Will Apple Reveal New iPhone at WWDC? <Poll>

[JFSikora]

Title says it all, will Apple reveal the new iPhone at WWDC?

Feel free to include your reasoning behind your vote.

[Duvi]

Yes =D

[AZBear3G]

Unfortunately, I don't think they will. Maybe after Steve is back but not at WWDC.

[jamesus]

Sure why not!

[sting7k]

It's getting harder and harder to tell. I know Apple will need at least a several week lead time to announce the iPhone to avoid having the FCC do it for them. But now the iPhone hardware has to compete for stage time with it's 3.0 OS and of course the new OS X release.

I still say YES. Only other reason I would see it not happening is if there was a special event in late June to not just announced the new iPhone but the return of Steve Jobs, hopefully with some meat on his bones.

[Justin]

Yes, becuase it makes sense. I posted my thoughts on my blog and after doing that I read Gruber's thoughts on this (Daring Fireball Linked List: A New iPhone Means New APIs)

Munster is an analyst for Piper Jaffray who is supposedly an expert regarding Apple. But he’s such an ignoramus that he isn’t even expecting a new iPhone to be announced at WWDC — probably the easiest and most obvious Apple prediction of the year.

I understand the argument that if they do a late June / early July special event then Steve would be back from medical could be the one to present it, but I have a feeling they are going to take him out of that role going forward so I'm sticking with yes.

Also, wouldn't it be a bit much to have a special even 2 weeks after WWDC?

[whmurray]

I think not. However, there will be a sufficient interval between any announcement and availability to allow adequate time for planning.

I really do not like adding rumor-to-announcement delay to the already long announcement-to-availability delay. One has more important things to do than to fantasize about the next Apple product. Of course, one will not sell one's Apple stock as long as so many of you continue to do it.

[llofte]

Originally Posted by whmurray

One has more important things to do than to fantasize about the next Apple product.

Naw, fantasizing about the next Apple product is very high on my priority list

I do think that Apple will announce a new iPhone at WWDC. Yes, our speculations are built off rumors, but I see validity in many of them. It also seems as though Apple may be trying to diminish their stock of the 3G before the announcement.

I understand the argument for Apple holding a separate event to announce a new iPhone when Jobs returns, but I really don't see that happening. WWDC is an event to help and teach developers how to develop for their products. If Apple has a new iPhone for the summer, they need to announce it at WWDC. Even though Steve's baby is the iPhone, I don't think he's dumb enough hold out the announcement til a week or two after WWDC. I'm personally still rooting for some secret surprise appearance of Steve

[JFSikora]

Originally Posted by llofte

Naw, fantasizing about the next Apple product is very high on my priority list

I do think that Apple will announce a new iPhone at WWDC. Yes, our speculations are built off rumors, but I see validity in many of them. It also seems as though Apple may be trying to diminish their stock of the 3G before the announcement.

I understand the argument for Apple holding a separate event to announce a new iPhone when Jobs returns, but I really don't see that happening. WWDC is an event to help and teach developers how to develop for their products. If Apple has a new iPhone for the summer, they need to announce it at WWDC. Even though Steve's baby is the iPhone, I don't think he's dumb enough hold out the announcement til a week or two after WWDC. I'm personally still rooting for some secret surprise appearance of Steve

I honestly don't see Jobs holding up the announcement of a new iPhone. So I tend to believe we will see it at WWDC with or without Jobs making a special appearance. Just my 2 cents.

[whmurray]

Originally Posted by llofte

........Yes, our speculations are built off rumors, ......

More accurate to say that they are based upon wishful thinking.