“Quanta Computer Inc., one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of cell phones, is said to have acquired orders from the U.S.-based Apple Computer for assembling new models of iPhone cellphones,” Ben Shen reports for China Economic News Service.
Shen reports, “To meet the upcoming introduction of the new models of Apple iPhone cellphones, domestic PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturers are preparing materials for conducting mass production.”
“It is expected that the new models of iPhone cellphones will be introduced sometime in the fourth quarter of this year,” Shen reports.
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What do you think what the new model iPhone would be?
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What do you think what the new model iPhone would be?
Probally one that will be so much better that it will piss off the hundreds of thousands of early adopters of the first model
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I’m so glad I waited for R2 iPhone.
1: More secure.
2: 3G capacity.
3: GPS.
4: User replaceable battery.
5: Frigging laser beams on their heads.
6: More secure.
Could this be the European iPhone, not a ‘new’ version?
They’re just assuming it’s an iPhone b/c it’ll use a similar interface and control scheme. Logically it’s the 6G true video iPod. Though I’m not sure it’s Quanta or FoxConn who has traditionally been contracted for these.
It could be a Nano version that has everything EXCEPT the Interweb stuff and e-mail. Basically a really cool phone/ipod combo.
MDN MW: “color” As in they will probably come in many colors.
@Smarty Pants
Man, I’m right there with you. I just received my MPB 17″ (Santa Rosa) and, like you, am reveling in wisdom and insight.
I’m SO GLAD I didn’t buy a “Fat Mac” back in 1984!
(P.S. You give “supercilious” a bad name.)
Heh… another phone nobody’s going to want!
Gotta second fatal on the site speed observation, MDN. I’ve seen it slow before, but never this slow. The fact that the actual story listings and comments load last, after all the ads, doesn’t help either.
@ Randian
Apple has habit of releasing a new product only to upstage it substancially a short time later.
People tend to feel cheated when this occurs.
The classic example is the Dual 1.8 Ghz PowerMac G5’s which came out only weeks after the Single 1.8 ghz Powermac’s debuted. For a few hundred dollars more, one could have gotten TWICE the computing power and many times more the longevity over the single processor model.
Sooo… when the wise old Apple buyers tell you to wait a bit, they tell you from experience.
Revision 2 of the iPhone is definatly in the works, because Apple now has a better understanding of what the market wants, AT&T has now realized the $$ potential of this device and will be applying more efffort to upgrade their network.
The first generation of iPods were functional, but lame. Look at the iPods now.
Revision 2 of the iPhone will be SOOOO much better and less buggy, more secure, more features etc.
Of course if you need one now, get one. But if you wait until the product stabilizes, you’ll get a much better device for your money.
Crucial has an ad on MDN. Maybe they could help with the server.
5 minutes to load?
ohhhhhhhhhhh I want the friggin laser beams
@ EvangelizeWithRespect
I have added to the bottom of my /etc/hosts file to make my computer ignore a lot of the ad/marketing/click stuff this site and others generates in order to load pages faster. But this still is substancially slower than any other site. It takes a few minutes regardless.
If your familiar with the Pico editor in Terminal, have sudo access and can download the text file on the web page (mvps dot org) if you google for “hosts file” and paste in in at the bottom. You should see a remarkable difference.
Play safe and backup first.
@doc
Yea, a frigging laser beams projector so you can sit down at a table, support the iPhone in your one hand and with the other tap away on the screen while watching a screen projection on the nearby wall/portable screen/back of a airline seat, etc.
The annoying thing about touch screens is your big hands get in the way of seeing what your touching. One tends to constantly touch the wrong thing.
Good thing it’s not sexualy harrasement, yet.
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” sexualy harrasement”
In English please.
@ron
I’m sorry, the English are snot in sexualy harrased mood at the moment.
spotted dick, bloody ape.
@ (the waiters)
If you don’t go ahead for the plunge, you’re just going to continue chasing technology. Do you really want to get stuck in that never ending cycle waiting for what’s better to be released when you know something better is down the road?
I love the way everybody predicts that this is an iPhone that is being manufactured….. You all know that it is the 6G iPod – The whole point of the iPhone is that it is an all in one device why would they come out with a new cheaper model with less features? That would be stupid.
Apple ought to have a red laser light pointer possibility, either in their remote controller or built into the iPhone
I’m guessing we’ll see two new products before Christmas that use ‘iPhone technology’.
1. The real video iPod. (possibly in various sizes / colors)
2. An iPhone ‘lite’ with iPod functionality. No internet functions. Basically just the phone / iPod combo done right.
#1 is a no brainer.
#2 why? Not everyone needs or wants or can afford a full iPhone. Many folks only need a phone that works better than the garbage that’s out there now. For Apple, more phones = more residual income. Higher market penetration = more leverage.
End result is World domination.
CDMA version for Canadian market
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An iPhone for t-mobile in us.
r2 of the iPhone will not come out until at least next year…whether those on this site want to believe it or not R1 is a spectacular product and none of the issues that anybody has raised can’t be fixed with simple software upgrades.
The edge network is fine thank you very much…except for MDN which sucks no matter what network you are on. If you think otherwise then either you haven’t tried the iPhone for an extended period of time or you have never truly used the interweb in other smartphones for an extended periods of time.
I had a treo before and hated using the interweb on it…with my iPhone I’ll end up using it even when the MacBook pro is sitting right next to me.
The worst part is when you try to do things on the mac that you do on the iPhone…you feel stupid that you tried it, but at the same time you think why don’t all devices work this way?
“I’m so glad I waited for R2 iPhone.
1: More secure.”
You mean the Kensington lock slot, so you can tie the iPhone to your desk forever? Other security problems can be fixed in software.