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iPhone Nano Concept Photo?
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Clearly, your superior tone makes my ignorance apparent your wisdom and experience obvious! Thanks for straightening me out there.
But like me, you too are an interactive designer. So I'll bite.... Tell me, o Wise Condescending One, exactly how an "iPhone nano" interface could scale itself down -- while avoiding a complete interface redesign -- and still be a successfully functional touch interface as-is.
Not possible.
Still I call this concept an "ugly dwarf". Here's my thoughts about an iPhone Nano concept which I actually would buy:
Make it half the thickness of the current iPhone. I keep my phone in the pocket and its not the size what matters (don't get me wrong ) but the thickness. Make it slimmy-slim-slim.
Keep the height, but lower the width. Not inverse! It's better for voice quality, it's better to hold in your hand, it simply looks better.
Make it entirely non-plastic. The 200$ price drop of the iPhone has introduced a cheap plastic look. There's nothing more elegant than a metallic feel.
Make it contract-free. Why? Because I pay money for something to own, not for subscription fees like in 2-years-contracts. Do you remember this from anywhere?
Everything else: whatever, I don't really care. Conclusion: I would buy an iPhone nano if it looks like a jewel, one I adore, one I like to use, to hold in my hand, to not feel ashamed when pressing it to my ear.
But I don't think, this would be an iPhone anymore, so... I stay with mine.
Make it half the thickness of the current iPhone. I keep my phone in the pocket and its not the size what matters (don't get me wrong
) but the thickness. Make it slimmy-slim-slim.Keep the height, but lower the width. Not inverse! It's better for voice quality, it's better to hold in your hand, it simply looks better.
Make it entirely non-plastic. The 200$ price drop of the iPhone has introduced a cheap plastic look. There's nothing more elegant than a metallic feel.
Make it contract-free. Why? Because I pay money for something to own, not for subscription fees like in 2-years-contracts. Do you remember this from anywhere?
Everything else: whatever, I don't really care. Conclusion: I would buy an iPhone nano if it looks like a jewel, one I adore, one I like to use, to hold in my hand, to not feel ashamed when pressing it to my ear.
But I don't think, this would be an iPhone anymore, so... I stay with mine.
Not sure i get you. Apple should be making Steve bigger? Or Apple should not be? What does that even mean?
Someone just laughed. Please explain!
Take a look at the back, it has no "Nano" word written on it.
Its a fake again....
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The new nanos don't have "nano" written on them.
The logic is wrong
Mostly the persistent rumors for a new model iphone seem to be based on the fundamental belief that the phone is too expensive. The primary cost of the phone is driven by the service contract. There are many multi 100s of dollar phones on the market that noone is concerned about as too expensive because they are subsidized by mobile providers to the point they are effectively free. The only reason for the high price of the iphone is that its extreme improvement in functionality has driven the market demand to a point that both the hardware maker and provider can charge a premium for it. That position will slowly erode naturally as competitors come into the market from the hardware and service side. Introduction of a nano just hastens that erosion in my opinion. Apple would be better served to introduce a version that tries to prolong the competitive position by better leveraging the advantages of the iphone over other mobile phone technology, not the reverse.
Mostly the persistent rumors for a new model iphone seem to be based on the fundamental belief that the phone is too expensive. The primary cost of the phone is driven by the service contract. There are many multi 100s of dollar phones on the market that noone is concerned about as too expensive because they are subsidized by mobile providers to the point they are effectively free. The only reason for the high price of the iphone is that its extreme improvement in functionality has driven the market demand to a point that both the hardware maker and provider can charge a premium for it. That position will slowly erode naturally as competitors come into the market from the hardware and service side. Introduction of a nano just hastens that erosion in my opinion. Apple would be better served to introduce a version that tries to prolong the competitive position by better leveraging the advantages of the iphone over other mobile phone technology, not the reverse.
Re: to Shiner
Ok, here I get back to the business aspects of such a product. The margins on the iPhone and the iPods are relatively low. Sure, if they made an iPhone nano it *MIGHT* sell like hot cakes and they could make things up in volume like they do now with the iPods and iPhone. But, does Apple want another low margin product on the market in a downward spiraling economy? Uhhh, gut tells me no. For the same reason they are wary of the netbook and tablet markets. There isn't enough money to be made to offset the R&D costs. Hell, the iPhone is subsidized as it is! I don't know what the margin numbers are for your average, everyday cell phone, but I imagine they are not very large.
