The following article is reissue from theToday@PC World blogatPCWorld.com .

From the category “ the sky is blue and the sun is red-hot , ” psychoanalyst Daniel Amir fromLazard Capital Marketsdecided to betray pouf cakes and tell us that Apple will introduce a 32 GB version of the iPhone and will also put out a low - end Wi - Fi - less manikin for the emerging grocery store .

Besides the fact that it ’s obvious enough that Apple will increase the capacity of the iPhone , Amir also says that the novel iPhone will belaunched this summertime — and is n’t this the usual time Apple announces novel model ? Of course it is !

TheiPod touchalready comes in a 32 GB interlingual rendition , so it ’s quite natural that this will transcend to the iPhone as well once the new modeling is announced ( in June , as common ) . Citing checks from “ channel collaborator ” Amir also says that Apple could liberate a low - death version of the iPhone , without Wi - Fi , which will be targeted at emerging market such as Brazil , Russian , India and China while a higher - end edition , with a better camera and more entrepot capacity will hit North America and Europe .

It ’s quite natural that the next improvements on the iPhone will be a honorable television camera ( most probably with video potentiality ) and more storage — as after the software improvements the 3.0 update will bring , these are the most bespeak hardware features for the twist . But what ’s really strange is that Amir ’s research states that a stripped down version of the iPhone will be made usable to emerge economies .

It has to be noted to Apple is not likeNokia , who releases different versions of a phone for different countries ( remember theNorth American E62without Wi - Fi ? ) and that the Cupertino society has never released disinvest - down version of its products for different countries . My guess would be that it would n’t start doing it now either , particularly if it would be to remove Wi - Fi , a feature present from the first incarnation ofthe iPhone . It would be apparently pathetic to release a third example of iPhone without Wi - Fi , after own this on board of the premature model for years now .

Again , the likelihood of Apple dropping Wi - Fi from an ( unlikely to happen ) stripped - down iPhone is even lower when one considers how many of the phone ’s apps and features depend on this , from Front Row andAppleTVremote apps toiTunes DJand various syncing apps . My verdict — it ai n’t extend to happen . Wi - Fi will be in , no matter what .

Amir also predicts that iPhone shipments could get to up to 5 million units in the second quarter of this year . The genuine likelihood of this to happen is also very depressed , with a Modern iPhone expected in June and many consumers delaying their leverage in anticipation of the new model .

And last , but not least , Amir ’s research quotes “ canal checks ” and “ channels partners ” , who are all apparently very knowing about Apple plans and intentions . When was the last time an analyst got something right about Apple ’s plans ? Fromtablets , tonetbooksandmini iPhones , they ’ve produce it wrong . I doubt that they will be in good order this clock time around …