AT&T listing "iPhone Black" model, O2 gets the original back in stock

by Paul Miller, posted May 12th 2008 at 11:03AM

Good news and bad news on the imminent 3G iPhone front. O2 apparently got another batch of 16 giggers in stock, since it's currently accepting orders, while the 8GB remains out of stock, and both phones remain unavailable on the US and UK Apple Stores. More encouraging, however, is the new listing of an "iPhone Black" model on AT&T's account management site. There's nothing else on the site to hint at specs or release or whether this is indeed the upcoming 3G iPhone, but it does fall in line with the word we have on a glossy black back for the much anticipated phone. Whether all this means we have weeks or months to wait is anyone's guess, but there are plenty of encouraging signs out there for the true believers to cling onto.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Handsets, ATT, O2, Apple

Tags: 3g iphone, 3gIphone, att, breaking news, BreakingNews, iphone, iphone black, IphoneBlack

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Juice @ May 12th 2008 11:53AM

Why can't Apple just say what they're going to do already. Get over yourselves...

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D @ May 12th 2008 12:28PM

Apple thrives on hype -- and profits from it too. This is not going to change anytime soon.

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bhippel @ May 12th 2008 3:26PM

One strategy that I haven't heard anyone comment on yet, is that Apple could be releasing the 3G iPhone this week, as some rumors point to, and saving June and the WWDC for perhaps a Mac Touch portable. It's not beyond the realm of possibility. Here's what I'm getting at: with everyone's economic stimulus checks coming out, the timing would be ripe for folks to spend their $600 on a new shiny iPhone. Not bad thinking if that's their goal.

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PSM @ May 12th 2008 5:35PM

It sure would be a good time. The only evidence directly suggesting otherwise is the AT&T vacation memo, which says late June. Can't figure out why they'd pick those dates if the iPhone is coming out in mid-May.

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Razor1973 @ May 12th 2008 5:45PM

I had the BlackJack II selected as my device and I just logged in to see the iPhone Black (which, like I mentioned, is still listed) and my device was gone. I then tried to select my i617 and it's not in the list! The original BlackJack is, but not the II. Anybody else with a BlackJack II had this happen to them?

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