16GB iPhone
- Filed under: Gadgets
- Date: Feb 5,2008
Apple may launch its iPhone campaign in Europe with a 3G-capable iPhone with enhanced storage, according to what appears to be a leaked ad from T-Mobile Germany. The ad promises a version of the handset with support for 3G-level cellular Internet access using both the US-friendly HSDPA format and typically Europe-only UMTS, with theoretical download speeds reaching the format’s full 3.6Mbps. It also suggests that the device will carry 16GB of memory, representing the first storage upgrade to the device since its launch in June. Visual Voicemail and the 2-megapixel camera would remain the same as for the US version.
The launch of a 16GB version of the iPhone is eminently sensible. You can already buy the practically identical iPod touch with 16GB on board. It would also help boost the iPhone’s desirability in the UK where only the 8GB version is available.
ald another price cut for the 8GB iPhone, with the 16GB version taking its place as the high-end model.
Apple has already killed 4GB version of the iPhone that had previously been on sale in the United States.
The 2nd generation iPhone will be 3G-oriented, and that is obviously linked to GSM networks as well. Keep those fingers crossed that Jobs is feeling benevolent, and will distribute the 2nd generation iPhone to other networks like T-Mobile come January.
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