Kevin Rose has the new iPhone 4G

Kevin Rose has the new iPhone 4G

It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point, but Apple’s expected to announce the next iPhone at WWDC. What we weren’t sure of was whether or not the device would be shipping immediately, or at some time in the “near” future.

We may have gotten a little bit of a hint on This Week in Tech, episode 250.
It went something like this:

At about 35:31 of episode 250 the discussion went as follows (the episode is live in the feed, but not yet on the site).

Leo: “I got the EVO. I’m very excited about that. This is the new Sprint Phone… and I have to say, I haven’t seen the new iPhone yet. I know, of course, Kevin, you probably have one.”
Kevin: “The new one?”
Leo: “The new one, yah.”
Kevin: “Yup.”
Leo: “Yah, of couse you do.”

So, Mr. Rose has apparently confirmed that there’s not only a new phone, but that production quality models are floating around San Francisco currently. There’s not a mention of when or how he got his hands on it, but it’s apparently being used by Kevin Rose. This could mean that the iPhone 4G is ready to ship once Apple makes the announcement.

For those keeping score, Kevin Rose, the founder of Rev3 and Digg.com, has had a pretty successful track record when it comes to announcing Apple devices before they’re announced by Apple Inc, but he’s also had a fair number of misses. So, take this one with a grain of salt.

Via This Week in Tech

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James

Things seem to be falling into place for an availability of the next-gen iPhone soon after the anticipated announcement on the 7th.

Rose has been right more times than he's been wrong.

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Adam

Wait... we should take it with a grain of salt because he has an SUCCESSFUL track record?

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Joshua Schnell

Yeah, I clearly messed that part up during a quick edit. He's had quite a fair number of hits, but he's also had quite a bit of misses. I'm gonna make the edit to the post.

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