Cheaper iPhone Nano?

[Polish97]

Maybe this will be the next iPhone Nano

 

[The Toon Master]

I'd say 300 Dollars for a 4GB iPhone that has no access to the internet

Something i might be able to convince my parents to buy(Does not have a phone)

What Polish97 made seems the perfect medium..

 

[dergoog]

Local news media (Fox) reported that it is coming

On the broadcast they stated that it is coming, where as on their site, it is quoted as a speculation.

Oh blah....

 

[dontwalkhand]

I'd say 300 Dollars for a 4GB iPhone that has no access to the internet

Something i might be able to convince my parents to buy(Does not have a phone)

What Polish97 made seems the perfect medium..

I would think Apple would lose out by selling a phone without internet, as all smartphones sold today has internet (yes, even before iPhone), or at the very least, a WAP browser. I surely would want my iPhone nano to have internet.

 

[megfilmworks]

Your idea seems to just be a 2007 version of Newton. Not a revolution at all.

Maybe...After all the Newton was really a great concept, way ahead of its time, the technology was just not available to make it anything more than a clunky toy.

 

[The Toon Master]

Some people dont need internet, like myself.


Im a sttudent, and my pers dont really have the neccessity for internet, but isee them constantly using their phones and iPods..

 

[megfilmworks]

The 55% profit margin is nonsense. That 55% is the difference between the cost to build an iPhone and the end user sales price. This is not how you calculate profit.

First, Apple keeps profits for (Apple the hardware/software manufacturer) and (Apple the retailer) separate. If you buy an iMac for $999 at an Apple Store, (Apple the hardware manufacturer) doesn't count it as $999, but as whatever an independent retailer would pay to Apple for an iMac, say $800. Same with the iPhone. So Apple will count the iPhone only as say $500 instead of $599, so that the Apple Retail Store can make a bit of money from the difference between $500 and $599.

Next, Apple's cost is not the cost of building an iPhone. You have to add cost of shipping, warranty replacements, support. If Apple builds 1,000,000 iPhones, some will be broken, lost, stolen, left in a box under some staircase, all that needs to be added. When you take everything into account, you get gross margin - gross margin is how much Apple is better off if _you_ go into a store and buy one iPhone instead of buying a Razr or Treo or whatever. Expect gross margin to be more like 30%.

Then you subtract development cost, cost of advertising, paying for all the managers sitting in management meetings, all the cost that Apple has whether _you_ buy a phone or not. When you subtract that, then you end up with profit margin, and that is likely around 10% - 15% and not more.

Finally a poster who understands business!!
Refreshing.

 

[Royale w/cheese]

Actually, they'll be producing a cross between the shuffle and the nano.

No keyboard... the iPhone Nano will simply dial people at random from your contacts list.

Now THAT is funny.

 

[RichL]

I'd welcome an iPhone Nano into my arsenal of gadgets.