Published on 11/15/2006
Hon Hai Precision Industry from Taiwan has apparently snagged the (mythic) contract from Apple to manufacture 12 million cellphones. This might be the break that hordes of apple fans were waiting: the iPhone could be on track to be released sometime in the first half of next year. The new iPhone will hopefully be a formidable MP3 player unlike the Motorola ROKR that failed pretty miserably. What would you be willing to pay for an Apple cellphone, and what features would you love to see in it? Having a large amount of flash memory would probably be on your list. The picture shown is just an art concept and does not come from Apple. We previously said that Apple would not launch a cellphone until it finds a business model. I'm curious to see what it is.
Previous iPhone rumors: Patent filing of possible Apple cellphone Apple could work on iPhone Softbank and Apple to co-develop iPod phones Apple courting Taiwanese manufacturer for iPhone? Apple on Sept 7th: General consensus on an iPhone Apple Special Event next week: iPhone or video iPod? Apple to aquire Palm? Concepts The Apple iPhone imagined by Pentagram