“Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle in a research note released Wednesday said she is high in her convictions that Apple will launch an iPhone device in the first half of 2007 and offered some specific findings from unnamed sources,” AppleInsider reports.
AppleInsider reports, “According to Runkle, the design of iPhone will be slightly larger than the “full screen LCD; 3.5 inch (28×21)” and approximately 4/10ths of an inch thick. It will include virtual click-wheel/soft-touch design and be a bit wider than the iPod nano but also thinner than a video iPod. From her checks, the analyst believes the iPhone will sport a metal casing design similar to the iPod nano and be available in ‘multiple colors…'”
AppleInsider reports, “The analyst says her sources have turned up two flash memory-based models: a $599 4-gig and $649 8-gig…”
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Those prices are too high for an unlocked phone that you’d take to any carrier. The prices quoted above may be retail prices that would be discounted with service from an Apple MVNO or carrier(s) partnered with Apple.
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