iPhone 3G hits the FCC

Like you even had to ask. Yes, Johnny, the iPhone 3G will be getting looked over by the FCC.

[Thanks, Chris]

[Minilap @ Jun 9th 2008 3:47PM]

couldn't you just add this to an existing post?

[Gary Lee @ Jun 9th 2008 4:28PM]

why couldn't they make it 32GB . . i actually would have paid 100 dollars more for 32GB . . . greedy bastards are waiting til xmas to announce the 32GB . i KNOW IT!

[Adnan Osmani @ Jun 9th 2008 3:50PM]

I'm surprised a little.

I thought engadget would have had the FCC filing for these weeks ago =p

http://www.blarnee.com

[Vidit Bhargava @ Jun 9th 2008 3:48PM]

what....it hasnt been approved by the FCC yet...GOSH
Apple you suck big this time!!!

[polvadis @ Jun 9th 2008 3:51PM]

I think iPhone hasn't been approved by the FCC for exactly this reason; early publicity. Not like it's not gonna pass.

[Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans @ Jun 9th 2008 3:55PM]

Are you some kind of moron or something?

[Vidit Bhargava @ Jun 9th 2008 3:57PM]

i very well know that it will pass else it will be a debacle for apple
companies always tend to get FCC approval before launching products
and this is just to save it from being leaked

[tiuk @ Jun 9th 2008 4:56PM]

This was the reason I knew all the people claiming it would go on sale today were wrong.

[vileta2 @ Jun 9th 2008 3:49PM]

Every little thing about this new iPhone is getting its own post.

C'mon now. Not necessary.

[John @ Jun 9th 2008 3:54PM]

Guess you don't know how blogs work, huh.

[Shaun @ Jun 9th 2008 3:50PM]

I love the iPhone as much as the next guy, but are all the redundant posts really necessary? Holy crap! the FCC!

[OnlyShawn @ Jun 9th 2008 3:53PM]

...who failed on the overall dimension font? (doesn't match other fonts)

[Gingerbread Man @ Jun 9th 2008 3:58PM]

How about they submitted it today maybe cause they know everyone will be searching through all of the FCC Filings. They did not want anyone to spoil it's release. Seems like the best explanation to me.

[TheGeektoriousBIG @ Jun 9th 2008 4:00PM]

Apple can't send in a filing for FCC approval due to the overall secrets they like to keep to the chest. Sending this filing in early would have compromised the early to market goals. jebbus peak out from under the rock. ...and Engad, Giz, BGR, etc. would have had top dibbs on this without the fake pics and concepts weeks if not months ago.

[Philster @ Jun 9th 2008 4:06PM]

Same crap camera?

[Kaiser-Machead @ Jun 9th 2008 4:12PM]

It's a heck of a lot better than the one on my phone. If I was only interested in a camera, then I'd just buy a Sony Ericsson with a Cybershot in it. But the pictures this thing takes is actually decent. Not to assume anything about anyone, but a lot of people have been griping more about the megapixel count than actual experience with the image quality.

[bgrap500 @ Jun 9th 2008 4:07PM]

I guess this puts a stop to all the rumors of a "later announced" front facing cam and 32gb version? (somewhere in my mind I'm still hoping for some kind of secret 32gb model with a (red) plastic back, iChat, and multimedia messaging)....I can dream right?

[PS3guy @ Jun 9th 2008 4:11PM]

No front Camera, look the same as the old iphone and that cheap plastic WTF Apple I prefer Metal.

[Kaiser-Machead @ Jun 9th 2008 4:13PM]

You prefer metal, but anyone who wants to get a fast connection with the 3G chip is not going to want that pretty aluminum backplate screwing with the signal..

[ozzzy @ Jun 9th 2008 4:16PM]

Engadget missed out on the story of Apple's non-submission to the FCC prior to the WWDC. There were several stories about Apple sending mysterious shipments to distribution centers implying that these were the iPhone. Would this have given a hint as to the real ship date (WWDC + time to get FCC approval)?

