Recently there has been much made of ongoing rumors that Apple is preparing to announce a new iPhone, the third-generation model, at the WWDC 2009 keynote on June 8th.  That device is expected to launch on July 17th.  Confusingly, there seems to be no sign that the 8GB iPhone 3G is EOL; one possibility is that Apple intend to continue selling it alongside the new device, as an entry-level model.

Earlier on today, a listing for the “iPhone 32GB” was spotted on T-Mobile Austria’s “coming soon” page.  The placeholder has since been removed by the carrier.

A collection of presentation pages were found from The Boy Genius Report, detailing a recent report that AT&T plans to offer iPhone 3Gs without the customer required to sign a two-year agreement. The great news is that you do not need to perform an activation/unbrick at the point of purchase.

A possible catch is the need to have an AT&T line before you proceed. From the presentation presented below, it will be interesting to see how / if this can be tracked effectively. iPhone sales have been flying since their release as well as AT&T offering the handsets for $199 last year. For those that want an iPhone without a contract, this might be the deal for you. It does mean looking into monthly wireless plans. Personally I like mobile plans + phones over a ‘period’ (whether 12 or 24 months) as you take your phone with you, just please don’t get me started on the shenanigans of my current home phone situation, contracts and cancellations…

[via CNET, BoyGeniusReport]