iPhone 3G - Release Date

Apple announced their new model of iPhone 3GP at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th 2008. And the worldwide release date is July 11 2008, starting at $199.

July 11, 2008 - iPhone 3GP will release in following 24 countries

First Look on iPhone 3G

With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one - a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. iPhone 3G. It redefines what a mobile phone can do again.

New Features on iPhone 3G

3G Speed - Surf the web and download email over fast 3G cellular networks.

3G technology gives iPhone fast access to the Internet and email over cellular networks around the world. iPhone 3G also makes it possible to do more in more places: Surf the web, download email, get directions, and watch video - even while you’re on a call.

iPhone 3G meets worldwide standards for cellular communications, so you can make calls and surf the web from practically anywhere on the planet. And if you’re in an area without a 3G network, iPhone connects you via GSM for calls and EDGE for data.

 Maps with GPS - Find your location, get directions, and track progress along your route.

Find your location, get directions, and see traffic - all from your phone. Maps on iPhone 3G combines GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell tower location technology with the Multi-Touch interface to create the best mobile map application ever.

iPhone 3G finds your location via GPS or by triangulating your position using Wi-Fi and cellular towers. It also finds points of interest by keyword: Search for “coffee” and iPhone shows you every cafe nearby.

Get directions to wherever from wherever. View turn-by-turn directions or watch your progress with live GPS tracking. Maps on iPhone shows you live traffic information, indicating traffic speed along your route in easy-to-read green, red, and yellow highlights.

Posted on June 18th, 2008 by admin
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According to one source claiming to have been tipped by sources close to the 3G iPhone, the device will in fact be announced on June 9th at WWDC. Then, immediately after, the device is expected to be unleashed to the waiting masses. The launch will be a worldwide launch, as opposed to the original launch, where it started in the U.S. and made its way to other countries later.

According to the article it will not take long, as the device will be available in Spain as early as June 18th. The launch schedule is very interesting, starting with a single Apple Store, and a single Telefonica store. Then within 24 hours the device will make country wide launch. According to the article, this is the same launch scheme that will be used all across Europe.

According to this articles “reliable sources” the device will not be sold at fixed price points in Europe. This means basically carriers are free to sell the device at whatever price they feel. This means that if we are lucky, then the new iPhone will indeed carry a subsidy. This is especially necessary in Europe, where the carriers are ultra competitive with one another.

via http://gizmodo.com/391960/iphone-3g-launch-date-confirmed

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by admin
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Closing out his keynote address at Apple’s annual developers conference on Monday, chief executive Steve Jobs announced that iPhone will not go on sale until the early evening of June 29th.

Jobs told a crowd of developers in San Francisco that the inaugural Apple handset would be available beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 29th, but did not specify whether that time was pacific time, eastern time, or local regional time.

Representatives for Apple did not respond to inquiries seeking clarification.

It was previously assumed that the device would be made available through Apple and AT&T retail stores in the early morning hours.

The later timeframe appears to have been selected as part of a broader bid by the Cupertino-based Apple to entice a media frenzy with large crowds, in which those with day jobs are not at a disadvantage when it comes to snagging an iPhone on day one.

Reports as to how many iPhones will actually be available on June 29th have ranged from less than 40 per AT&T store to 3 million in total. The device is due to go on sale at approximately 1800 AT&T locations in addition to over 170 Apple retail stores.

Thanks Apple Insider

Posted on June 14th, 2007 by admin
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NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc.’s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company’s Web site.The combination cell phone, media player and wireless Web-surfing device will retail for $499 and $599, depending on configuration. It will be offered exclusively by AT&T  Inc.’s wireless division, formerly known as Cingular.The iPhone, which sports no keypad but instead a touch-sensitive screen, was unveiled with great fanfare in early January by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He said it would appear in stores in June but gave no specific date.Sunday night’s ads showed off several of the gadget’s features and ended with the pronouncement that the phone will be available “Only on the new AT&T” and “Coming June 29.” One aired on the CW network before a 7 p.m. broadcast of “7th Heaven.”Apple and AT&T spokespeople did not immediately return phone calls.

