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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
SvenOnTech has been told by a source within AT&T that the next generation iPhone will be shipping “by December”. With details sketchy just on the first batch of iPhones, the feature set list is not over flowing but we were told that you can definitely count on it being a true 3G phone. The iPhone Steve Jobs showed off in January at Macworld is running the already “so yesterday” EDGE protocol. The second generation iPhone will have WCDMA (UMTS) inside its beautiful casing speeding up its Safari-like web browser over the current slower GPRS-based EDGE data connection. This will certainly help squash early complaints of slow browsing in June when the first-generation iPhone releases.
No other details are known about the second-generation iPhone at this time but our source is certain about the December release which would make sense as Apple and AT&T could cash in on the Christmas spending spree of all those hungry 3G shoppers.
May 31st, 2007 at 7:24
And I suppose AT&T will have upgraded their network to 3G by then? Not! The 3G phone is for overseas.
May 31st, 2007 at 10:36
goddamnit now i have to wait till the 2nd gen iphone! ggggrrrrr i dont wanna drop $600 clams on an iphone just for a better one to come out a few months later.
May 31st, 2007 at 13:50
william, AT&T does support WCDMA (UTMS), which is 3G, right now:
“The AT&T 3G / BroadbandConnect network is currently available in most major metropolitan areas and is expanding rapidly. Click on a major metropolitan area below to view coverage for that area.”
View Cingular/AT&T’s website for more information.
June 1st, 2007 at 2:04
3G is getting old in Europe - for proper web browsing you need to be able to use the HSDPA (3.5G) network as well.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:57
New model already???? They need to get their featureset in order first. Are they really sure that people will spend that much money for a fancy splashy no button phone that does **NOT** support enterprise secure email? I don’t think people will buy one if they already have corporate email on a RIM product and their company won’t support iPhone which they won’t. Enterprise secure email phones hit the street in the corporate world like gangbusters and today if you pick 20 people out of a crowd at the airport you will see 15 with a Blackberry/Palm/Blackjack and none of these people will be using the iPhone until this oversight is exposed and dealt with.
June 7th, 2007 at 19:10
Another hope for the 2G iPhone - Since Toshiba announced its 16gb flash drive, I wouldn’t be surprised if the new iPhone will have a nice upgrade in that department as well.
October 10th, 2007 at 21:50
william you are retarded. att has had hsdpa which is better than 3g and utms (3g) since 2006. you are really smart! NOT!
December 18th, 2007 at 13:37
So, your source is certain of a December release huh ?
Yeah right…..not long to go till he’s debunked then
December 18th, 2007 at 13:42
Need I remind you how long iPhone rumors themselves ran? Things slip, technologies are buggy, and sometimes, yes, sources are wrong. Based on Steve’s comments at the English iPhone release, it is coming in ‘08 and don’t be surprised to hear a date at Macworld.
But hey, thanks for keeping us honest just the same, Nick!
January 25th, 2008 at 6:48
It’s January now - No 3G iPhone!
What I’ve been hearing is that the 3G iPhone should come out Late Summer or Early Fall this year.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:09
um it almost may and all they have is a 2.0 software upgrade which itouch users have to for