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According to an “unnamed source” close to Arstechnica, Apple sent 50 of their top engineers to solve issues with the iPhone’s operating system. The source says it’s unlikely that Apple will be able to ship the iPhone in May to have release in June.

“Why, oh why are all of the key engineers in Taipei of all places? It turns out that Hon Hai/Foxconn has confirmed directly to our source that the iPhone is indeed running into issues, and that “Apple had 50 OS engineers working around the clock in Taipei to make sure that this shipped on time. The issue with the iPhone is not the battery, but the software Q/A and OS-related issues.”

Our source also confirmed from Foxconn/Hon Hai that “it does not look feasible that Apple will be able to ship units out in May to make the shipping date in the US (June), so expect units to trickle by end of June or early July.”

This information seems to be in line with what Apple said in their last statement. They already acknowledge that the iPhone will be released at the end of June. Based on our calculations the iPhone release date will be June 26.

AT&T also said that they had a million product enquiries for the iPhone. If this comes out to be true, we can understand why they are starting to say that they may not be able to have sufficient availabilities to supply iPhones to everyone that wants to buy one in the first months. They probably want to do a soft launch to be able to easily correct any major flaws in the first version of the iPhone. With a so much anticipated product like the iPhone, you want to make things right. No?