Rumor: Foxconn receives new iPhone build order
Once the December holidays are over, customers will be thinking about new products from Apple. Now that Macworld Expo is off of Apple's calendar, updates can come whenever they're deemed ready. The iPhone 3G was released on July 11th, 2008 and the 3GS began shipping a year later on June 19th, 2009. Additionally, many customers have contracts that expire in July. In a few weeks, we'll be six months away, so it's time to begin lining up production.
Today's rumor is based on brief tweet from Mobile Review's editor-in-chief, Eldar Murtazin: "Foxconn received order for next generation iphone." Before you blow it off, consider that Engadget calls him "...the ultimate insider when it come to all things mobile." Foxconn is a Taiwan-based manufacturer that has worked with Apple on a number of projects.
Rumors have placed the next-gen iPhone release in either June or July, 2010. According to iPhone developer Pandav, field-testing of the next model has begun.
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This is a quote from the above blog post about iPhones 2 and 3:"The iPhone 3G was released on July 11th, 2008 and the 3GS began shipping a year later on June 19th, 2009."
Regarding iPhone 1 My memory is, and Wikipedia states:"
Apple announced the iPhone on January 9, 2007,[19] after months of rumors and speculation.[20] The original iPhone was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007 before being marketed worldwide."
So I agree May would not be in the tradition.
But then again this is Apple. Just when everyone thinks they know what Apple will do, Apple pulls a surprise move.
If Apple wants to counteract perceived competitors they could do an earlier release.
April/May - wild card!
"The iPhone 3G was released on July 11th, 2008 and the 3GS began shipping a year later on June 19th, 2009."
Cold the next iPhone be due in mid may?
no. the original iphone came out on june 5. the 3g was the first one to break schedule and be released in july. june will most likely be the date.
and i think Dan Woods was saying he chose Optus because of the fact that it was only a 12 month contract. not because in america we're tied to a 2 year contract and he's trying to stick it to us... that would be weird.
@Jon
And if you're going to wait 12 months, you might as well wait the extra 12 months for Verizon to wake up and realise that CDMA is dead and finish their upgrade to 4G.
Yeah 6 month old phone? Are you poor? I buy a new phone every week to make myself look cool instead of actually being cool.
December 10 2009 at 5:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnyone planning to upgrade their phone when the next version comes out ought to wait a bit.
My contract expires in July. But I don't plan on upgrading to the next version until the end of 2010.
With all the rumors of Apple offering other service providers sometime late next year (T-Mobile, Verizon, etc), I want to see what my options are before committing to another two years of AT&T.
Apple is releasing a new iPhone next year? Stop the presses!
December 10 2009 at 3:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"Dustin said 3:32PM on 12-10-2009
Apple is releasing a new iPhone next year? Stop the presses!"
The news isn't that "Apple is releasing a new iPhone next year".
It is that Foxconn is the rumored manufacturer!
Lol... "Foxconn received order for next generation iphone." is NOT 6 words. :)
December 10 2009 at 3:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI didn't notice that their was any suggested word count of the words in the tweet!
Ah, they changed it. At first it said "based on a 6 word tweet". Now it says "based on brief tweet". Still wrong (this time in regards to grammar), but oh well. :)
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