Am i the only one who thinks this is a waste of time? Isn't the 4S/4 more than sufficient for a low cost option?
I agree, but people want new tech. Also, this cheaper iPhone will be even cheaper than the old high-end models once it's outdated.
Am i the only one who thinks this is a waste of time? Isn't the 4S/4 more than sufficient for a low cost option?
I don't see how this is "low cost" as it's not really thicker than the iPhone 5, it will probably look great and has the same specs. So why is it low cost?
Mac Minis, Mac Classics, LC series, Performa series, iBooks, Macbooks.
Haha... We did.
Wish it had the 4S form factor.
Mac Classics, LC Series, Performa series... (Macs that Steve Jobs himself throw on a trash can when he returned to Apple)
iBooks, MacBooks (ARENT CHEAP)
U R Totally wrong
A cheaper version of a product to attract the budget people.
WTF???? SERIOUSLY??? FOR REAL????
Mac Classics, LC Series, Performa series... (Macs that Steve Jobs himself throw on a trash can when he returned to Apple)
iBooks, MacBooks (ARENT CHEAP)
U R Totally wrong
In my view, in 2013 Apple will launch an iPod touch with 3G/4G.
It might well look like this.
The device is not a low cost phone. But a low cost internet connected device.
A voice app may be included. And it would of course support Skype and other VOIP applications.
Price will be about $350 - $399
The strategy has a number of advantages.
1) It will not significantly cannibalize the iPhone and it's premium.
2) It will sell without a contract in channels that other phone makers can't easily touch. In supermarkets and music outlets and electronics stores.
3) To teenagers, gamers, social networking enthusiasts - it will be a perfect device.
4) While Samsung has an advantage in carrier shops, this takes the battle elsewhere.
Yes, Nexus 4 from Google. a top-of-the-line phone for $299.
Am i the only one who thinks this is a waste of time? Isn't the 4S/4 more than sufficient for a low cost option?
A low cost iPhone could simply be an iPod touch with LTE (or cheaper still with 3G only). In iOS7, add Voice in iMessage as VoIP and that's it. The whole phone runs on data, no phone or texting plan, just data.
Use last generation internal components to keep the price down and a plastic case which is easier and cheaper to manufacture.
Sell it in multiple colours to appeal to teens which Apple needs to win back as iPhone increasingly becomes that "old phone that's been around since I was a kid". Those teens are the adults of tomorrow and if Apple wants to be dominant in this market in 5 to 10 years, they need to win those kids over.
Bringing 3G/LTE to the iPod touch would give Apple their low cost iPhone without cheapening the iPhone brand and it would complete the entire lineup as voice capable finally giving Apple total control over the entire experience.
I see you didn't get your daily dose of irony...
Am i the only one who thinks this is a waste of time? Isn't the 4S/4 more than sufficient for a low cost option?
Reasons Apple WONT make a low cost iPhone
- Apple builds premium products
- The previous generations iPhones are "low-er cost iPhones"
- Phil Schiller the Senior Vice President of Apple dismissed this rumor
I love these senseless predictions...