http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/07/24/new.iphones.in.2007/
Quanta acquires orders for new iPhone?
updated 02:20 pm EDT, Tue July 24, 2007
New iPhones in 2007?
Taiwan's leading manufacturer of cellular phones -- Quanta Computer -- has obtained orders from Apple to manufacture a new iPhone model, according to a report from CENS. Domestic printed circuit board manufacturers are preparing materials for mass production to meet forthcoming assembly demands of the new iPhones, which are likely to debut some time in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the report. One J.P. Morgan analyst based in Taiwan recently predicted that Apple will unveil a smaller iPod nano-sized iPhone, but the firm's headquarters in the U.S. distanced itself from such claims.
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sheeple predictions...
As usual, the 'analysts' are too dumb to figure out the obvious - Quanta's new production, right on time, will be for the European version of the iPhone that will go on sale around November (and most likely that model will have a couple of additional features, and will replace the US model as stock runs out).
This is so obvious, it doesn't require much intelligence - though clearly still more than most analysts have,
There's also still a new model of the iPod waiting to go into production. None of which translates into a 'cheaper iPhone'. Not by a long shot.