More Apple iPhone Evidence? 4th Quarter 2006?
According to Mobileread, Barron's online published an online exclusive (subscription required) reporting on comments by Johnny Chan, a Hong Kong based J.P. Morgan analyst, about the looming possibility of an Apple iPhone.
Last week, a Piper Jaffary analyst claimed they felt there was a 75% chance that Apple would release an iPhone in the next 12 months.
The J.P. Morgan reports adds a bit more substance to that claim. According to the article, Apple is working on "an iPod with phone functions" and is shopping around for a electronics manufacturer. Meanwhile, Taiwan Green Point Enterprises, the current manufacturer for the iPod plastic cases is also said to be in talks with Apple about the phone.
Apple has long owned the domain iPhone.org and also trademarked the term "iPhone" in Australia and the UK.
A history of the Apple iPhone rumors are summarized in this Guide page.
Last week, a Piper Jaffary analyst claimed they felt there was a 75% chance that Apple would release an iPhone in the next 12 months.
The J.P. Morgan reports adds a bit more substance to that claim. According to the article, Apple is working on "an iPod with phone functions" and is shopping around for a electronics manufacturer. Meanwhile, Taiwan Green Point Enterprises, the current manufacturer for the iPod plastic cases is also said to be in talks with Apple about the phone.
"The chatter about the product is all over the food chain," says Bill Shope, Chan's colleague in New York who follows Apple. He believes Apple will likely introduce a cellphone by the fourth quarter of this year.
Apple has long owned the domain iPhone.org and also trademarked the term "iPhone" in Australia and the UK.
A history of the Apple iPhone rumors are summarized in this Guide page.
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77 months ago
I still think the chance of an iPhone is remote (if that's what you want to call it), I don't think that one will be released this year. Afterall, Apple are a computer company primarily, and have scored lots of points with the iPod, but I don't think it's in their interest to release a phone or intergrate one into an iPod.
77 months ago
An Apple "iPhone" would be very cool.
I hope it has features like iTunes, and all of the extras that come on an iPod (clock, calendar, notes, games, timer, etc).
I hope it has features like iTunes, and all of the extras that come on an iPod (clock, calendar, notes, games, timer, etc).
77 months ago
since there is already a phone out there that has iTunes capability, I'd hope this phone would have some other sort of feature that would make it competitive and attractive. I'd like to see a kind of smart phone with a hard drive to replace my phone and PDA.
77 months ago
Hmm... forgive my ignorance when it comes to product design/manufacture, but if Apple is indeed in the process of "shopping around for a electronics manufacturer" and is "in talks" with other companies for the bodies, is it realistic that the product could be on the shelves as soon as the end of the year?
77 months ago
I've been waiting for this phone for... a LONG time. I just hate the LAME OS's of most of the phones out there... and if the OS isn't the problem, it's stupid pad placement or don't get me started on Blackberries. Here's hoping it's more than just a software tweak to an iPod and more of a completely new hardware product.
77 months ago
What's to say these "phone functions" are not a built in camera or 3G television broadcasts?
77 months ago
An Apple "iPhone" would be very cool.
I hope it has features like iTunes, and all of the extras that come on an iPod (clock, calendar, notes, games, timer, etc).
Yeah, it must do all these - auto sync with iphoto; at least 2 gig memory; 2+ megapixel camera; Bluetooth etc
77 months ago
Im in need of a mobile phone soon
So Come On Apple...
yeah, but it doesn't seem like it'll be coming out any time soon. Unlike the video ipod...
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