Thursday, June 26, 2008

Briefly: 8AM iPhone rumor; iTunes TV shows for Oz; iPhone 3G parts

Published: 04:35 PM EST



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There's a possibility Apple and AT&T may launch the iPhone 3G on the morning of July 11th rather than in the evening. Meanwhile, Austalians woke up this morning to a new iTunes TV service offering. And a more detailed component list from iSuppli's "virtual" iPhone 3G teardown is now available.

iPhone 3G could launch at 8:00 a.m.

There's an unsupported rumor floating around that AT though a number of the shows are American, such as Lost, Scrubs, Pimp My Ride and Hannah Montana. There are also a number of Australian-produced series, such as Sleek Geeks, We Can Be Heroes and McLeod's Daughters.

Unlike the American or UK storefronts, prices at the Australian store are consistent across the board at $2.99 AUS per episode. There are no season passes however, which forces shoppers to buy seasons at costs that may be higher than an equivalent DVD set.

iSuppli's virtual iPhone 3G teardown and BOM

iSuppli revealed today that its widely covered iPhone 3G teardown was performed virtually, "using insights from [its] analysis staff to develop estimates of iPhone content, suppliers and costs.."

"The analysis team consisted of iSuppli�s leading experts in the areas of teardown analysis, semiconductors, displays, mobile handsets, consumer electronics and wireless infrastructure," the firm said in a statement. "iSuppli had planned to withhold any analysis of iPhone content and costs until it had conducted an actual physical teardown of the product. However, due to strong popular demand for information on iPhone costs and pricing, iSuppli has decided to release a preliminary analysis to the public."

The market intelligence firm promises to perform an actual, detailed teardown of the new iPhone�s components and cost structure once the handset becomes available.

In the meantime, a breakdown of the virtual teardown is being provided below. An analysis of the breakdown was presented on Monday.

iPhone 3G virtual BOM

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