“AT&T Wireless, Apple’s exclusive iPhone provider in the United States, is now listing a second model of the iPhone in its device database called ‘iPhone Black,'” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider.
“The finding, discovered by a reader on Sunday and confirmed by AppleInsider on Monday, is interesting if nothing else in that it may add a bit of support to ongoing rumors that Apple’s second-generation 3G iPhone would sport a black plastic shell as opposed to an aluminum one,” Marsal reports.
Marsal reports, “The option to select an ‘iPhone Black’ model is visible alongside the traditional ‘iPhone’ for existing AT&T Wireless customers who are logged into their account on the carrier’s website, and who choose to select or update their handset model.”
Full article, with screenshots, here.
[UPDATE: 5:04pm EDT: An AT&T spokesperson told MacNN that the heading was merely a placeholder for internal use, and that the issue is being corrected. “The reference to ‘iPhone Black’ was simply a temporary placeholder used over the weekend for a scheduled catalog update,” wrote the representative. “It was meant to temporarily distinguish the various iPhone models-4GB, 8GB and 16GB-but was never reassigned. We’re correcting the site now.”]
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]