Times Online is reporting that UK and German iPhone discounts are to clear room for the new 3G iPhone. Mobile operators with exclusive contracts with Apple might face losses on unsold stock as they overestimated the number of iPhones that would sell in Europe. According to Times Online, Apple has placed an order with its Asian suppliers to produce 200,000 3G iPhone by end of May, rising to 2 million per month in June. Times Online have be informed by their industrial source that the new iPhone will be radically different, having a 4.5” screen and slick aluminum backing, among the possibilities are flip version and a sliding model with a regular QWERTY keyboard. I don’t think Apple will change the look or design of the iPhone much just imagine a 4.5” screen flip phone, when you open it, it will be around 9” long. I don’t think Apple will design a phone that is this long. Apple will definitely release more then one model of iPhone in 2008 to address different market segments.
[Via Times Online]