In recent months, the company’s stock has been served by speculation and excitement over the iPhone. Shares of Apple’s stock rose May 25 after a media report said that the iPhone would go on sale June 20. Neither AT&T nor Apple would confirm or deny that date at the time.

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On the Net:

Apple ads: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads

Posted on June 4th, 2007 by admin
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Let the speculation, uh, heighten. The iPhone has been FCC-approved and people have even started to covertly preorder it, so it’s got to be coming soon, right? The problem is, in the absence of an official release date, everyone and their brother is coming up with what they believe are reasonable release dates.

Since there are so many release date for the iPhone floating around out there, it’s probably worth taking a look at some of them and the reasoning behind them. Our first contestant is June 20, which was mentioned on CNBC’s On the Money show as being confirmed by a “telco analyst.” This date is backed up by the fact that iPhone sales and support training is running from May 30 to June 20, so it’s entirely possible that the iPhone is coming out once sales and support training is over.

Unfortunately, as Gizmodo points outthe “telco analyst” in question was actually just an employee at an AT&T store. Given my previous experiences regarding getting correct release dates from a store employee, I’d say the AT&T employees know about as much concerning the real date as I know about quantum mechanics. Gizmodo is offering two other iPhone release dates that they think are more correct: June 15, and June 12. June 15 is being given because some AT&T/Cingular employees will not be able to take vacation>for several weeks after that date. 

Last but not least, there’s June 12. Gizmodo likes this one best, and I’m tempted to agree with them. The June 12 date has popped up a few times before and was apparently given by the Business Marketing Group to people who attempted to confirm it with them. It also follows Apple’s practice of releasing products on a Tuesday, but more importantly, the 12th is the Tuesday immediately following the WWDC Keynote speech. It’s entirely plausible that the iPhone could be launched at the keynote, but then again, June 12 isn’t really “late June” if you want to be particular about it. Apple may also want to use all the time they have to prepare the device, stores, and support for the launch.

It’s still impossible to say when the iPhone will really come out, but if you’re holding your breath for it, you can probably relax for at least another couple of weeks

Posted on May 28th, 2007 by admin
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CNBC’s most recent ”On the Money” report claimed iPhone will be released on June 20th.  Their source? They get it from a Cingular phone store employee. Although CNBC doesn’t label it as a rumor, many people believe this is not an official release date.  Yet, Apple’s only statement is that the iPhone is on track for “Late June.”

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by admin
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    Thanks  BoyGenius, They got an official letter sent to all corporate AT&T employees.The letter disclosed that the Apple iPhone launch will take place on June 15th with the launch period extended until the 15th of July

  While the mail didn’t confirm an exact iphone release date of June 15th, we can see that AT&T is preparing for  “the biggest selling period we have seen in a few years”, because AT&T isn’t even approving their employees from taking any vacations during that timeframe.

 Below is the full email.

To:              All Company Owned Retail Employees
From:          [Name removed]
Subject:       iPhone Launch Period
Date:           May 4, 2007

 As previously announced, Apple and AT&T will soon debut the iPhone,
which combines a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and
breakthrough internet communications into one small and lightweight
handheld device.  The new AT&T has a multiyear, exclusive agreement to
provide U.S. service for the iPhone. 

To ensure proper staffing during the product launch period, Sales personnel
planning to take approved time off are encouraged to schedule their
vacations before June 15 or after July 15 to participate in the iPhone
launch.

Previously approved vacation will be allowed where voluntary rescheduling
is not feasible

No additional vacation requests will be approved during the launch period
(6/15 – 7/15).

I want to thank you in advance for your understanding as this is likely to
be the biggest selling period we have seen in a few years.

Happy Selling,

[Name removed]

Posted on May 7th, 2007 by admin
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Reuters reported that Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said on Wednesday the company’s iPhone is on track to ship in late June.

Oppenheimer also said that the gross margin of 35 percent the company turned in during its most recent quarter was “not sustainable” because component costs are not expected to remain as low as they had been.

“We look forward to shipping the iPhone in late June and are very excited,” he told Reuters in a telephone interview.

