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3G iPhone In Bidding? [Updated]

Friday March 28, 2008 7:00 am PDT by longofest
The Commercial Times is reporting that electronics maker Hon Hai is competing to make the next iPhone (via MarketWatch).

The news comes as Gartner is clarifying recent claims that the new phone has already been ordered by Apple. Via Information Week:

That report later got circulated on the Web, where the comments were misinterpreted as a Gartner prediction, Dulaney's boss, Bob Hafner, said.

Gartner doesn't know whether Apple has actually placed an order for 3G iPhones, but the researcher does believe the next version of the touch-screen smartphone will have those high-speed capabilities. "If Apple was to place an order, than 10 million would be a reasonable number," Hafner said. "And we absolutely believe that in the next-generation iPhone 3G will be there."

As to rumors of Apple placing an order for the high-speed phones, Hafner said, "We have not got confirmation that an order had been placed."


Multiple reports have pegged the 3G iPhone to be released in 2008. '3G' is a fast mobile data technology that allows for broadband internet access on mobile phones. The iPhone currently uses EDGE (2.5G) technology, which is most similar to dial-up speeds.

Update: Dow Jones is now reporting that Hon Hai has secured the contract [via CNN Money]
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Plumbstone
51 months ago
So this wasn't even a rumour, only speculation...
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longofest
51 months ago

So this wasn't even a rumour, only speculation...


Well, it was a rumor, but probably one that we would have put on page2 if we were the ones publishing it and knew how verified (or unverified) it was. Hafner said that the report simply wasn't confirmed, not that there wasn't any basis to the claim.
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deep
51 months ago
I have friends who use 3G from AT&T in my area on non-iPhones, but they only pay the same $20 data plan rate on top of voice. SInce we (iPhone users) already pay the $20 for data, does anyone think AT&T will charge an additional fee for iPhone users, or perhaps an "upgrade" fee for the new iPhone 3G?
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carfreak12321
51 months ago
I thought that they already had made the iphones cause they are probably releasing them in June
how can a couple of months be enough time to start building these high tech phones!:)
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naroola
51 months ago
I am guessing that the new iPhone will be unveiled in June during WWDC, shipping in September (or something like that). The timing will make sense since Apple can push for Christmas sales, kind of like the iPods. Also, Apple usually does not go to a new software version unless they are also releasing new hardware alongside. Steve already announced that version 2.0 will be released in June and I expect that it will be coupled with a new iPhone.

And I know... Apple TV version 2.0 is a different story. :-)
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iphonewiz
51 months ago

I am guessing that the new iPhone will be unveiled in June during WWDC, shipping in September (or something like that). The timing will make sense since Apple can push for Christmas sales, kind of like the iPods. Also, Apple usually does not go to a new software version unless they are also releasing new hardware alongside. Steve already announced that version 2.0 will be released in June and I expect that it will be coupled with a new iPhone.

And I know... Apple TV version 2.0 is a different story. :-)


Yeah, something big will happen at WWDC. An iPhone 2.0 announcement is in the making. I just might attend this one.
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Penguinwrangler
51 months ago
Yesterday's rumor of an order already being placed got my hopes up. I really don't want to have to wait for September, but I can't justify the cost without 3G, especially knowing it's imminent. Oh well. Stuck with my malfunctioning Crackberry for a little longer...
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Mister9
51 months ago
Hate to say it... but I told you so- 10 million phones is the most asinine rumor/speculation, I don't know why macrumors would actually be as naive as to post it. What if there is a glitch? What if there is a hardware problem? 10 million phones??? pphhhhsshh sillyness
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kornyboy
51 months ago

I am guessing that the new iPhone will be unveiled in June during WWDC, shipping in September (or something like that). The timing will make sense since Apple can push for Christmas sales, kind of like the iPods. Also, Apple usually does not go to a new software version unless they are also releasing new hardware alongside. Steve already announced that version 2.0 will be released in June and I expect that it will be coupled with a new iPhone.

And I know... Apple TV version 2.0 is a different story. :-)


With that being said do you think that the v2.0 software will even be available for the existing iPhone or just the new 3G iPhone? I hope that current iPhone owners would be able to upgrade their iPhones but when Apple releases a new iPod you pretty much have to buy a new one to get the new interface. I do understand that some of this has to do with hardware restrictions though.
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distortedloop
51 months ago
Multiple news sources, including Dow Jones and CNN are quoting Taiwanese Han Hoi company as claiming to have been awarded exclusive production of "an advanced version" of the iPhone this morning...
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