3G iPhone June Launch Confirmed?

Gizmodo is claiming that the 3G iPhone is set for a global launch beginning on June 9.

“We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year’s end, as previously thought. The new model will also herald new sales policies in some countries.”

This has been speculated for quite a while; the earliest I can remember reading about a June release was, I think, January 2007 on AppleInsider. The rumors have ramped up recently though, with images such as those above from XSKN showing the shape of their new 3G iPhone case.

NOTE:- their site is giving errors at the moment, so they must have been getting hammered.

Some of the interesting points about the release include that carriers are free to price the phone in their packages, rather then simply for a fixed price, something that should enable the iPhone to scale even greater sales figures.

Having just signed up to a new carrier, I am going to have to buy my 3G iPhone outright (bummer), but can’t wait to get my hands on one.