Apple has not made an official announcement, but that they they may have stopped restocking retailers with the current iPhone version is a clear sign of new version release. Analysts consider this as a sure sign that a new model is imminent and is targeted for release at the June Apple WWDC. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled for June 9, 2008, where CEO Steve Jobs will deliver the keynote address.

What the music industry wants most is to turn every mobile phone into a music-playing device. Reuters says that only 6.7% of overall mobile phone users listen to music on their phones, 27.9% of smart phone users listen to music on their devices, and a whopping 74.1% of iPhone users listen to music on their devices. Analysts speculate that the 3G iPhones when introduced would become the turning point for mobile music as 3G will give users the bandwidth needed to download and stream music on the go. This is a clear indicator that at some point down the line, video would also be provided as well. Apple most likely isn’t too worried about competition from carriers because most phones have storage capacities in the 1GB to 2GB range, compared to 8-16GB of storage space by iPhone.