iPhone 2 annoucement expected

This coming week sees the Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, and the most eagerly anticipated announcement has to be the new iPhone (the iPhone 2.0).

According to MacRumors the second generation iPhone is expected to adopt 3G for faster internet access, along with a number of ground breaking features. These could include a forward facing camera for video calls and a GPS receiver for satellite navigation. As always there has been much speculation as to the design of the new iPhone, with a number of ‘leaked’ photos circulating the Internet.
With the actual launch expected to be sometime in late June or July in the US, UK users are left wondering about possible launch dates in the UK and whether it will be long after the US launch. Many have speculated that it’s likely to be soon after the US because of its predecessors popularity.

On a personal level the first iPhone has been such an amazing buy (despite the critics views) that I can’t wait to get my hands on the iPhone 2.0. I may even consider switching to O2 and signing up on a contract (I currently use an unlocked iPhone on Vodafone). My only gripe is the duration of the existing O2 contracts, which appear to be around 18 months (far too long). Either way it seems extremely unlikely that second iPhone will be made available on any other network, at least to being with.