“Quanta Computer has received an initial order for five million iPhones from Apple with shipments to begin in September of this year… according to a May 29 Chinese-language Commercial Times report [which] quoted sources at Taiwan-based component makers,” Steve Shen reports for DIGITIMES.
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is Apple’s current iPhone supplier.
Shen reports that iPhones “manufactured by Quanta will be similar in function to those from Foxconn but with a different outer design to fit different markets.”
Full article here.
Philip Wang reports for AFX News, “Apple is also slated to launch the iPhone in Europe around Christmas, with Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile seen as the most promising partner, according to the report.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike in Helsinki” for the heads up.]
I wonder what exactly about these different markets warrants such a design. Do people operate phones with their feet down under?
lol, how much can it be different?
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it’s only a screen and ipod backside
iPhone B1tch!
That’s iPhone Beyotch!
I am THE MAN!
Tell us the release dates and partner for Australia!?? will it be 3 with a 3G iPhone ???
I am the GIRL!
Bamboo enclosure –> Asian market
Hardened asbestos enclosure –> Middle East market
Biodegradable enclosure –> Green Peace market
Apple keeps things simple…I do not yet believe that they have changed the outer
appearance just for different areas…maybe the languages, but not the appearance.
“different outer design” ?
Let the rumours begin …
T-Mobile?????
Lets hope not in the UK.
Several EU countries ban the practice of locking a cell phone to one carrier. If Apple tries to do what carriers do in the US, they will have more lawsuits.
Camera on the front for Europe and Japan?
Makes sense to me as these market have GSM mobile networks capable of video iChatting…
Apple can certainly sell the iPhone without subsidies, but how many people are going to pay that price?
Are all mobile phones in Europe unsubsidized?
What is the range of mobile phones purchased in Europe?
What are the expected prices for an iPhone in U.S. with and without subsidies?
Maybe they will release a Watermelon Red iPhone.
Ha, ha.
maybe it’s a second, smaller iPhone?
3G for the european market? It does require a new camera on the front of the device. Maybe that’s what they mean by “different outer design”
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How about an iPhone for other providers besides AT&T?
I know it won’t happen, but have to ask!
The market is the cell phone companies, not the consumer. These companies compete with AT&T and they want a different looking iPhone to differentiate themselves, especially since they’ll be selling their iPhones after AT&T gets theirs out. A different look will make people believe that they’re getting version 2.0 even if the software is identical.
No camera?
They need a pink enclosure for the Asian female market.
No, seriously. Go over there and look!
YES please – a half-sized version for Asia with built-in projector beamer
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It’ll probably be nothing more than different graphics etched ito the enclosure for different service providers.
Maybe the dingo ate your baby!
Toe sucking rules! O.K.
@ AL
Stop complaining about the iPhone price, I can tell you that a Nokia N95 costs 800 Euros without a mandatory contract (I just saw it at the shop).For the people that do not have dashboard to calculate the exchange rate that means 1080 US Dolars.Yes a Nokia N95 costs more than 1000 US Dolars here in europe. My Nokia N70 cost 490 euros(660 US Dol.) 8 or 9 months ago. So please stop complaining about the price. Over here in europe the iPhone will probably sell for 400 to 500 euros, That is 300 Euros LESS than the best Nokias so I belive that it will sell even better than over there. There is also much talk about 3G and 3.5G, as far as I am concerned those are just excuses for the telecoms to rip off their custumers, 3G is, I believe, overrated… unless, of course, you are selling the service.
In case you didn’t read it just this week the EU fixed a price for the roaming charges to 0.49 Euros, that is much less that half of what I used to pay just last year, and it was about time.
@ Aussie Bob
Why on EARTH would Apple choose 3????
I understand the desire for a 3G phone, but 3 is a small BIT player, bleeding money.
Apple should and WILL choose a carrier with a decent user base, and decent coverage.
The other carriers have 3G services.
3 is a joke!
my 2 cents,
Luke
The different enclosure thing is not that weird.
Go on to teh Blackberry web site, especially the OLDER models, you will notice subtle differences between the US handsets and the European/ROW ones.
Generally the European/ROW models.
The other differences are between the CARRIERS version of each model.
It is likey that whomever is the European mobile carrier partner is getting a slight difference to AT&T – at a minimum a different LOGO!
I don’t think Apple will be putting a camera “on the front” so much as “between the pixels” as per its patent.
@Luke
Well as long as its not Telstra, ill be happy.
What about New Zealand? When are we getting it! I WANT IT!
Shut up all of you!!!!!