“Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for the assembly of second-generation iPhones from Apple supporting 3G, with shipments to begin in June this year, the Chinese-language Commercial Times has quoted sources at foreign institutional investors in Taipei as indicating,” Steve Shen reports for DigiTimes.
“The Commercial Times also cited sources at component suppliers as saying they have been instructed by Apple to begin preparing material supplies by the end of May,” Shen reports.
“Shipments of the 3G iPhone are expected to top three million units in June with the model likely to ship a total of 24-25 million units throughout its life-cycle, the paper added,” Shen reports.
Full article here.
Those excited about 3G in the U.S. should take a look at ATT’s list of cities covered here…
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
Pretty spotty.
ATT is busy activating more 3G towers. (grapevine)
A lot of dark blue in the Boston area. Is it June yet?!!
Hope so, but as of now, unless you live in the heart of major cities, or outside the U.S. you won’t benefit from 3G. I hope Steve has the ATT chairman on again to update iPhone users on the state of these updates, otherwise the new phone will be of interest primarily to Europeans and Asians where 3G is saturated.
Spotty is an understatement. For that reason alone I am still hoping that the 3G iphone will be carrier independent. I hate sprint, but at least I can get my “mobile broadband” in and around most cities I travel to. It would be nice to just have to carry my iphone, rather than lug around my MBP to access the internet and answr my email.
No 3G at my house, or on most of my commute = for the lose.
Good thing I didn’t spend the last 10 months complaining about it.
3G won’t be the only selling point of these phones. The new software will be a huge benefit…
AT&T;has a bad habit of failing to update their 3G map. I didn’t think I had good coverage in the suburban region of my city but after going on HowardForums.com (a mobile phone website), I found 3G customers in the area who now get pretty strong and consistent signal strength.
Remember AT&T;stepped up their 3G buildout earlier this year and that helped spur the iPhone rumors, so don’t be surprised if you end up with coverage that doesn’t reflect in the map.
Looking forward to iP 2.0 but doubt if O2 will have expanded their 3G much at launch.
3G’s generally very spotty in the UK and likely to remain so I’d guess.
So far, it seems to be limited mostly to metro areas and motorway cafes.
@bjh
Yeah, but the 2.0 software is supposed to run on existing iPhones. Current owners won’t find a compelling need to upgrade their phones to get all that sweet 2.0 goodness.
I’ll finally jump for the iPhone when 3G arrives in June.
The more Gigs of Ram, the better.
I would love 64gigs!!! I’ll buy if there’s 32gigs available.
Goodbye late technology adopter Verizon. Hello, AT&T;!
@ Spark
Well, it’s only been a year. I’m not sure if Apple will be trying to drive upgrades very hard yet. There are a lot more people out there that don’t have iPhones already.
ATT has no 3G coverage in Omaha NE. We have almost 1 million people in the metro area (within 40 miles), and are in the top 50 largest markets (41). I want an 3g iphone, but wonder if I should even bother if it will be no better than the current model for me. I hope there is more to the new iphone than “just” being 3g.
i’m sure its backwards compat with edge, yes? or is it?
Sounds good.
I bet you’ll see 32 GB. No 3G is a big barrier in Asia and Europe. But the US market is going to want some sort of tangible upgrade, not just “Network Might Be Somewhat Faster Sometimes”.
Cool Boston Apple store
Hi ChrissyOne!
Who said that AT&T;has a contract with Apple for a 3G iPhone. If not then Apple can let anyone supply the 3G iPhone.
@ CMD
Hey, where ya been?
@C1
In hospital!!!
I made the mistake of sleeping with all the windows and doors shut…..I poisoned myself with my own fart!!!
By the time I recovered, business had slipped down the proverbial tube and had to bail out by looking for a buyer. One day Camel’s Milk will catch on, shame the boat passed me by…but I have a cunning plan! Camel’s Milk Bio-Ethanol!!!! I don’t see many people starving if I divert Camels milk to that project…Do you???
Great to be back again, even though it won’t be for long.
maroons,
Yes, mostly all 3G phones use EDGE as a backup and you can definitely expect it with the 2ndGen. iPhone.
@John
Uhhh it’s gigabytes of storage not RAM
to ‘Holding out hope’:
I’m sure you know this, but just in case; iPhone will never work with Sprint (or Verizon); they are CDMA. Outside of the US (and a few minor spots elsewhere in the world), mobile telephony runs on GSM. Inside US, that means AT&T;and T-Mobile. If T-Mobile coverage has decent coverage in your area, then the availability for unlocked phone might have a meaning for you. Otherwise, you’ll have to look at Nokia N95 or some other sad ‘me too’ device.
and to Camel’s Milk Drinker:
You’re lucky to be alive; it has been documented that people died of their own ‘exhaust’ after eating broccoli and beans and sleeping in a room with doors/windows closed. High concentration of Methane was found in their lungs and blood stream. For those of us growing up in countries where military service is compulsory, it is one of the first things you learn in the army – never close your dorm windows at night, no matter how cold it is outside.
Some of them for Spain please
3G works everywhere just fine
The other day i’ve seen here in a Supermarket two other guy’s with an iphone mailing – of course jailbroken.
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