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What would new Apple's mini iPhone look like - Rumors
15 Feb 2011 at 06:06hrs | Views
It might be smaller and cheaper! Apple is now working on a mini edition of iPhone, according to foreign media reports Monday.
The new iPhone would be about half the size of the iPhone 4, the Wall Street Journal quoted as people who saw a prototype of the phone last fall as saying.
The screen of iPhone 4 measures 3.5 inches on the diagonal, meaning a halved screen would measure 1.75 inches -- only slightly larger than the current iPod Nano's 1.54 inches.
With the volume reducing, the iPhone Nano may be more competitive on price-- it can cost just 200 U.S. dollars without a contract, British Daily Mail citing an anonymous source close to the company.
Apple is aiming to introduce the device this summer, the source says, as a separate introduction from the next version of the regular iPhone.
Apple faces increased rivals in the smartphone market, such as a rising number of Google Android devices. Nokia also announced on Feb. 11 a new alliance with Microsoft, which means Windows Phone 7 would be ported onto the former's devices.
Therefore, delivering a smaller, cheaper iPhone model might enable Apple to expand its share of global lower end phones market.
So far, Apple has no comment on all of the speculations yet.
The new iPhone would be about half the size of the iPhone 4, the Wall Street Journal quoted as people who saw a prototype of the phone last fall as saying.
The screen of iPhone 4 measures 3.5 inches on the diagonal, meaning a halved screen would measure 1.75 inches -- only slightly larger than the current iPod Nano's 1.54 inches.
With the volume reducing, the iPhone Nano may be more competitive on price-- it can cost just 200 U.S. dollars without a contract, British Daily Mail citing an anonymous source close to the company.
Apple is aiming to introduce the device this summer, the source says, as a separate introduction from the next version of the regular iPhone.
Apple faces increased rivals in the smartphone market, such as a rising number of Google Android devices. Nokia also announced on Feb. 11 a new alliance with Microsoft, which means Windows Phone 7 would be ported onto the former's devices.
Therefore, delivering a smaller, cheaper iPhone model might enable Apple to expand its share of global lower end phones market.
So far, Apple has no comment on all of the speculations yet.
Source - Byo24NEWS
