32GB iPhone placeholder appears at T-Mobile Austria

Take it for what it's worth (which may be nothing, quite honestly), but a bona fide "iPhone 32GB" placeholder has appeared in the 'Coming Soon' section on T-Mobile Austria's website. Generally speaking, we wouldn't give this kind of slip too much credence, but considering that a similar slip at T-Mobile Germany was accurately foretelling two years ago, we're cautiously optimistic that all those rumors of a more capacious iPhone are legitimate. We hate to remind you that loads of smoke generally leads to fire, but hey, June 8th ain't too far off anyway. Larger screen cap (of the translated-to-English site) is just past the break.

[Via AreaMobile]

Update: Seems the admin yanked the 32GB iPhone from the page -- oopsie!

Update 2: Looks like Vodafone Australia has sent out a notice that the 16GB iPhone has been deemed "End of Life" by Brightpoint, who supplies its iPhones. Are you thinking what we're thinking?

[GoGoGadget @ May 22nd 2009 5:19AM]

*yawn*
WINMOFTW!!!

[GoGoGadget @ May 22nd 2009 5:21AM]

oh, and i forgot to add:
- Fast delivery
- No shipping!

IPHONESUX!!!

[digitallysick @ May 22nd 2009 6:03AM]

Engadged is going to ban not only your ip, but the whole subnet for where you live. Don't worry its going to be worth it

[anthony909 @ May 22nd 2009 6:16AM]

@GoGoGadget

your an idiot!

[glenskey @ May 22nd 2009 6:42AM]

er, you do realise that you just said " winmo". right?

[Jay Voorhees @ May 22nd 2009 8:30AM]

@anthony909

you'RE and idiot!

I think there's an echo in here.

[Bananarama @ May 22nd 2009 8:41AM]

@ Jay Voorhees - you're AN idiot. Make sure you don't screw up when correcting someone next time.

[Jay Voorhees @ May 22nd 2009 8:46AM]

I knew there was an echo in here..

[GoGoGadget @ May 22nd 2009 8:50AM]

lol, here's full with idiots trying to look smart.
please try again later, all of u.

[Zak @ May 22nd 2009 11:33AM]

"here's full with idiots"

I don't think anybody has to *try* to look smart compared to you.

[GoGoGadget @ May 23rd 2009 9:20PM]

*yawn*
Please, try again.

WINMORULEZ!!!

[CJ @ May 22nd 2009 5:20AM]

OH MY EFFING GAWD. REALLY?!?!?! OMGGGG THATS AMAZING! WOW!!!

[Deepfriedpirate @ May 22nd 2009 5:24AM]

A fan of sarcasm? Or just an annoying idiot?

Also this is nothing new. Just another hint that adds to the mounting "new iphone soonish" rumors. Then again it is also another reason for fanboy arguments, and they are my favorite.

[BobTurbo @ May 22nd 2009 5:23AM]

G'day mate. How about we put some shrimp on the barbie hey?

[Dave @ May 22nd 2009 5:28AM]

Austria not Australia

[cjschrissouth @ May 22nd 2009 6:04AM]

Do you really think that us Aussies speak German?

[maruchinu @ May 22nd 2009 7:10AM]

Neither do austrians ;)

[Jay Voorhees @ May 22nd 2009 8:32AM]

the hills. they are alive. with the sound of rumors.

[extinctdoughnut @ May 22nd 2009 8:55AM]

+1 for Dumb and Dumber reference. -1 for all you dumbasses with no sense of humor.

[trvale @ May 22nd 2009 1:23PM]

@maruchino

Do you think Austrians speak Austrian?

[Samboini @ May 22nd 2009 3:11PM]

WTF. He's downranked? Serious humour fail geeks.

[Gav @ May 22nd 2009 5:28AM]

Who thinks Apple are starting to ramp up the rumours to steal as much thunder from the Pre launch?

[Kelmon @ May 22nd 2009 6:18AM]

Do you think that Apple is the only company who will want to combat the release of the Palm Pre and potential lost custom? Put another way, do you think it is coincidental that we're more about the BlackBerry Storm 2? All smartphone manufacturers are on-alert at the moment and trying to do what they can to ensure that the Pre does not take away their customers.

[Zak @ May 22nd 2009 11:42AM]

Mmm, no. I don't actually believe Apple forced T-Mobile to accidentally put up the ad for the 32GB iPhonethen take it down, mostly because Apple has a history of doing exactly the opposite and not letting anybody say anything about any upcoming products.