And yes, according to IDC and others (see here: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/appleaday/blog/2008/12/iphone_market_share_growing_de.html) the iPhone has achieved a significant amount of market share in the smartphone market since its introduction a little over 18 months ago.
I still don't think this iPhone nano is a real product. I could be wrong, and maybe I will be, but if I am my stock goes up anyway.
Ok, here I get back to the business aspects of such a product. The margins on the iPhone and the iPods are relatively low. Sure, if they made an iPhone nano it *MIGHT* sell like hot cakes and they could make things up in volume like they do now with the iPods and iPhone. But, does Apple want another low margin product on the market in a downward spiraling economy? Uhhh, gut tells me no. For the same reason they are wary of the netbook and tablet markets. There isn't enough money to be made to offset the R&D costs. Hell, the iPhone is subsidized as it is! I don't know what the margin numbers are for your average, everyday cell phone, but I imagine they are not very large.
And yes, according to IDC and others (see here: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/appleaday/blog/2008/12/iphone_market_share_growing_de.html) the iPhone has achieved a significant amount of market share in the smartphone market since its introduction a little over 18 months ago.
I still don't think this iPhone nano is a real product. I could be wrong, and maybe I will be, but if I am my stock goes up anyway.
Forget the iPhone Nano, it will be an iPhone Shuffle!
All this talk of the iPhone Nano is a smokescreen, the new product will be the iPhone Shuffle!
Read more here: http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2008/12/23/124550.html
All this talk of the iPhone Nano is a smokescreen, the new product will be the iPhone Shuffle!
Read more here: http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2008/12/23/124550.html
Don't forget.
You seem to have forgotten that 99$ for the consumer is not 99$ for apple AT&T subsidizes the iPhone and would do the same for a nano version so would likely bring in more cake than the 149$ price of the ipod nano. And people will still buy the ipod nano because they don't want a contract. Roll your eyes a little farther back and access some brain
why lots of people assume this "nano" thing is going to cost less than the current one??
You seem to have forgotten that 99$ for the consumer is not 99$ for apple AT&T subsidizes the iPhone and would do the same for a nano version so would likely bring in more cake than the 149$ price of the ipod nano. And people will still buy the ipod nano because they don't want a contract. Roll your eyes a little farther back and access some brain
Clocks Times, etc
The clock times on the two are identical.
It would be understandable if they were similar models, however since that is not the case it is odd that they have the same clock times. At least they did not scale the logos too much as they look fairly similar in size but a tad off on the fake Nano. If there is going to be a Nano then I cannot justify the real-estate consumed by the upper and lower portions of the Nano phone either because it's not an engineering path that Apple would follow.
The clock times on the two are identical.
It would be understandable if they were similar models, however since that is not the case it is odd that they have the same clock times. At least they did not scale the logos too much as they look fairly similar in size but a tad off on the fake Nano. If there is going to be a Nano then I cannot justify the real-estate consumed by the upper and lower portions of the Nano phone either because it's not an engineering path that Apple would follow.
They are not in different time zones
I have 2 iphones here and they have 2 different times. This is common with all mobile/cellular devices because of how they sync the time. So, in conclusion the two devices having the same exact accuracy to the minute is not likely. The more likely case here is that the left was used as a slate for the right image.
edit: Also you need to consider that two photos aren't normally taken "at the exact same time", thus further building on this being false for time discrepancy.
update: All iPhone and iPod Touch devices on apple.com have the time "9:42AM", even the french site("09:42"). The images seem to be ripped from http://www.apple.com/fr/iphone/gallery/#image3 and then altered.
Anyway it's fake, but good to dream!
If this is real (and I'm not saying it is) then it's obviously a marketing thing, and they are never real photos anyway, therefore it's entirly possible that a real marketing image would have two devices showing the same time.
Exactly. If this product ever happens to be released (I personally doubt it), "nano", if anything, would only be prominent on the box - much like how the full name of the iPod model (iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch, etc) is used on the box, yet the back of the devices themselves only ever say 'iPod'.
If it's a real Apple image then sure it, too, would have the 9:42 time like all the other ones do... And it does.
I personally don't think it's real but you can't use the time thing as evidence for that.
The iPhone is too big, plain and simple. I guess if you want to use it for the internet, but that's what my laptop is for. I'd be all over a properly sized iPhone, that's as small as many of the other offerings currently available from other manufacturers, while still holding all my music (32GB is a must).
Sorry, the images are "the same", it's that simple. Compare the details of every angle including icon layout, back stamps, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc..
http://www.apple.com/fr/iphone/gallery/