With seven days to go before WWDC, the 3G iPhone rumor mill is pretty much on fire. Some of the rumors are pretty bonkers, but most of the more popular ones are pretty darn reasonable. In the name of science, we’ve pushed all of the rumors through our FCF (Fanboy Crap Filter), and rated the more likely rumors on the PKL (Pre-keynote Legitometer) scale. Lets take a look:
Rumor: It’ll be announced during the WWDC keynote
PKL Rating: 10/10 - With just about everyone expecting the announcement, Apple’s gotta do it. Not doing so would be a bad move for their stock.
Rumor: It’ll ship on the same day as the announcement
PKL Rating: 5/10 - As nice as this would be, I can’t imagine how they’d manage to keep the secret. Maybe if it were limited to Apple stores on launch day, but it’s crazy to think that the employees at some of the one-or-two-people-per-shift AT&T shops could fight the temptation to crack open the boxes and fire off pictures to everybody they know. People regularly risk being fired to leak info on much smaller news items. Giving it a full week to get shipped all over the country, I’d expect it to hit around June 16th.
Hope they start selling on the same day as I am dying for it. But its a long shot
“Apple’s gotta do it. Not doing so would be a bad move for their stock.” = nonsense. Apple doesn’t care about short term moves in its stock price.
It won’t ship same day. Late June in the US, mid July in the UK hurrumph.
All of this and I’m still waiting for September when it is rumored to be launched on Vodafone in India.
Let the countdown begin!
WTF cares.
@Rajiv Singh: Obviously not you. But a lot of people do.
I’d bet it comes out the same day as his Pixar flick…. just like last year.
So it’ll be a sub-N95 Nokia with a touch screen?
I like it@@
no matter when it ships…. it still is a crap phone… I am amused to see people dieing for it to come out…. yeah, i posted out of curiosity.
A 3G iPhone, how useless will that be in the US!
Only Verizon has a substancial 3G network and the iPhone doesnt work on that.
These are all just rumors, hope so iphone shipped on right time!!
@12 - perhaps you missed the news that ATT is rolling out a 3G network to time with the launch of the iPhone?
And btw, that is a confirmed fact, not a rumor.
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Now I have to decide whether to buy one on the day they come out (whenever that is)…Jobs makes my life difficult.
Not much of a roundup, where’s the rumor about TV content?
I know first hand that AT&T stores are not letting employees take vacation days for the week beginning around June 15. And the reason they quote is “product release” but they don’t specify the product.
We will NOT see this phone for sale on the 9th. As a marketer I would want to tease people about the new features of the phone before I let people buy it. Announcing it on the 9th and showing off all of its cool features will make everyone want it, and then waiting a few weeks before it goes on sale will make people want it more. Last year they did the same thing. Announced the phone, and then said it would be on sale on the 29th. Expect similar behavior this time around.
iPhone ‘08
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This is the first Apple “Hooray, new products!” event in recent memory wherein the word “bluetooth” was not included in any of the rumors. I kind of wish they would upgrade the classic…
I’ve got a report from a reliable source (family member) that an AT&T representive comfirmed that they “have” 3g iPhones and they look “good” but no other information was provided. He was quoted a $140 monthly for unlimited voice, text, and date on two lines.
I’m actually a lot more excited about the apps that iPhone application developers (like me: http://zintin.com) are cooking up. I think especially with a 3G connection, there is going to be some pretty innovative that can be done with location and media. What’s the rumor on the App Store launch date?
Even if it is released it will probably reach over corner in the planet before it comes here in the UK.
View more UK info on the Iphone 2
http://www.iphone-2.co.uk