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Apple iPhone on June 15th? [Updated]

Tuesday February 6, 2007 3:09 pm PST by Arnold Kim
Looprumors posts a letter from Apple to the FCC asking for confidentiality regarding the FCC documents for the iPhone until June 15, 2007.

The documents in question include External Photos, Internal Setup, Test Setup Photos and User Manual.

The rumor site speculates that the June 15th date could be the target launch of the iPhone, but, certainly, may simply be an educated guess.

When Apple first announced the iPhone, they claimed a June shipping date. Recent rumors have suggested that this may have been a conservative estimate, and that the iPhone may come as early as April.
Update: Should be noted that the FCC letter has no mention of the "iPhone" product, so it could represent another product, though the timeframe would correlate with the iPhone. Also, it appears the 15th date is likely an estimate rather than a firm date. FCC documents for the Airport Extreme listed a confidentiality date of January 15th, 2007... while the actual release of the Airport Extreme was January 8th.
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evilgEEk
66 months ago
It's a Friday, although days of the week don't necessarily matter as much as they used to.

It's possible.

Four more months to get out of my Verizon contract. ;)
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MattyMac
66 months ago
As long as they are making the :apple: iPhone even better during this waiting period I suppose I can be patient.

Although I would like to have one tomorrow.
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miketcool
66 months ago
That is a WWDC day, makes sense to me.
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zwida
66 months ago
Right, but June 15 is surely just their most conservative estimate of a launch date: iPhone on or before 15 June.
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Rocketman
66 months ago
Does the FCC even have the authority to honor such a request? I can see them doing it out of courtesy, but if anyone questions it, and there are plenty of Apple spoilers, they might be compelled to release the stuff anyway sadly.

Rocketman

Keeping in mind the iPhone demoed was itself one of the fakes and not the real ATN :)

Edit: The Apple letter CITES the authority!
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twoodcc
66 months ago
i'm hoping for April....but at least in June it could be a nice birthday present for me :)
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EagerDragon
66 months ago
If the request was made in October, was the iPhone already in FCC hands?
If so, why has it taken this long?
:cool:
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clevin
66 months ago
when will the dispute of the name of iPhone be settled?
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EagerDragon
66 months ago

Does the FCC even have the authority to honor such a request? I can see them doing it out of courtesy, but if anyone questions it, and there are plenty of Apple spoilers, they might be compelled to release the stuff anyway sadly.

Rocketman

Keeping in mind the iPhone demoed was itself one of the fakes and not the real ATN :)


So you do not think what was shown was the ultimate format (look)? I understand that the software was not complete, but I assume that the device form factor and looks was final at that time of the presentation. What makes you think otherwise?
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Peace
66 months ago
Well this is kind of a drag.It looks like the iPhone won't be out till WWDC which means Leopard probably won't be out till June also since the iPhone depends a lot on Leopard technology.


Still hoping for April though.
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