Ryan at Think Secret is reporting that the iPhone is coming early next year, and will work exclusively with Cingular service for the first six months.
As previously reported, Apple’s phone will feature a candy-bar design with a 2.2-inch display and 3 megapixel camera. Robust iTunes and iSync support will also be delivered with the phone.Apple’s exclusive contract with Cingular is said to be good for the first six months, sources report, meaning other providers will be able to sell the phone in the second-half of 2007. Cingular had an exclusive on the Motorola ROKR?the first phone to feature iTunes?when it launched last year.
Meanwhile, insiders say Apple is internally estimating that shipments of the iPhone will top a staggering 25 million in 2007 alone. Motorola’s RAZR, by contrast, has sold more than 50 million units since its launch in late 2004. Apple is betting a phone with Apple’s iconic design, elegant interface, and iPod-matching functionality will be a strong draw for users who currently carry both devices on them.
I don’t see myself buying one, but then again I said that about the Macbook.
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Sounds nice, but I’ll wait for it to come out in Verizon.
Keep them separate. If my iPod breaks down, I don’t want to lose my phone. If my phone breaks down, I don’t want to lose my iPod.
Ditto to Mr. benning’s comments.
My iPod is my iPod, my phone is my phone. Give that phone Remote Access to my Mac though. That would be nice.
sign me up – can’t wait to have just one device. if it could do email too that would rock.
insurance is like four dollars a month, people.