Cool, mock-up renderings of a phone; a phone whose existence has been neither confirmed nor even proven.
If that isn't innovation, I don't know what is. They've practically made up a new Apple product!
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High-Resolution Renderings of Apple's Lower-Cost Plastic iPhone
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Because it won't happen. It's just wishful thinking on the part of a few "anal-ysts".
Probably? Its a rendering based on rumours / wishful thinking / post gathering exercise .... Of course its fake ... It will be until TC walks on stage with one
Who would waste time (and possible money) in order to get this commissioned ?
No. Selling old model leads to more fragmentation with screen size and features. Plastic version is better (but also ugly).
First off, they won't be that reflective.
Second, I wonder if the black apple logo as seen on that leaked green case suggests the faceplate won't be white?
Second, I wonder if the black apple logo as seen on that leaked green case suggests the faceplate won't be white?
No
This is exactly the kind of sh** you learn in business school never to do. Why release a brand new product that destroys the sales of your current products? There isn't room for keeping older phone models around at the same price point as this new thing - unless the plan is to never sell older models once the current one comes out and thus reduce inventory levels? It just seems plain silly to me.
This is exactly the kind of sh** you learn in business school never to do. Why release a brand new product that destroys the sales of your current products? There isn't room for keeping older phone models around at the same price point as this new thing - unless the plan is to never sell older models once the current one comes out and thus reduce inventory levels? It just seems plain silly to me.
Everyone prepare to see these renderings used again and again for the next several months on here
Apple Insider has them beat in the mockup department.
Ok, perhaps a bad choice of words. How about "economies too cheap to afford a normal iPhone".
Because they get paid to do it.
A website that makes money off of clicks, which things like this draw a lot of.
Don't be so dense.
A lot of brands do that. If they create a cheaper one, it would be because manufacturing processes make it too costly to hit desired price targets with the older models. Even then I don't think you would see it go below $400-450 off contract. You are just worried about weird things.
If it is under $350 without a contract I will buy it when it comes out. I know a lot of people are complaining about the plastic, round corners and bright colors but that's what I miss in Apple products. I feel like the current design is sad and sterile looking. I want something that looks more fun and I will definitely buy this for a reasonable price!
It's not silly when they want to move the lineup to a common screen size and lightning connector. Now they can drop the 4 and 4S, and still keep the three model plan... Colored iPhone, 5, and 5S.
Pretty good for a rendering. The color-to-white transition looks awkward on the colored ones, but the all-white one looks nice.
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Speck Candyshell?
Wouldn't this phone be about as thin as an iPhone 5 with a Speck Candyshell on it? (roughly about as thick as a 4s). I just don't see the need to do this. It would only add to their existing cost structure and cannibalize sales from the new model. By selling their previous model with 16GB for less they extend the useful life of all the machines used in manufacturing, allowing Apple to spread the fixed costs of production over a much larger amount of devices. If they went to having two current year designs (5s, and 5-cheap) they would likely end up losing profitability from higher costs and a lower margin on the "cheap" version of the phone.
Wouldn't this phone be about as thin as an iPhone 5 with a Speck Candyshell on it? (roughly about as thick as a 4s). I just don't see the need to do this. It would only add to their existing cost structure and cannibalize sales from the new model. By selling their previous model with 16GB for less they extend the useful life of all the machines used in manufacturing, allowing Apple to spread the fixed costs of production over a much larger amount of devices. If they went to having two current year designs (5s, and 5-cheap) they would likely end up losing profitability from higher costs and a lower margin on the "cheap" version of the phone.