Second-gen iPhone Confirmed?

gadgetopia writes "ITWire is reporting that the Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta has seemingly confirmed a second generation of the Apple iPhone. Another report referenced by the article suggests the new model could come with a different case design. 'Quanta and Apple already enjoy a strong relationship, with Quanta building both MacBooks and iPods for Apple to sell worldwide, although Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reported to be building the first batch of iPhones due to arrive in the US market by the end of June. Reports suggest Quanta has received an order for 5 million iPhones which are to be shipped in September ... Presumably this could entail a 3G or even 3.5G HSDPA iPhone for European markets due to get the iPhone by the end of the year, or even the addition of more memory - imagine a 16Gb or even 32Gb iPhone, unlikely though those will be this year mainly due to the high cost of 16 or 32Gb of flash memory.'"

Re:Can we please get out the next OS first!

[anagama]

I'm more interested in 10.5 -- multiple desktops finally integrated (not some overpriced add-on or underfeatured free add-on). I can only hope they add middle-click-paste as well, but I'll probably have to wait for 10.6.

The Onion Reported this First

[__aawdrj2992]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/apple_ hard_at_work_making [theonion.com]

fixed it for you...

[Gary W. Longsine]

And as an alternative there is OpenMoko which, of course, runs Linux and is incomplete, although it is open source, so you can help finish it.

"Next"?!

[Cajun Hell]

Is the Osbou-- um, I mean -- iPhone one even out yet?

Finally!

[TobyRush]

It's about time! The picture I have of the first-gen unit has been great, but it has its limitations and the workarounds are cumbersome. I've been looking forward to a picture of a revised unit since the initial iPhone was announced; Apple's second-gen models are always more reliable than the initial ones.

Re:the Mom test

[Anonymous Coward]

Not as good as my original iPod slogan: "Is that a thousand songs in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

Re:Can we please get out the next OS first!

[Anonymous Coward]

OK, OK we get your point. Just put down that chair please!

Re:Can we please get out the next OS first!

[Mike Buddha]

Recall seeing any keyboards on Star Trek? We have to make the move at some point in order to get into the future, and its not like Microsoft is going to usher in something new.

I'm sorry to be the one to burst your bubble but Star Trek isn't real. It's version of a keyboardless future isn't real. This future comes from the same minds that gave us Tachyon Fields, Phasers, and Transporters (also not real). It's not the product of any real cultural/technological process in which keys were determined to be inefficient, ineffective, or obsolete. It's surprising how often I have to point out that Star Trek is fiction on Slashdot. It's sad, really.