Well, this one is just about as speculatory as it gets: Infineon, who might be supplying the chips for the 3G iPhone, announced this morning that they are seeing less demand for HSDPA chips than they expected from an unnamed project. Analysts are guessing this means the next iPhone has either been delayed, or will launch with lower volumes.
Nothing to worry about, iPhone fans. If Steve planned to announce the 3G iPhone at WWDC, Steve will be announcing the 3G iPhone at WWDC. The launch date probably wouldn’t change either — if the initial shipments are lower than the demand, it’ll just lead to even more demand generated by all of the “OMG!!! 3G iPhone shortage!! Go fight a guy for yours!” stories that will go up.
[Via 9to5Mac]
Specula_tive_. Whether an attempt at irony, or just poor editing, a news site is only hurt by poor usage.
@MC:
Feel free to check Webster’s. Not as common as speculative, but a perfectly valid alternative.
This is a non-story. It’s not like they said that an unammed project was canceled. The 3g iPhone will be announced, and hopefully the App store will be announced too. Then we can finally get some cool iPhone apps: http://www.zintin.com
To clarify, I think Greg’s analysis is dead on in the second paragraph. Its the “analysts” who have the non-story. Thanks Greg for calling them like you see them.