3G iPhone rumor roundup: 62 days, $399, 9.1mm
April 10, 2008: 8:08 AM ET
Another week, another flurry of 3G iPhone rumors. Here's a roundup of the current batch:
- Price: $399 for 8GB, $499 for 16GB, possibly $599 for 32GB (TGDaily, citing "industry sources")
- Timing: Apple's World Wide Developers Conference, presumably on June 10, during Steve Jobs' keynote address. (ditto)
- Body: Less "plasticky," 2.5mm thinner (current dimensions are 115 x 61 x 11.6mm). (ditto)
- Accelerometer: Re-tuned. (ditto)
- Bandwidth: Up to 7.2 Mbps from Infineon (IFX) S-GOLD3H chipset (ZiPhone, see here)
- Camera: Higher res (3 megapixel) (Silicon Alley Insider, citing "a friend of a friend" who claims to be a beta tester)
- Video: Video recording capability, upload directly to YouTube (ditto)
- Bluetooth: Stereo headphones (IPhone Hellas, from references in the SDK code)
- GPS: To replace triangulation (ditto)
- Added to apps: Contact searching, meeting invites (Engadget SDK screenshots)
- Available unlocked: In Australia, starting last week of June. (MacTalk, citing Apple resellers)
Apple (AAPL), of course, will confirm none of this. Take it for what it's worth.
