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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:47:57 PDT
As noted by CNET, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo made a comment
during today's earnings release conference call that many are interpreting
as a hint that the next-generation iPhone will be launching in the fourth
quarter of this year.
Apple's next iteration of the iPhone could drop in the fourth quarter.
That's according to Verizon CFO Fran Shammo, who hinted at the possible
timing during the company's quarterly conference call today with a vague
reference to a major phone the carrier expects to launch in the fourth
quarter.
Shammo's exact statement was captured by The Verge:
When asked what might have held customers back from upgrading their devices
in Q2, Shammo said that "of course there's always that, uh, rumor mill out
there with a new phone coming out there in the fourth quarter, so people may
be waiting." While there's a chance that he was referring to the next Nexus
phone, this felt more like a thinly-veiled reference to the oft-rumored "
new iPhone."
Rumors have been pegging the launch of the next-generation iPhone for the
September/October timeframe, but with Verizon's fourth quarter not starting
until October 1, Shammo's comment would point toward the latter half of the
rumored timeframe.
Rendering of next-generation iPhone based on leaked parts and rumors
Shammo could pass his comments off as simply an acknowledgment of the
circulating rumors with no inside information coloring his perspective, but
observers searching for any hints of Apple's plans are clearly wondering
whether the timeframe mentioned by Shammo was indeed based on Apple's
schedule.
Last year, Shammo spoke out several times on Apple's iPhone plans,
confirming that what became the iPhone 4S would be a world-mode phone
capable of operating on both GSM and CDMA networks and noting that Verizon
would launch the device simultaneously with AT&T despite Verizon having
launched the iPhone 4 midway through its lifecycle. |
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