Source: Foxconn Receives Order for Next iPhone
Foxconn has reportedly received an order for the next iteration of Apple's iPhone.
While AT&T is busy making vague statements about introducing "incentives" to encourage iPhone users to reduce their data usage, Apple is reportedly busy making a completely new iPhone.
I'll give you a few minutes to get over the shock.
Editor in chief of Mobile Review, Eldar Murtazin, today tweeted, "Foxconn received order for next generation iphone." Dubbed "the ultimate insider when it come to all things mobile" by Engadget, Murtazin is a trusted source in the mobile industry and the timing (assuming a mid-2010 launch) does seem to fit.
Late last month certain application developers who log usage statistics found that an iPhone identifying itself as version 3,1 has been running current apps. iPhone developer Pandav told MacRumors that its iBART public transportation for San Francisco guide is reporting usage from an iPhone 3,1.
Apple refers to the first iPhone as 1,1 and the 3G as 1,2, signifying feature set upgrade with a similar class-CPU. The iPhone 3GS got bumped to 2,1 thanks to a massive CPU upgrade.

hmmm... I wonder what Luke Wilson will have to say next year.
"Only AT&T is one of many carriers offering the iPhone"
"Verizon begins with the letter V. And has more 3G coverage. And doesn't whine about smartphone users actually using the bandwidth"
Hopefully the new iPhone will be way better than 3GS which is way better than original and 3G.
Foxconn is the second largest PCB Assembly manufacturer in the world and build many many boards for different customers. They have contracts with IBM, Dell, HP, Acer, Apple, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte... to name a few. I think you need to get your facts straight...
It will short the battery and explode like other Iphones. By then thay will have passed healthcare reform so you will be forced to have health insurance.
This kind of insinuation does nothing but spread disinformation around. Prismatic lithium polymer cells like those in the iphones and all other cell phones cannot explode because they simply cannot hold enough pressure and neither can the non-hermetical shells of the phones. In the worst catastrophic failure scenario, you'll need to duct-tape the phone to yourself to cause anything other than superficial injury.
In comparison, the cylindrical 18650 lithium ion cells in laptop batteries packs are way way more dangerous and while they do contain high energy density, they have no way to release it anywhere close to fast enough to be considered an explosive hazard.
Actually Verizon does, hence why they threw a cap on monthly bandwidth. I refuse to use ATAT or Verizon. I have excellent Sprint Service here though and I only pay about $50 for unlimited data, unlimited messaging, unlimited talk to ANY mobile. Nights at 7 (dont you pay extra for that lol) 450 anytime minutes to non mobiles. Normally this would run for about 70 on sprint, or 100+ on other networks, but i get a 25% discount for sprint. Ultimately though everyone has better service in particular areas, and I know in some areas even sprints network lacks.
"One of the big U.S. wireless carriers has finally admitted that its "unlimited" data plan is, well, not quite unlimited. CyberNet News scoured Verizon Wireless' most recent terms of service and found a clause that states, in no uncertain terms, that any BroadbandAccess subscriber who uses more than 5GB of data a month on their cell phone or wireless PC card will be unceremoniously kicked off the service.
Ummm... what? Last time I checked, Foxconn was only making the sockets (remember the problems with the i7 sockets?) and connectors and just the PCB for ASUS,MSI,etc motherboards. I wouldn't really call that making the motherboard.
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Your bad yet again, they've already ran Crysis on an iPhone through an ATI render farm over wireless. Get some facts first please.
Just because they make a lot of boards doesn't make them good. Stick with a quality Taiwan or Japanese board and skip the Chinese crap.