I don't think a lot of people buy 3GS now, mainly because it's old news.
If apple just repackage them, give it a different name, I am sure a lot more people will buy them.
I'm sorry, but this seems preposterous. A third smaller? Meaning smaller screen? Meaning Apple violates its own multi-touch best practices for button sizes, etc.?
THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANDROID. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
Year, the Palm Pixi was pointless as is its successor the HP Veer.A smaller iPhone would be pointless, in my opinion. First, the screen would lose so much. And second, Apple has problems fitting things into the phone as is, if they make it smaller they are obviously going to have to remove things.
...if they make it smaller they are obviously going to have to remove things.
Maybe a 4GB iPhone?
I find this hard to believe goes against what Apple is and does.![]()
I'm sorry, but this seems preposterous. A third smaller? Meaning smaller screen? Meaning Apple violates its own multi-touch best practices for button sizes, etc.?
The 3GS is $50, How much would this one cost? 20? Free?
Apple doesn't make money on volume they make it on margin. Why would they make a cheap crappy phone to compete with the other cheap crappy phones in a race to the bottom?
Lets look at this rationally.... Apple is selling the current 3GS at $49 with contract... subsidies are probably around $200 for this phone.
Soo...Wouldn't it make more sense to come out with a new version of the iPhone 3GS that has CDMA and GSM?
Leave the screen resolution where it is, possibly bump up the processor speed a tiny tiny bit... make the storage be 8 or 16GB only.
Sell for $200, $300 respectively.
No brainer. Much more likely than an iPhone nano.
Jobs himself has often lamented using phones with a tiny screen.
Well if Apple could ease up on their 84% profit margin all the time (yes, I'm exaggerating so calm down) then they could make a $200 non-contract iPhone with a FEW missing features. Make it:
1)Small 4GB storage
2)No GPS
But more likely Apple should just concentrate on a $99 iPhone WITH a contract to attract people who aren't going to spend a lot of money for a bleeping cell phone...this rumor has been reported a few times in Newsweek/WSJ type publications. They've been selling 8GB $49 3GS iPhones for awhile now...you telling me they can't make a version 4 or 5 for $99?!