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Do you figure AT&T will charge more for the data plan once the handsets go 3G?

Weird. I just got shipping confirmation from the Apple website for two 8GB models purchased yesterday.

But wouldn’t a new model with a new 3G radio need to go through FCC approvals? Given the time that would take, seems like Apple would need inventory to meet current demand.

Apple usually announces new products on Tuesday. Given that April Fool’s falls on Tuesday this year AND that no one would be expecting something like this, wouldn’t it have made more sense for Apple to announce today rather than tomorrow? Talk about perfect timing! I doubt a 3G iPhone (in the current form factor) is going to be announced so soon. A better explanation for the delay: Apple is changing internal circuitry/ components to thwart the unlockers. It’s become so trivial now, you’ve gotta think that any carrier that Apple approaches for exclusive contracts is pointing to these hackers and asking what benefit they will accrue when unlocking & using on a different network is so easy. I predict a new firmware for the baseband that stops the unlocking cold & gives Apple the upper hand in their negotiations.

[...] but signs are pointing to a 3G iPhone in a matter of days.  After hearing word of iPhone shortages GigaOM called many Apple stores, randomly selected, and were told the same thing every time — “sorry, we are out of [...]

There have been rumors that a new 3G iPhone may use an OLED display

I view this as unlikely, as there is no supplier today, that I am aware of which can manufacture the size of screen an iPhone would require, in volume at a price point that would acceptable

As a point of reference, Sony manufactures approx 2000 11″ panels per month for sale in TV at a $2k price point

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance signal package, considering his team decided to tryout out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to analysis out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to tryout out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to tryout out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance signal package, considering his team decided to analysis out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance signal package, considering his team decided to experiment out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to analysis out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to pop quiz out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to tryout out [...]

[...] principio, parece dificil de creer, el equipo de GigaOM creyo lo mismo y se dedico a realizar un par de llamadas a diferentes tiendas en todo el pais [...]

[...] There Really Is a Coast-to-Coast iPhone Shortage [...]

[...] and Gigaom are reporting a shortage of iPhones across the country.  Guess what that means:  3G iPhone coming. The 3G version of the iPhone is what everyone [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to analysis out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to tryout out [...]

[...] an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to pop quiz out [...]

[...] GigaOm gunekoek ere egiaztatzea izan nahi dute eta aleatorioki AEBtako hainbat dendetara deitu dute erantzun berdina lortuz: ez dago iPhonerik. [...]

3G, I doubt

Simpler explanation: More memory 32GB iPhone and 64GB iPod anyone ?

[...] Coast-to-coast iPhone Shortage [...]

[...] the really BIG news is the iPhone shortage and what it means.  Folks like Om Malik and others have discovered Apple stores are basically out of stock on iPhones.  Initial speculation [...]

[...] drop on that surface? There seems to be a shortage of iPhones at Apple stores around the country. Some people say it’s because there’s a big announcement on the way, others think they just ran out [...]

[...] Haltsonen, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 2:33 PM PT Comments (0) Well the iPhone may be hard to come by in the U.S. these days, but they’re practically giving them away overseas. As Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster [...]