Rumors are growing that the 3G iPhone will launch in June at Apple’s WWDC and Australia may be among the first to benefit.

Apple has placed an order for 10 million iPhones with Taiwan-based Hon Hai, presumably the 3G version, and with WWDC in 63 days and counting, speculation of a launch in June appear well founded.

On the back of this speculation their are rumors that the Australian market may well skip the EDGE version iPhone altogether and launch with the 3G iPhone. Most carriers in Australia have the 3G infrastructure in place, bar Telstra’s EDGE network, and the 3G variant would appear to be the logical point of roll out for the market.

The 3G iPhone is expected to be 2.5mm slimmer with speeds of up to 7.2Mbps allowed by an Infineon-based S-GOLD3H 3G chip but will it have a front facing video-calling camera?

Speculation suggests the new iPhone will retain the current pricing of the EDGE based model. 3G in June? Looks like the whisper has become a roar.