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3G iPhone in May, Another Device at WWDC?

frank781 said:
The prediction of the 4G iPhone and the new device might be correct. but the timing doesn't make sense.

We are too close to WWDC not to wait for that event to release the IPhone 2nd Gen.
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The Mac Pros were updated about a week before MWSF08. Different product sure, but I don't think your point stands.
 
btnnaz said:
go to apple store website. Click iphone then click. Window->Activity.

Notice lots of image files and others double click them and they will open.

Scroll Down some more

There is one that says this: http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1424/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/violator_new_iphone.gif

But when u double click it it comes up a blank image. Strange- "New iPhone"
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check out the HTML --- I cleaned it up a bit and took out some unimportant tags so you can see it better. If you do a "select all" on the page, you can see a blank square image that gets highlighted up above the "16GB" picture. That is the one with "new iphone" in it's name. What do you guys think the "violator" word refers to? I haven't been able to find it anywhere else in the code on the apple store?

<div class="promo_specs">
<div class="promo_option">
<h3><img src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1424/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/iphone_title_8gb.gif"></h3>
<p class="availability">Ships: Currently Unavailable</p>
<p class="price">$399.00</p>
<div class="prod_btns"></div>​
</div>

<div class="promo_option">
<div id="violator_new"><img src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1424/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/violator_new_iphone.gif"/></div>
<h3><img src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1424/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/iphone_title_16gb.gif" width="44" alt="Image" height="14" /></h3>
<p class="availability">Ships: Currently Unavailable</p>
<p class="price">$499.00</p>
<div class="prod_btns"></div>​
</div>
​
</div>
 
JAQ said:
Why would it have to be for a product launch this time? Why not for the launch of a new pricing/service plan: a price subsidy for the iPhone with an AT&T contract (as rumored)?

Many of y'all are blowing the 3G issue out of proportion. Yeah, it'll be nice to have that capability, but 3G service isn't even available in many areas. It's a geek upgrade, not the sort of thing Apple or AT&T is going to do a publicity blitz for.

Here's my tea-leaf-reading theory: 3G-capable iPhones will be showing up in stores soonish, with the current (or minor rev) software. Maybe with the 3G capability disabled, to be sneaky. Then in June after WWDC, AT&T will start selling discounted iPhones, and Apple will continue selling them at current prices... unlocked from AT&T. At the same time, they release the 2.0 software (enabling the 3G) as a free update to current owners, and of course the App Store. That combo would be worthy of some major media attention, and would get people stampeding into both the quiet little AT&T store and the already busy Apple store in malls across America.

If there's a tablet or some other not-an-iPhone product to be announced, that's just One More Thing...
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1) The iPhone 3G WILL be a big deal. A majority of the population will have 3G access by the end of the year, if not already. But beyond that, it's not just about 3G, it's about a second version of the iPhone. In addition to 3G, most people expect a revised design, a GPS chip, a better camera, possibly a secondary video conferencing camera on the front, maybe a camera flash, and who knows what else. Also, the idea of an AT&T subsidy to offset some of the cost would be a big deal if true.

2) It's extremely doubtful that Apple would launch a new iPhone without 3G enabled. First of all, they would definitely get bad press on launch day, and a quick tear-down would reveal the baseband chip in use and people would soon see that it is 3G capable and just not enabled. I don't see any version of this concept working out.
 
I would love some kind of tablet type thing...

timimbo85 said:
The tablet would be really sweet. It makes sense, CNN already has the big screen multi touch technology, and a handful of other companies have the tablets. It's Apples turn. I think they release the 3g early and introduce the tab and discuss the new features of the iphone at the WWDC. Just my guess.




