Sounds good.

22 percent thinner is almost a quarter knocked off the thickness, that would be quite an accomplishment considering what is getting crammed inside.

Technology aye.

3G, 20% thinner, *and* better battery life?

Yeah, right.

Maybe 22% thinner on the edges, but with tapered edges like the MacBook Air, so there's still room for stuffing the components in there.

I think all the (fairly credible) rumors about the iPhone are true, because they're referring to two different models: the iPhone 2.0 and the new iPhone Nano.

...I was in an O2 mobile phone shop talking to an allegedly very well informed sales chap whose name shall remain X in the city of Y (England) and he informed me that the forums and rumors are all a load of Z(!) and the iPhone will not even be available in the UK until December. But I don't believe him. Do you? After all, are Apple really willing to risk the UK market to the HTC Diamond, first generation Android and any new toys from Blackberry and Nokiums. Hmm?

I very strongly doubt the veracity of the claims on several grounds.

1. Steve was very worried about 3G's power draining, a problem that would result in A) more battery being placed in or B) lower battery life

2. To increase battery life in a 3G model, it would need a bigger battery. To knock off the size required to get to "22% thinner" would be analogous to taking out the entire touchscreen segment - I know because I have pulled the 1G apart. This doesn't even account for the EXTRA battery room required for more battery to Increase the life of the product.

3. Its not possible to get a battery the same size as it is into a smaller iPhone. There's just too much other hardware. OLED wouldn't make it happen, its still too thick with the touch sensor on the back.
All the other hardware, though still being there would mean the same chipspace if not a little more. There is simply no battery expansion room.

Unless Apple have found a wonderful new power source, I don't see the 22% happening.