With only weeks to go before the Apple iPhone launches in the US most people wouldn’t be expecting the news to focus on iPhone 2.0, the 2nd generation iPhone. With buyers willing to pay over $500 for a device which doesn’t have a fast data connection the last thing Apple needs is rumours of a better iPhone being just around the corner.
iPod manufacturer Quanta Computer is apparently going to be making the iPhone 2.0 and has won a contract to deliver 5 million units, starting in September according to Digitimes and the Chinese Commercial Times.
According to the report the 3G iPhone would be manufactured for different markets so we assume Europe will be getting the 3G iPhone after all.
Quanta has issued a response to the rumor on their English language site stating, “Quanta and Apple are building a tighter than ever relationships. Quanta not only manufactures NB and iPod for Apple, but also may have receive the order to make the second generation of the Apple iPhone. iPhone is a smartphone based mobile, and the second generation model shipment is expected in September 2007 with forecast of 5 million units in 2008.”
If Apple is serious about building recurring revenue from networks in Europe it would be commercial suicide to produce a non 3G mobile phone when every single competitor will have HSDPA by the end of this year.
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This makes sense, the Cingular Edge network is too slow for this product. It would rock with EVDO from Sprint or Verizon!