Brian
09-23-2008, 09:18 AM
Tales from the Rumor Mill: 32 GB iPhone refresh, at home activations (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/13291/Tales-from-the-Rumor-Mill-32-GB-iPhone-refresh-at-home-activations/)
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We're not particularly inclined to believe them, but the whispers that Apple is about to bump the top-end iPhone capacity to 32GB are getting harder to ignore -- especially since 8GB inventory is drying up, leading to speculation that's it's going to be dropped as soon as next week. We think the timing's a little odd on the heels of the Let's Rock iPod refresh, but considering the rampant speculation that Apple was forced to bump the nano to 16GB and drop the "limited edition" 4GB model entirely at the last minute in response to the new Zune lineup we suppose it makes competitive sense. AppleInsider also says customers will once again get the option to activate in-home, but we haven't heard anything about that -- we'll see what happens in the next few days.
No one encourages rumor mongering quite like the folks from Cupertino. I'd be more inclined to stand behind a rumor that included phrases like "weapon-class laser", "x-ray vision camera mode", or "built-in insulin pump / time machine", but I guess storage bumps and the revocation of the in-store activation policy will have to do for now. I, for one, will only be upgrading to a newer iPhone when the Yellow Submarine edition comes out, loaded with the entire Beatles catalog and sporting a banana-colored back casing. "
Read full story here (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/20/apple-prepping-a-32gb-iphone-update-bringing-back-at-home-activ/)
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We're not particularly inclined to believe them, but the whispers that Apple is about to bump the top-end iPhone capacity to 32GB are getting harder to ignore -- especially since 8GB inventory is drying up, leading to speculation that's it's going to be dropped as soon as next week. We think the timing's a little odd on the heels of the Let's Rock iPod refresh, but considering the rampant speculation that Apple was forced to bump the nano to 16GB and drop the "limited edition" 4GB model entirely at the last minute in response to the new Zune lineup we suppose it makes competitive sense. AppleInsider also says customers will once again get the option to activate in-home, but we haven't heard anything about that -- we'll see what happens in the next few days.
No one encourages rumor mongering quite like the folks from Cupertino. I'd be more inclined to stand behind a rumor that included phrases like "weapon-class laser", "x-ray vision camera mode", or "built-in insulin pump / time machine", but I guess storage bumps and the revocation of the in-store activation policy will have to do for now. I, for one, will only be upgrading to a newer iPhone when the Yellow Submarine edition comes out, loaded with the entire Beatles catalog and sporting a banana-colored back casing. "
Read full story here (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/20/apple-prepping-a-32gb-iphone-update-bringing-back-at-home-activ/)