You heard right. While Wall Street Journal tech god Walt Mossberg was badmouthing Verizon's broadband network at the Beet.tv executive summit over the weekend, somebody quizzed him about the Apple iPhone's lack of 3G super-speed. Walt's response: "It will be 3G in sixty days."
By a curious coincidence, Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference kicks off on June 9, or sixty-three days from now. And we all know how Apple likes to announce things at big conferences with tons of reporters in the audience, live-blogging away.
Was Uncle Walt just shooting the macrumors breeze? Tough to say, but Apple tends to FedEx their new products to the WSJ first, because they love the coverage Mossberg gives them. It's not completely out of question that he got the word from Steve Jobs to keep his review schedule open in early June, always assuming Walt doesn't have a 3G iPhone on his desk right now. Plus all those rumors floating around about low in-store iPhone stock have got people talking about a jump to a new model. That's a pattern Apple established long, long ago.
And if the warranty pattern holds true, a 3-Year SquareTrade iPhone warranty will still cost less than a 2-Year AppleCare plan, and offer you the Accidental Damage coverage that Apple won't. Up to you, really.
True or not, this has been a wish-list item for way too long. A few people around the office have been waiting for the iPhone to go 3G before committing, and with Samsung's Instinct around the corner, it's now time for Jobs to step it up to some tri-band goodness.
UPDATE: Uncle Walt recanted his "60 Days" quote, but who do be believe now? Before-Walt, or Now-Walt? Does he know too much or too little? Time - and the Worldwide Developers' Conference - will tell.
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