Boy Genius Report is claiming that they have received information from a source reporting that a slightly variated version of the iPhone 4, known internally as “iPhone3,2” is in it’s final stages of field testing, and release may be soon to follow.
One of our solid Apple sources has just let us know some pretty interesting (and exciting) information surrounding Apple’s upcoming iPhone devices. For starters, we have been told that iPhone model 3,2 – what everyone is assuming to be the Verizon (or at least CDMA-compatible) phone – just hit the “AP” testing stage. This is the very last stage before retail release; final hardware, almost final software.
However, the report also notes that the iPhone 4 revision still retains a SIM card slot, which isn’t needed if this device were specifically aimed at CDMA networks. Boy Genius has a few guesses as to why the inclusion of the SIM slot:
It could be for a “global” mode device that could operate on all carriers, but of course would have a re-worked antenna that could operate on both GSM and CDMA networks. It could also be for a CDMA phone capable of global roaming, although this would be a complicated mess. Lastly, it could simply be revision addressing minor hardware issues seen in the current iPhone 4 model.
Boy Genius goes on to also report that the fifth-generation iPhone is currently in the “engineering verification test” (EVT) test stage. This means, unsurprisingly, the next-generation iPhone is pretty far along in it’s development cycle.
I would bank on the “global” iPhone scenario being what we see in the coming months. I suspect there will be one iPhone model that works on both GSM and CDMA networks. Only time will tell though.
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