10M Unit Order Could Mean 3G iPhone is on the Way
Ken Dulaney, an analyst with the well-respected Gartner firm, has been hearing some rumors from his Asian sources. According to a iPhone interview conducted with Dulaney, the iPod observer has learned that Apple may have just ordered a new round of iPhone production and this order could come to market packing the 3G network compatibility that the public has been clamoring for. Apparently Apple has recently placed a hefty 10 million unit order. If Dulaney is correct about this order, it stands to reason that this is in fact related to Apple’s next-generation handset. With the knowledge that the 3G iPhone is indeed due out this year, it wouldn’t make much sense for Apple to be ordering such a large quantity of the current model. Dulaney also goes on to speculate that Apple’s upcoming revamp will make use of OLED displays, although his sources on that matter are unclear. OLED technology would mean that the upcoming handsets could be thinner than the current model. In addition, the decreased power consumption of OLED displays would certainly help with battery life as 3G components can be quite a drain on battery life. Lack of high-speed 3G / HSDPA support is one of the biggest complaints that critics have when it comes to the iPhone, so let’s see what this news might do to appease them.
I think that the SDK software is a way of trying to keep us blind. They might have people testing the 2.0 software and making games and apps for it now to that in 3 months they can work the bugs out in time to have it ready for the final 2.0 release for the i-phone 2. Think about it. Why would you want to put v2.0 on the 1st Generation i-phone first, when the new G2 version can have it at launch.
Each i-phone should have a different complete software version.
Since AT&T has a 5-year exclusive this should be the run down
ex) i-phone 1 = Firmware 1.0….
i-phone 2 = Firmware 2.0….
i-phone 3 = Firmware 3.0….
i-phone 4 = Firmware 4.0….
i-phone 5 = Firmware 5.0….
I don’t know guys, the iPhone is cool, but the obsession on this site is just too much for me. There are plenty of touch screen phones out there comparable or better than iPhone, just no all important Apple logo. In your eyes, Apple logo is all that matter. The Boy Genius included, he and all of you are way to hardcore apple fans.
All you iPhone haters face it. There is indeed competition and iPhone knock offs but the success of the iPhone is due to the loyal fanbase. Folks will develop for the iPhone which leaves out all the johnny come latelies. BGR when will you set up a twitter site so I can get a sms everytime theres a new post?
wo samn fanboy swooning as ever. yet you ove looks the obious drawbacs an ask wether or not you can do the followin.
can you chang the battery by you slf incase it dies evdo an 3g adios drain the battery fast.
some one brought up the gps point alreay
can you remove the simlock an keep it off without asking eljobso’ permission?
awnse so fa NO
isther going to be a micro S ot do you can upgrade the storage space? not likly
an most of all will your phone actualy ACTIVATE?
have you guys forgot that aready how many activation snaffus took place?
how may pissed an angry early adopers?
but then again all you crapple fanbuys ar all iSHEEP. You are letting jobs and Crapples marketing dept pull the wool over your eyes
an even better question in this shky economic tim who the hell can a foord this overpriced toy?!
@Galviuraron
Dude, I’m sending you a free copy of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. That was completely and utterly horrible.
^^ LOL I don’t even have anything to say after that..my head hurts
It’s about freaking time. How long did this take?…oh yea, waaaaaaay too damn long
Any mac customer knows that this is no surprise for Apple to release a product “too soon”. First apple gave all their early adopters the big FU HAHA when 2 months after launch they dropped the price by like $200 and now a year after the first one is released (when everyone had to sign 2 year contracts) they release a better one. Apple definitely “keeps up with the times”, but it’s at the cost of the consumer because they will put out newer, better devices often before you’ve actually even began to age your product or get some real use out of it.
But, the diehard will flop out $800-$1000 for full retail to have the latest.
Mavis Beacon won’t do anything for him. Knowing how to type without knowing how to spell doesn’t put you any farther ahead!
@ AT
PLEASE STFU you are just regurging the same old argument. You don’t want the iPhone . Thank you we get it. Good bye.
@ Jim
I don’t own any apple products but I am intrested in the iPhone because it is the only phone with a 3.5″ screen and a real web browser in a slim formfactor with 16GBs of storage (potentialy 32GBs).
Your just as dumb as AT but just a tad slower on the draw.
@ Galvatron
I don’t think the iPhone is your biggest issue…
Like i said I have never owned an Apple product but I will buy the first phone that has a 3.5″ or larger screen with a real web browser, real GPS and 3G.
If the iPhone delivers I’ll buy it I dont care who makes it
Yea Galvatron, shut up!
I spent about 10 minutes playing with the iphone last month and im not sold till the keyboard somehow becomes larger. 3g or not i cant type on the damn thing very well. I would rather have the tilt if i needed a 3g option.
P.s.- im not a aplle hater i really like my ipod and there products but the iphone isnt a business tool yet. Blackberry owns the business world and with the curve its improving its personal image. Rim is going no where. 3g or not.
they do, for multiple devices.
god people there is not iPhone coming out
What is the need for a 32gig hard drive??? 8-16 option is plenty already. All they need is to adjust the sms texting to be able to turn the phone sideways for larger keyboard layout and also allow pics and video to come through text… Those simple thing would cure all the IPHONES problems.
apple fanboys never acknowledge the drawbacks to the iphone but as soon as news of the iphone2 surfaces they start with their list of stuff they would want on the iphone which they know full well should’ve been implemented in the original iphone if it wasnt for the dev team and others out there the iphone would be a shiny piece of crap el jobso should be thankfull that they took their time to hack the firmwares and such…
i agree with trey. i think people are to lazy to MANUALLY organize their music and videos. Everyone just wants to stick everything they have into their mp3 players even though 1/2 the songs they dont listen to
@ PHug
Nail on the head brother!
3G would be fantastic, but I could live with the increased EDGE speeds Nokia-Siemens revealed today… I’d be much more interested in the second-gen model having GPS, more RAM (256 please!) and a five megapixel shooter with xenon flash. Oh, and more storage capacity, please– 32 or 64 would be wonderful!
Maybe it’s just wishful thinking but these could be for the great white north.
Oh Canada.
Well u guys rather than i get all excited i just wonder could the order be for a 32 gb iphone with EDGE i just wanted to put that out there
real gps uses far too much power for an i-phone to deal with. that will never happen. built in bluetooth would be nice though….. no more wired headphones.
I love my current phone, but will really only consider buying another Iphone if it supports many of the following:
1) Supports flash animation in browser
2) Camera allows for video to be taken
3) 3G phone (and usable worldwide)
4) Allows true VOIP in wireless mode
5) Allows files to be downloaded and stored in folder
it is a peace of shit