By now I would expect that most everyone has heard of the antenna issues surrounding the iPhone 4; holding the phone in a normal manner results in your cellular signal going down dramatically. I’m not about to go over all the details again here, as it’s already been covered extensively everywhere else.  I will, however, point out an interesting theory my brother-in-law told me.

If you go to Apple’s website that covers the details of getting your free bumper case or refund, you might notice that this special offer has an expiration date.

Now speaking from a business standpoint, the only reason why you’d stop offering the only thing that’s keeping your device working is because your are about to release a device that doesn’t need it anymore.  Couple that idea with the knowledge that Apple has been hiring antennae specialists like crazy since “antennae-gate” hit the media and it makes you wonder if Cupertino has been working on getting a new hardware revision out to the masses.

The September 30th date would also coincide nicely with Apple’s September 1st “special event” coming up soon!