This statement is far from true, many people can benefit from the tablet and I think it would sell fine. It would go to hospitals, schools, union etc. Its small, fast and easy to access data and keep track on information.
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even just something say, twice the size of the iPhone/iPod Touch as long as I could connect a bluetooth keyboard to it to take notes at school, I would buy it in a heartbeat. And please don't tell me I should just get an MBA. The fact that it is lighter than my G4 12inch PB is offset by the fact that would take up more space in my backpack. I need something small and light that I can take to school that won't put a huge burden on my back. Also, the MBA doesn't have enough RAM capacity for me to even consider it. I realize that with some kind of iPod Touch XL, I would not get as much either but my expectations would be different for something like that than they are for a laptop.
 
marcg007 said:
even just something say, twice the size of the iPhone/iPod Touch as long as I could connect a bluetooth keyboard to it to take notes at school, I would buy it in a heartbeat. And please don't tell me I should just get an MBA. The fact that it is lighter than my G4 12inch PB is offset by the fact that would take up more space in my backpack. I need something small and light that I can take to school that won't put a huge burden on my back. Also, the MBA doesn't have enough RAM capacity for me to even consider it. I realize that with some kind of iPod Touch XL, I would not get as much either but my expectations would be different for something like that than they are for a laptop.
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You should just get an MBA.
 
I was talking with an industry insider who claims to have actually seen the new iphone first hand. He claims it will be announced on June 9 (WWDC) and released about a week later (definitely not on the 9th or 10th). I know this isnt much new info but I figured id chime in to quell some of the rumors of a May release
 
theprizefight said:
I was talking with an industry insider who claims to have actually seen the new iphone first hand. He claims it will be announced on June 9 (WWDC) and released about a week later (definitely not on the 9th or 10th). I know this isnt much new info but I figured id chime in to quell some of the rumors of a May release
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Did he say anything of a possible tablet ....?:D:D:D:D:D
 
:rolleyes::pNew macbook design?? Or new Mac UMPC this june??

The speculations nowadays are endless...:p:p
 

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Check this out this is a chat i had with an online apple store agent

Hi, my name is Judy. Welcome to Apple!

How may I help you today?

Hi I have been looking to buy an iphone but the past 6 days they have been
sold out is something wrong?

We do not have any currently available and do not have information on when new ones will become available.

new ones?

She Never Responded after that
 
wow - any chance you could post up some other really uninteresting chats you have had with people??

like:

(looking at wall) hi i'm wondering if you have any info on the forthcoming iphone release....???


wall: never responded...


btnnaz said:
Check this out this is a chat i had with an online apple store agent

Hi, my name is Judy. Welcome to Apple!

How may I help you today?

Hi I have been looking to buy an iphone but the past 6 days they have been
sold out is something wrong?

We do not have any currently available and do not have information on when new ones will become available.

new ones?

She Never Responded after that
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No 3g Iphone For Att

a reliable source of mine has told me that AT&T will NOT be launching the 3g iPhone at the WWDC. He said that instead they will be launching a new breakthrough device similar to the iPhone. The mini tablet maybe? I want the 3G iPhone not something bigger and harder to carry around... Come on Apple!!!!
 
deputylove8 said:
I believe they MAY be releasing a new product to combat the sporadic introduction of new devices into the world of mobile computing.

Recently, HP just released their new HP 2133. Kinda affordable as well.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=14&id=2527

Hmm.. maybe the tablet is to combat these UMPCs???Who knows:apple:
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If there were a mac laptop in that form factor around that price, I would buy it in a second. Of course it would need to have a hight maximum RAM level than that...
 
jnc said:
I wasn't really going for funny, it just makes sense to go for the tangible product that already meets your requirements (at the cost of maybe a new 1" wider backpack :rolleyes:) than hold out for a fantasy device.
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True that it is a tangible product but false that it meets my requirements. I want to be able to install an absolute minimum of 3GBs of RAM and I want something that fits in a smaller footprint. Basically, I would like something with the footprint of my 12inch powerbook or smaller, and the weight of the MBA. I know such things exist except that I also want it to run the Mac OS.:D
 
btnnaz said:
Check this out this is a chat i had with an online apple store agent

Hi, my name is Judy. Welcome to Apple!

How may I help you today?

Hi I have been looking to buy an iphone but the past 6 days they have been
sold out is something wrong?

We do not have any currently available and do not have information on when new ones will become available.

new ones?

She Never Responded after that
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That's simply standard procedure for Apple sales/retail employees. They never comment on future availability because they have no information about future availability... whether "new ones" means "new model" or simply "new units of the same old model". If an Apple employee ever hints to you that he knows something... it's because he read it on MacRumors.
 
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