An iPhone Nano Coming Soon?

[macduke]

An iPhone "Nano" as you call it wouldn't be released until after the iPhone is established in the cellular world as a dominant force. Its getting there, but I think the iPhone halo effect needs to kick in some more so that people would buy an iPhone Nano for their kids, parents, etc.

It would also NEVER have more storage space than the current iPhone at the time. Who would buy a (future) 250gb iPod classic if you could get a 256gb iPod Nano? The two product spaces wouldn't really make much sense. A "Nano" product will always have lower specs. Just like the lower specs of the MB and the Mac Mini, which I think will probably be updated to the Mac Nano or Air Mac in September or October.

 

[Michael CM1]

I am assuming you meant to type "Most Cell Phones." Cause most digital cameras are above 6 Megapixels these days.

Yep, sure did. Darn keyboard made me do it.

 

[Michael CM1]

[Six years in the past]
"90% or more of mp3 players sold are stupid, plain, boring devices that hold about 3 albums worth of songs and have a drag and drop song transfer program completely incompatible with the rest of the media playing applications on your computer, and can only play mp3 files. If Apple likes money, this is where they're headed."

Apple doesn't make bottom of the line cheap devices. There's probably money to be made in selling a $400 upgradeable Mac tower, why isn't that where they're headed?

Those Motorola RAZR phones cost about $200-300 without any subsidy from the phone company. The iPhone was priced at $399 for 8GB before the 3G revision. Therefore, making a device that basically contains less storage and no GPS (maybe a smaller design, but maybe not), it's not insane to think they could have a $49 or $99 "iPhone Nano" that isn't some POS junkable plain ol' cell phone.

I don't know how much all the parts cost, but flash prices keep dropping, so 4GB would keep cost down as would the lack of GPS (which must run at least $50 in the price).

As far as the comparisons:

iPod: I give you the iPod Shuffle. It's $50 now. Low-cost digital audio player for people who don't want to drop the money for a Nano, Touch, or Classic.

Mac: Apple probably couldn't make much money on $400 computers because they'd spend too much of it researching where HP finds their insanely crappy components to get prices that low. Apple could actually get a Mac Mini down to $400 easily buy using only Combo Drives, ditching Bluetooth, using slower processors, etc. But they don't for the reason you pointed out: They don't make craptastic computers.

 

[alexboy45]

Can i ask people would want a smaller physical size iphone. i think the size is perfect. not to big not to small. there are loads of people complaining about the non physical keyboard and just using the touch screen. can you imagine what they would be like with an even smaller keyboard. I accept larger capacity would be good but if they start increasing the capacity then people will buy the iphone and not the ipod touch/ipod. IMO they will bring out a larger capacity but not smaller size.