3G iPhone... Apple keeping it under wraps?

Don't expect Apple to talk about it these days. Any acknowledgement by the company that a 3G iPhone is coming will cause sales of existing iPhones to plummet. Why spend $400 or $500 on an iPhone now when there's a faster, cooler one just around the corner?
No wonder Apple is keeping quiet while iPhone rumors swirl. Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hai has reportedly received an order to make a "more advanced version" of the iPhone. A Bank of America analyst says the 3G iPhone will be here by summer, and predicts that Apple will produce 8 million in the third quarter alone. Apple has said it wants to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008.

All this discussion of a new iPhone could put a damper on sales of the current models. That's why you won't hear any 3G talk coming from the company until the phone is ready for the stores -- and then the Apple hype machine will kick in.

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