Image of 4th Generation iPhone Parts Appears. Could it Mean an Early 4th gen iPhone Release?

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The image of a back cover for the 4th gen iPhone has surfaced. Although it is unclear if this is indeed a real part for the 4th generation iPhone, the image’s source, China Ontrade, has correctly shown an iPhone 3GS part 1 month before the iPhone 3GS was actually shipped.

China Ontrade claims this part belongs to the next generation iPhone 4. But the next iPhone is theoretically supposed to come out next summer, like all the previous iPhones before it. And usually factories don’t make their parts so many months before the product’s actual shipping date. Does this mean that the next gen iPhone may be released early? If it is,it is probably not going to be released during this holiday season as Phil Schiller, Chief Marketing Director to Apple, had said that Apple will not announce any new products for this year’s holiday season.

So, here is where we are at. If the image from China Ontrade is a genuine part for the next iPhone, it may arrive earlier next year in spring, perhaps even along with the fabled iTablet. Most cell phone companies have many phone models. It is not too out of line for Apple to release 2 iPhones per year instead of one.

On the other hand, if the images are just a marketing ploy by ChinaOntrade, everything would make sense as there is no reason to have a next generation iPhone part floating about the Internet 8 months fore its actual release date.

Via Gizmodo and China Ontrade

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