iPhone OS 3.0 firmware unearths new iPhones and new iPod touches?
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Mar 19th 2009 at 3:32PM
We'd already heard that evidence of a new iPhone model was found buried in newer firmwares, but how about two new iPhone models -- along with a couple new iPod touches thrown in for good measure? It seems that a careful deconstruction of the beta 3.0 build provided to developers this week has uncovered the same product code "iPhone2,1" found before in addition to an even newer, awesomer "iPhone3,1." For the record, the iPhone 3G is identified as "iPhone1,2," so these alleged new models would be the first in the iPhone line to be blessed with major version number increments. Turning our attention to the iPod touch, the current model carries the "iPod2,1" designation, but models "iPod2,2" and "iPod3,1" have both been rooted out of the binary. June is widely speculated as the time that we'd be seeing new iPhone models -- right about the time that 3.0 is released to the general public -- so we don't have terribly long to wait to get this sorted out.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kevin Smith @ Mar 19th 2009 3:45PM
My at&t Contract is now up and I have been mulling over a jump from my curve to an iphone but I think I will hold out now until Summer to see what may or may not be in the future. Holding off on a new phone is soo hard though!
brenden @ Mar 19th 2009 6:07PM
yes that it is, i hate waiting, i need the niagara to come to bell, i dont mind paying full price for the phone either
Galen20K @ Mar 19th 2009 8:42PM
And the iPhone exclusivity contract ends when???
Until then this means nothing to me.
dave @ Mar 20th 2009 7:33AM
the only rumor i don't see surfacing anywhere is one of these being for verizon.... possible??
Torision @ Mar 20th 2009 10:10AM
Not.... AT&T 5-year contract ends in 2012.
Torision @ Mar 20th 2009 10:14AM
Doesn't make any "business" sense for Apple to invest in a CDMA version when LTE is around the corner. 2012 is a good observation.
Don Louie @ Mar 20th 2009 1:01PM
The biggest CDMA carrier in the states is not going to shut it off just because. LTE will have to be built out 1st.