Second generation iPhone for $249 in September?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jul 17th 2007 5:12AM
posted Jul 17th 2007 5:12AM
Remember all those version 2 iPhone rumors rumbling about back in May. Well, they're back and running amuck in Taiwan. According to DigiTimes, Taiwan's Chinese-language Commercial Times says that Taiwan's Wintek has gained the touch-screen panel orders for the second-gen iPhone. The report claims that Wintek has already begun test production in small volumes with Apple intent on selling their newest model of the iPhone in September for somewhere between $249 and $299. Unfortunately, the article doesn't state where this flavor of the iPhone will be sold. An important omission given that September is the same rumored delivery for Quanta's iPhone variant meant specifically for non-US markets. Of course, that would be too early according to (some) JP Morgan analysts although Kevin Chang, and his vision of an iPhone nano, would surely disagree. To muddle things further, Wintek was just fingered as the supplier of panels for future touch-screen iPods set to launch in August. However, DigiTimes sources are now reporting that the iPod's capacitive touch-screen will be "less complicated" than the panel used for the current iPhone. No multi-touch? Who knows. Man, rumor mongering is a silly business... interesting, but silly.P.S. Yes, that's a mock-up to the right.
that's no mockup...that's my beloved, long-lost Sony Z100. It's just missing the boom mike.
Interesting...I was told by a friend who works on the marketing campaigns for iPhone that there would be a new version coming out in September and it would have video. Meaning, you could record video. I didn't believe him at the time, but maybe there is some truth to it? *shrugs*
Thats great news! it raises several questions though. If they plan to sell it for 249$, will it have all the features of the original iPhone or will it be severly downgraded? Will this version have a lock in with a single providor? Will it not estrange the early adopters by making them feel that they paid too much? It would be interesting to watch what happens.
Balaji.P.B.
http://iphonerevealed.blogspot.com
The review of the iPhone on digitaltrends website has an entire paragraph about the 2nd generation 3G iphone coming out in October. WTF??!!!
http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review4326.html
its probably for a ipod not a iphone