RBC Capital Markets reports that 56 percent of consumers who plan on buying a smartphone in the next 90 days are going to buy the new iPhone 3G, which will be released on July 11.

Count me in as one of that 56 percent...

"That's a jump from just 35 percent of consumers who said they anticipated buying one of the new touch-screen handsets back in March when the firm conducted a similar survey before Apple had announced pricing and features," writes AppleInsider's Slash Lane. "Another 25 percent indicated that they may buy an iPhone 3G 'sometime in the future' - a more than twofold increase in interest from the March study."

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