06.23.07
2nd Generation iPhone, So Soon?
I have been hearing a lot of rumors that have a 2nd generation of the iPhone being available by the end of the year. Personally I find this implausible with the 1st generation iPhone releasing the last day of June. Apparently I am not the only one.
12GB/3G iPhone in 6 months?!? Don’t bet on it!
Over at ZDNet, they have the same feeling. Not only because of the time scale, but because the sources of these rumors are the now infamous AT&T reps, who seemingly have told us everything and anything about anything and everything that has ever existed or will exist. Even if they had some kind of broad plan to follow up with a second generation phone so quickly, they would not benefit from telling anyone. Of course I can’t get any reasons why Apple would have a new product ready before they had gotten proper feedback on the first one. I see reasons like “Because EDGE sucks”, but I do not really consider that a valid reason for releasing a second generation product so soon.
I suspect the 1st generation iPhone will have a decent window all on its own, and nobody should be holding off and waiting thinking the new one will be out at the end of the year. It is not likely going to happen.