Apple’s iPhone has been surrounded in a thick cloud of hype ever since it was announced in early January. The phone was announced at MacWorld 2007 in January, but it was all the talk at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas which was being held at the same time.

From the beginning, Apple said that the iPhone would ship in June of this year and would be a Cingular Wireless (AT&T Wireless) exclusive phone. Late last month, a rumor about iPhone release date  June 11 was reported by CNET. The launch would coincide with Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco which is slated to run from June 11 through June 15.

Things took an even more interesting turn when Apple announced that it would delay the launch of its OS X 10.5 Leopard operating from June until October. At the time, the iPhone was blamed for the delay. “iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS(R) X team,” said Apple on April 12.

Insiders at the Company manufacturing the Apple iPhone claim that iPhone quality problems are causing concen to the extent that the phone may be delayed to end of June or early July.

 Hopefully Apple iPhone will ship on time as their CFO’ s words. 

Posted on April 26th, 2007 by admin
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Insiders at the Company manufacturing the Apple iPhone claim that quality problems are causing concen to the extent that the phone may be delayed past June 11th 2007.

Apple is struggling to deliver a quality iPhone according to insiders at a Taiwanese phone manufacturing Company.  Han Hai (aka Foxconn) are concerned that the designs Apple have delivered for manufacturing are not robust enough and that the Apple software functions built into the phone are sucking juice out of the batteries to the extent that talk time is significantly compromised. It is expected that the iPhone will not be launched on June 11th 2007.

Apple, it seems is concerned that they could be hit by a flood of warrantly claims a move which Han Hai is trying to avoid as they could well end up wearing the responsibility for some of the claims. The problem the insiders claim relate to the way the software has been designed. Functions working in the background are sucking power while the phone is not being used to the extent that call times are limited.

According to Han Hai staff, several meetings have taken place between Apple and the manufacturer over the quality of the phones and above all the performance of the phones when benchmarked against other smart phones.

The insider said” Apple are concerned over potential warranty claims. Unlike the iPod which also had battery and hard drive problems when it first launched the Apple iPhone is a lot more complicated and more difficult to manufacture. Both organisations have met to discuss this. Apple have assigned more people to resolve several software issues that are impacting the launch.” they said.

“We’re hearing it’s mostly an issue with the complexity of the device,” said iSuppli analyst Jagdish Rebello.

The expert also suggested that the shift of software team members from Mac OS X Leopard to the iPhone was in response to issues discovered late into the testing phase. “Typically the manufacturer and the service provider are making sure the phone meets all its specifications,” he said. “It’s clear they have found some issues that they need to fix.” he said.

The announcement that Apple would delay the release of its newest version of Mac OS X, known as Leopard to concentrate on the iPhone has not surprised people in Taiwan. A senior executive of a major phone manufacturing Company said ” The iPhone is complex. We make a lot of phones but this one is different. they expect the software to do a lot. They want a sleek looking design which is also robust. sometimes the two don’t go together.

Scheduled for release on June 11 2007 it is expected that only limited numbers of the phone will be available. It appears that the last thing Apple wants is quality problems with their phone. Apple staff have been told that the launch of the iPhone will be a lot tougher than the launch of the iPod. A memo to Apple staff is reported to have claimed that several manufacturers are in a position to hurt Apple if the iPhone has quality problems.

Apple admits that it has redeployed some of its software engineering and quality assurance personnel away from Leopard to the team working on the June launch of the iPhone due to the  last-minute problems that have cropped up and raises questions about whether Apple will push back the iPhone release till after the US holiday period.
According to BusinessWeek in the USA various iPhone suppliers have been told that the iPhone may not be available until the end of June, according to Jagdish Rebello, an analyst with iSuppli, a market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. Apple had never specified when in June the device would ship, but its wireless partner, AT&T (T), had been cited in published reports naming a June 11 target date, the same day of an Apple software developers conference. “We’re hearing it’s mostly an issue with the complexity of the device, and that all the component suppliers are making their deliveries on time,” Rebello says.

Apple hinted in the statement that making the iPhone is no cakewalk. The cell phone “contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device,” Apple said. It added that the device had passed “several” of its required certification tests and would ship in “late June.”

