Is an iPhone refresh imminent?

CNet is of the opinion that it is...and I concur. I've been advising anyone who asks me to wait until June - which is the most likely release date given the launch of the AppStore and v2 firmware.

The most likely plan of attack is that Apple is getting rid of stock (witness the ATT $250 refurb special of a couple weeks back), then will announce the new version in a couple of weeks. This will insure that recent buyers can't return it in exchange for a new model (without the obligatory restocking fee).

The 3G version of the iPhone is what everyone is waiting for, and the inventory problems might be an indication that it's just around the corner. There have been scattered reports of a 3G model arriving anywhere from May to September (Personally, I'm betting on a September iPod/3G iPhone event, if anybody wants that action), but if the inventory problems are really related to the pending launch, that means it could be here a lot sooner.

One potential roadblock with this theory? The Federal Communications Commission has to approve all mobile phones sold in the U.S., and they tend to leak the results of their testing on their Web site. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that was one of the reasons Apple announced the original iPhone in January of 2007, before launching it in June.

Read the CNet article here

What do YOU think?

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