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Next Version of iPhone to be released May 2008

Compile 'em all

Compile 'em all

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Okay, i just got this email from a friend of mine about some conference in London that I thought might be interesting for some (and for me).

iPhone: An Independent Conference
“Analysing the impact of Apple’s entry into the mobile market – Can a user interface and styling raise ARPU and lower churn?”


28th - 30th May 2008, London, UK

Unique Senior Speaking Panel includes....
- Clive Grinyer, Director of design, Orange
- Sarah Speake, Industry leader Sales, Google*
- Tony Houghton, Head of BT Understanding the Young Customer Programme, BT
- Aliah Blackmore, Program Manager Vodafone Live, Swisscom
- Luis Sousa Cardoso, FIINA President, Portugal Telecom
- Mehul Shah, Manager, EMEA, VeriSign
- Lourens de Beer, Managing Director, Minick
- Samu Konttinen, Vice President, F - Secure
- Abraham Joseph, Managing Partner, Inteligentis
...Plus much much more.

A star is born: The evolution of the iPhone – The greatest success of iPhone lies in the realisation that most phones you have owned previously are compromises. The Apple iPhone has packed plenty into its short life as this year’s hot gadget – but is it here to stay or just another fad?

Apple is likely to sell 45 million iPhones by 2009. Apple sold 270,000 phones during its US launch weekend alone, but industry commentators claim UK sales are disappointing...Will it be the same or will the situation change? How will it evolve in other countries & how could operators structure their strategies to gain revenue with iPhone? This conference will assess the key areas of the iPhone’s success and how their latest technological advances relate to their rivals. Find out how Apple iPhone is partnering with organisations with regards to manufacturing handsets, successful software technologies, various content delivery solutions, effective mobile marketing and personalization techniques.

Don’t miss out the in-depth, inside analysis on how iPhone is likely to move into new markets and also find out how the other leading rivals can compete with such a global brand and also find out how the other leading mobile operators can compete with such a global brand by attending this conference. With iPhone to release its next version in May 08, will it overcome all its current drawbacks? Analyse the various possibilities through which it can become the people’s choice. How would iPhone evolve since leading companies like Google and Yahoo are involved in this new release? Don’t miss out the analysis on how Vodafone is likely to move into new markets and also fi nd out how the other leading mobile operators can compete with such a global brand by attending this conference. iPhone and Apple are trademarks of the Apple Corporation. All rights are reserved and acknowledged.

This event will gather representatives of the wireless industry, application providers, manufacturers, content providers and operators to discuss these questions and view future prospects of iPhone.
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It is probably an estimate, still interesting though that they mention a specific month for that. flame on :D
 
skubish said:
Doubtful. Earliest arrival for a new iPhone: FCC filing + 6 months.
Until I see the FCC filing I am not holding my breath.
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I agree. Too much FCC stuff needed, we will have a decent warning of any iPhone news.
 
I hope we dont get a new one in May. I just replaced the 8 gig I got for xmas with a 16 gig last week. My wife would kill me if I had to buy another in May.:eek:
 
Good, just in time for me to come back from active duty and buy myself a "You survived Marine Week" present.

I've been waiting for 3G...one of those who was sorely disappointed when the 16GB model came out.
 
do they have to tell the public that they sent it for FCC aprovall. It could have been 3-4 months ago that they sent it and is almost ready for me to buy LOL
 
I don't understand why everyone seems to think that FCC takes 6 months. It truly only takes 2-3 months, sometimes less. Like stated above, the first iPhone only took 7 weeks. So if FCC already approved that, it should be less this go around.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, this is just my understanding.
 
Ilovemyipod said:
do they have to tell the public that they sent it for FCC aprovall. It could have been 3-4 months ago that they sent it and is almost ready for me to buy LOL
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the FCC filings are public so people will find it. That is why the iPhone was announced at MacWorld and released 6 months later in June. Apple wanted to make the big splash and not have some nerd on the internet find the FCC filing.

The whole process takes 6 months. FCC approval maybe be 7 weeks but Apple isn't going to be making the iphones until they get the FCC approval. 6 months may be a bit high. More like 4-6 months after the announcement.
 
skubish said:
the FCC filings are public so people will find it. That is why the iPhone was announced at MacWorld and released 6 months later in June. Apple wanted to make the big splash and not have some nerd on the internet find the FCC filing.
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I would say nothing of the sort in this case.

First off, FCC reports aren't public until they pass. So with the right timing, you could submit and go on sale the moment it goes public a couple of months later. For that matter, Apple could create a front company to submit under and no one would notice.

Or, they could simply go for Euro or Japanese approval first and we'd never know before overseas launch.

The iPhone was submitted in Mar 2007 and approved in May 2007. Immediately hundreds of test units were given to AT&T test techs... who quickly found out the sound was weak, but it was too late to change things.

As for publicity, everyone already knew Apple was coming out with a phone; heck, the nets were full of fan-made predictions of what the "iPhone" would look like... for months beforehand. So even the full final report (which kept the pictures secret until launch) would only have told people that it wasn't 3G.

The real reason Jobs showed it off was to build desire and give people time to get out of their contracts for launch date.
 
nothing is to say that the FCC needs to be notified first, since this could be a phone primarily mean for the european market, which is then introduced to america afterwards
 
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