Usually with two months or less to go before market release, a device like the iPhone would ordinarily be going through a heavy battery of testing in preparation for volume manufacturing. The apparently sudden shift of personnel away from Leopard suggests that a late wrinkle has emerged. “Typically the manufacturer and the service provider are making sure the phone meets all its specifications, and that all the production glitches have been ironed out,” Rebello says. “It’s clear they have found some issues that they need to fix.”

First Time Is Right Time
Richard Doherty, director and co-founder of the Envisioneering Group, says he’s tested the phone and didn’t uncover problems with it. Apple may be beefing up software developer tools and fixing security concerns, he reckons. “Putting a powerful operating system on a phone took extra hands on deck,” he says. “The last thing Apple wants is for the iPhone to be vulnerable to hacker attacks.”

Apple hopes customers will use iPhone for online purchases, so it’s making the operating system more powerful than existing mobile systems, such as Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Mobile or Symbian, developed by a Nokia (NOK)-led consortium. “They don’t want it to be a version 1.0 of the iPhone, but version 4.9,” Doherty says. “Apple wants to get it right the first time.”

Another challenge is giving the iPhone sufficient battery life. The battery will have to be powerful enough to handle a variety of functions, but it must also be compact, analysts explain. “There’s a lot of skepticism about the iPhone’s battery life,” says Paul Sagawa, an analyst with Sanford Bernstein. The iPhone is expected to have two batteries, one for the phone and the other for the music player. The phone battery, which is very small, would have to power a huge screen, Wi-Fi network connections, and many other power-hungry features.

Wall Street’s Not Worried
Wall Street analysts generally dismissed the Leopard release delay, saying there are plenty of other reasons to be bullish on Apple stock. Adobe (ADBE) will soon be upgrading its flagship creative software for the Mac, giving computer users another reason to buy new Macs. And barring any major glitches, many analysts are confident the iPhone will be a hit. “Although the push-out of Leopard is not ideal, we view iPhone as the delivery of the next leg to the Apple growth story,” Goldman Sachs (GS) analyst David Bailey wrote in an Apr. 13 research note. Apple stock dipped 2.1% the day after the late afternoon announcement.

The delayed Leopard is the second rollout of a major Apple product this year. Apple also delayed the launch of Apple TV, which hit store shelves at the end of March. But Leopard’s four-month delay is minor compared with the many delays that beset Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows Vista. The system was first due in 2005, but didn’t hit store shelves until early 2007.

And the extra time means added weeks of speculation surrounding the features due to be included in Leopard, now slated for an October launch. “Our analysis indicates that if not for the ’secret’ features, the core Leopard operating system would likely have shipped on time,” American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a recent research note.

However embarrassing the Leopard delay, the release of a bug-riddled iPhone would be disastrous, particularly since expectations have been set so high. “It’s not easy to make a phone,” Sagawa says. “The hype has risen to such a fever pitch that to disappoint people with the product would be quite a black mark.”

                                    From SmartHouse by David Richards and BusinessWeek

Posted on April 17th, 2007 by admin
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   Since Apple confirmed they would launch iPhone in June.There are so many rumors about the exact release date. The latest is June 11 mentioned by a Cingular customer service manager.Let us take a look at the whole story:

Latest Update:

 1/9/2007, Steve Jobs’ keynote at the Macworld Expo told us  iphone would ship stateside in June, Europe in fourth quarter, Asia in 2008.

 1/10/2007, somebody said  the apple iPhone would be shipping in October in the UK  according to the internal email .

 2/6/2007, LoopRumors discovered a  document  from Apple to Federal Communications Commission, and they concluded that June 15th is the release date of iPhone.

 2/8/2007, the article published on Engadget.com  pointed that iPhone FFC letter was a hoax.Guys over at Phone Scoop noted that the confidentiality agreement document is, in actuality, photoshopped.

 3/29/2007, according to CNET Cingular confirmed  the release date will be June 11. However, the information was from a  customer service manager. It may not be quite accurate.

We will keep you posted on the lastest news. Please bookmark this page for further reference.

Posted on April 13th, 2007 by admin
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