user may see an iPhone with 3 G technology in the next six months , a fiscal analyst said Monday , mention wan inventory of Apple ’s current iPhone and the increasing need in Europe for 3 GB products .
The iPhone dispatch are probable to be weak during the March poop , and inclusion of third - generation ( 3 constant of gravitation ) engineering in the phone could ensure that Apple cope with its target of shipping 10 million iPhones in 2008 , psychoanalyst Richard Gardner of Citigroup said in a research note of hand on Monday . 3 GiB is a high - speed wireless communications standard that provides wideband Internet potentiality to electric cell phones and mobile twist .
An iPhone upgrade to admit 3 gibibyte technology could help oneself the company forge more relationships with carriers as it builds a European presence . “ We believe that lack of 3 G has been a pregnant headwind for iPhone in Europe where 3 G is already pervasive , ” Gardner aver .
During meetings with Citigroup , Apple reiterate its architectural plan to acquaint the iPhone into additional European countries and Asia by the terminal of 2008 , Gardner pronounce .
In a December study , Shaw Wu of American Technology Research enounce a 3 yard iPhone would probably embark around the eye or in the second one-half of this year , after internet coverage and electric battery life issues are addressed .
During the iPhone rollout in the U.K. last yr , Jobs enounce that 3 thou potato chip were “ force hogs , ” but also said he expected to see near battery consumption this year . Saratoga chip vendors , includingBroadcomand weapon , are rise index - efficient 3 thou mobile bit with multimedia capabilities .
3 G is still not wide deployed in the U.S. , Wu write in a study . Apple could maybe position the new iPhone as a high - end smart headphone , with the current iPhone being embark as a more mainstream product , Wu say .
Apple ’s 3 thou plans in the U.S. could get a encouragement from AT&T ’s announcement last week that it was expanding its 3 M wireless coverage to 350 major U.S. markets , including all 100 of the orotund city .
Until the iPhone becomes available in more countries , unlocking Book of Numbers will stay high . But as iPhone ’s presence expands , “ most consumers will choose to employ iPhone on the internet with which Apple has a family relationship — only then can they take vantage of innovative features such as visual voicemail and on-going computer software update , ” Gardner tell .
Up to 35 percentage of all iPhones sold since its launching in June have been unlocked and sold in country where Apple does not yet have a courtly relationship with a wireless carrier , Citigroup ’s Gardner said .
There has been plenty of speculation fence in the release of a 3 gee iPhone . Last class , Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson individually said a 3 G iPhone was come in 2008 , though the exact appointment is shroud in concealment .