You would have to be some kind of tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist on crack to actually believe Apple had anything to do with that.

[rosenkrieger @ May 22nd 2009 5:30AM]

Fake (the offer I mean, not that there is a 32GB iPhone coming, we all know it'll happen)

Since when is the AT Site part English & German?!?

[Tim @ May 22nd 2009 5:34AM]

It's part translated on Google Translate numskull

[Well.. @ May 22nd 2009 5:39AM]

They used "Google translate", thats why some stuff are in english.

[overdawg07 @ May 22nd 2009 2:36PM]

@Well "some stuff are in english.".... Someone Google Translate this post in to English.

[McPOW @ May 22nd 2009 5:37AM]

most. boring. "news". ever.

[Zak @ May 22nd 2009 11:35AM]

Engadget is a BLOG, not a news site. If you want news, go to a news site.

[McPOW @ May 24th 2009 6:22PM]

thank you captain obvious.

[John Coffee @ May 22nd 2009 5:50AM]

See 4 yourself, this is not fake: http://shop.t-mobile.at/0019/1_1_2/10005/index.html&arrMeta=0&prebook=1&cardreset=1&resetpromo=1

[Major4Play @ May 22nd 2009 6:10AM]

OMG you mean a new iPhone might be coming out this year, what totally like cutting edge news OMG

[Zak @ May 22nd 2009 11:36AM]

Did you miss the part about T-Mobile?

[The Angry Intern @ May 22nd 2009 1:12PM]

That's T-Mobile Austria. AT&T's exclusivity contract is only in the US

[murk @ May 23rd 2009 8:53AM]

yay austria!

[Kelmon @ May 22nd 2009 6:20AM]

Not exactly shocking news but does at least confirm rumors. This said, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict that the new iPhone was going to increase its storage since that pretty much happens with every iPhone/iPod update.

[Rusty @ May 22nd 2009 6:30AM]

They've taken it off now, seems someone's got a bollocking!

[cbw87 @ May 22nd 2009 6:37AM]

It looks fugly though :(

[damiaking @ May 22nd 2009 6:44AM]

would be nice if it had a pic you know

[wrabbit @ May 22nd 2009 6:56AM]

Just imagine your regular 2G iPhone (8GB or 16GB, your choice) in that spot and you got it.

[Tim Rogers @ May 22nd 2009 6:50AM]

I'd say this is almost certainly the real deal!

[omoks @ May 22nd 2009 7:43AM]

Sadly i increased space is going to be a key selling point for the iphone then truly, the end is near for the iphone..

[Zak @ May 22nd 2009 11:37AM]

I'm sorry, what planet are you from again? Because it's not this one.

[GenoMalice @ May 22nd 2009 11:57AM]

What it looks like is that the current 16GB is going to get refereshed and Apple will release a new 32GB model... But nobody mentioned the 8GB being discontinued which leads me to believe that, the 8GB model will be the new "cheap" iPhone!

It might look like this come July:
iPhone 8GB - $99 or Prepaid* --- Current Model/3.0 OS/No New Hardware
iPhone 16GB - $199 --- New Model/3.0 OS/New Hardware
iPhone 32GB - $299 --- New Model/3.0 OS/New Hardware

*The 8GB *might* be available on prepaid to lure those prepaid users who don't want to sell their souls to a carrier or it *might* be left at $99 price-point to lure more teenyboppers.


What do you guys think? is it possible or no?

[Rickster @ May 22nd 2009 2:11PM]

@GenoMalice

Sounds pretty good man, However!, I don't think they'll stick with the 16GB. I'm thinking they'll just have the 8GB and the 32GB. mMm I keep asking the Apple Customer Support people and they always dodge the question haha

[scape @ May 22nd 2009 8:01AM]

why don't they just include micro sd slots?

[mr tee @ May 22nd 2009 8:34AM]

I hope they bump the classic and screen res. It bollocks having to have 2 copies of every video file.

[Jonathan @ May 22nd 2009 9:04AM]

I recently cleaned out my itunes of all the nonsense I would never listen to ever again.

Now I am at 9 gigs, and there's tons of stuff I would never want to listen to, still.

I understand there is a type of person who has over 30 gigs of music and wants it all on him all the time for if he ever wants to hear one particular song out of thousands, but that person is not me.

A keyboard is more important, and Sprint's network. Palm Pre for me.

[Dan @ May 22nd 2009 9:33AM]

I can type 50 words a minute on the iPhone keyboard, with two thumbs. Kinda puts a hole in your "I need a keyboard" nonsense, eh?