Before the flames start:
- I wouldn't have done much better myself, but thenI don't run a tech blog or dig through FCC apps for fun.
- Engadget is a great blog which garners my daily readership.
- I'm disappointed at having to wait another month.

[PAKing @ Jun 9th 2008 4:21PM]

What A Huge Disappointment! Waiting all this time, all the hype and
this is the best they can do? up the speed, no memory upgrade, just
plain poor. not camera upgrade IIRC... it is still 2mp...no wonder
the stock is taking a dive as we speak! UGH! Well it seem like yet
another iPhone I won't be getting. We can put a man on the moon, But
we can't change our own battery on a iPhone. With today identity
Theft problem on an up raise each and every day. I'm suppose to hand
over an iPhone with my PERSONAL information to God know who, maybe a
disgruntle employee. Trust that they will erase my personal
information for me, with out taking a peek and maybe writing it down
for his or her personal gain. Like we never seen this done before.
It's only been done almost EVERY day in any given work environment.
I'll just buy a phone that I can change out my own battery thanks
Apple for F@&king up on this one as well...

[Kizorblade @ Jun 9th 2008 4:31PM]

Morons that way >>>
Trolls that way >>>
Idiots that way >>>

So from that... I guess you're going to have to go... that way >>>

[Barry Allen @ Jun 9th 2008 7:54PM]

Restore your phone before you bring it in, if you're worried about it. Seems like a dumb reason not to like a phone.

[Stephen Broadfoot @ Jun 9th 2008 7:17PM]

Are you the biggest idiot ever?
What does identity theft have to do with an iPhone?

[robotrock @ Jun 9th 2008 4:39PM]

This stupid thing better have MMS...I'm sick of having to log into some stupid website using a cryptic login and password.

[Kaiser-Machead @ Jun 9th 2008 4:53PM]

OK I haven't used the email app on the phone, but does your account not work on it? Just curious.

[retro77 @ Jun 9th 2008 4:40PM]

So its gonna breeze past the FCC in a month...ok

[NumberXII @ Jun 9th 2008 4:42PM]

Am I the only one who is slightly let down by what the iPhone 3g has to offer. I have been following every fragment of 3G iPhone news and was 98% ready to drop my Verizon contract but now I'm not so sure...I was hoping for a 32 GB model so I could eliminate my iPod and carry around one device but now with only 16 GB of space I think I would still have to keep it. Additionally with the lack of a front camera (WTF Apple!!!) and not a whole lot changed from the first iPhone (yes I know, GPS and 3G) I'm not so sure. Also...

-Will there be flash support?...I doubt it.
-Video recording?
-Another model released in 9 months with all these features?...You bet.

*DISCLAIMER*
I love Apple products and just about every computer I have had was a Mac (even in the OS 9.0 dark ages). I have gone through my fair share of iPods but just wished the iPhone 3G offered more...

[barry.allen87 @ Jun 9th 2008 7:54PM]

How much music do you really need to take with you every day? A 16gb iphone holds around 175 hours of music. Are you really going to be away from your pc that long?

[PAKing @ Jun 9th 2008 4:43PM]

To those two QUEENS
Kizorblade and Zak

"Morons that way >>>
Trolls that way >>>
Idiots that way >>>
So from that... I guess you're going to have to go...
that way >>>"

Wow! Kizorblade that was so original, did U think of that all by yourself?
and to the other Queen.. Zak

"Wow... you're a bigger idiot than most of these tools here. And that's really saying something."
Actual it's saying your a Moron and FAT alone side of your boyfriend Fatty Kizorblade..

Maybe you QUEENs should try posting something of contribution... In stead of relying on other people post to jump in with your "Why? Why? Why? Why?"

[Kaiser-Machead @ Jun 9th 2008 5:16PM]

I don't care to comment on your assessment of one being an idiot, but unless you can hear the nasal, heaving breath of an obese commenter through your Kreskinian superpowers, how do you figure that this person is fat? I never understood that connection between fat and being an unpleasant or stupid person that some people seem to establish.

[cinaali @ Jun 9th 2008 11:52PM]

No picture of the front getting FCC approval. Any reason? Maybe I missed it somewhere....