Camp Cupertino may have breathed a heavy sigh of relief when their free iPhone 4 case program was launched in July following the infamous Antennagate saga. As with all good things though, it’s due to come to an end on September 30th. Steve Jobs explained at the time that the program was a temporary measure to allow the company to further investigate the iPhone 4′s antenna problems and come up with a more permanent solution if necessary.
Now, word from Mexican provider, Telcol is suggesting that the manufacturer has come up with a solution and plan to release a redesigned iPhone 4 at the end of this month. The comments were made by Marco Quartorze, the director of Value Added Services at the company, who exclusively carry the iPhone in the country. Telcol believe that the original problem with the handset was a hardware issue and have said that the design of the revised iPhone 4 has solved this.
Right now, we’re taking the news with a pinch of salt. With there being no mention of the handset being re-released at Apple’s music event on Wednesday, we can’t imagine they would spring it upon the world at such short notice, but you never know! Reports have also suggested that Quartorze may have misunderstood the reasons behind the free case program ending, and if this rumour does turn out to be true, will unhappy iPhone 4 users be able to get hold of a new handset without having to pay the full whack for it?
With the free case program due to end in a few weeks time, if the manufacturer really has come up with a solution, it probably won’t be too long until we find out.
