United Arab Emirates iPhone 3G launch report says next-gen Apple iPhone due in June

Apple Online Store“Coverage of Apple’s plans to launch the iPhone 3G in the United Arab Emirates later this month appears to also signal a June release date for the handset’s successor,” Sam Oliver reports for AppleInsider.

“On Monday, Emirates Telecommunications – Etisalat said that it had struck the first iPhone deals of 2009 when it announced in a local newspaper plans to bring the iPhone 3G to the UAE and Saudi Arabia (under the Mobily brand) later this month,” Oliver reports.

“Mark Davis, Program Director for iPhone at Etisalat, later spoke with Dow Jones and revealed the precise launch date to be February 15th,” Oliver report. “The same report went on to say that the ‘next version of the device, which is due out in June, will be launched in the UAE at the same time.'”

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MacDailyNews Take: Just in time for Steve Jobs to return to unveil it.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]

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