone go back to AT&T's EDGE network?

Yes, all of AT&T's 3G phones do just that.

 

[sblasl]

Is there a service map provided by AT&T that shows what markets or areas that 3G is actually deployed? If you have a 3G iPhone and there is no 3G deployment in your area does the phone go back to AT&T's EDGE network?

 

[veeco3110]

i stand mistaken...nevermind...i guess we are getting a 600 dollar check...

 

[wedgehammer]

'3G' is the next generation mobile data technology that allows for much faster internet access on mobile phones.

next gen? i thought 3g (or even 3.5g in our case) is current tech in most countries, save for the us?

 

[elgruga]

I for one, am glad to have purchased the iPhone (right after price drop) and I would have been miserable sitting around with my old motorola reading forums month after month. 😱

EXACTLY!

Me too - have had the iPhone since the first month, have sold and upgraded from 4gb to 8gb to 16gb (on Craigs List).

3G? I couldnt give a damn until it arrives.

Waiting is a waste of time.

AND I live in Canada where we aint got no official iPhone...yet.