Apple ready to rock the phone world

Allot of pundits are going to be disappointed if these rumours don't pan out.

Renewed reports that Apple is to launch its long awaited iPhone in the first half of next year may prompt a lot of people to delay the purchase of their next phone or music player until then, if only because there is no point in buying two devices when one will do. Whether the latest report - that Apple has ordered 12m units from Foxconn of Taiwan, complete with 2-megapixel camera, - is true, is beside the point. The interesting thing is that Apple's entry could give mobile phone operators the big kick they badly need.

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