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Low-Cost iPhone and iPad 5 to Ship in Early September with iPhone 5S Coming Later, No Retina iPad mini in 2013?

fallenjt said:
What about no cheap iPhone at all, but instead, Apple releases 8-GB iPhone 5 at $49 carrier subsidized or $449 without? They did it in the past with iPhone 4. I rather see iPhone 5, 5s and 6 instead of cheap iPhone, 5 and 5s this year.
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Good point, that definitely is an option ... I think, the $49 8GB pricing came out in summer 2012 which is 2 years after initial release and 3 months before the next gen (iphone 5). Discounting it wouldn't cheapen the product since they were on the verge of a new form factor.

The iPhone 5 came out in fall 2012... can they/will they shave off $150 after one year? Unless there's an iphone 6 coming in early 2014, there will be a price-reduced new form factor iphone on the market for awhile. I believe that Apple would find it risky since it will cheapen their flagship product and also likely hurt margins.

By making a visibly different, less expensive looking, iPhone, they still justify charging the premium price for their flagship product. As well, it fulfills their goals to make a product for the mid-market and agilely ramp up for the asian market. I'm just guessing that will plastic offers *mass* volume ramp up advantages over machined aluminum.

Apple had a similar strategy for the iPod in 2004. There was only the 3rd gen (classic) iPod. Then they release the lower-cost iPod mini (5 colors). The mini I believe became their top seller and vaulted iPod way ahead of any competition. And if you look at a iPod mini, it looks as if it was design for mass volumes and multiple colors. Furthermore, they staggered the release of the two lines, so that every 6 months or so a new iPod was released.

Multi-color, plastic iPhone for this fall I think is still the best route... but it's all speculation and conjecture.

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I think Apple is just purposely leaking all sorts of red herrings to the Chinese industry (e.g. those companies that make iPhone/iPad cases) and then the bloggers eat it up.

It accomplishes 2 things:

1) it helps to retain interest in Apple products
2) it preserves Apple secrecy
 
Meanwhile the new Nexus7 and most of the chinese tablets propose a FullHD or Retina resolution....
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ray6712 said:
Basically the low cost iPhone will be a nice way to eliminate the cost of building the 4 and 4s and they're legacy peripherals the 30pin connector is dead. Tim Cook is a supply chain guy first and foremost and to keep having to build things that the company doesn't support is expensive.

Note how they say its very easy to assemble the cheaper iPhone plus this also plays to the other analyst saying they are going for a larger screen on the 5s. It's all speculation at this point though


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This + manufacturing the primary components (ie screen) for all phones = much cheaper for apple
 
Lets predict!

I am reading one thing now, I was reading something the other way round last week. Just rumours...why not create our own?

I predict:

- Low cost iPhone will cost between 350 and 399 unlocked on the Apple Store.
- if the iPhone 5 comes with a finger print reader that can be used to use as a password replacement and payment gateway it will be a success.
- ipad mini without a retina display as it should have been released would be a mistake for apple.
- ipad 5 more powerful and aligned with the iPad mini design, lighter, thinner.
- refresh of MacBook Pro and iMac with haswell.

Maybe we will see a watch or a refreshed Apple TV. I wrote a comple blog post about this here: http://www.itcentralpoint.com/can-apple-deliver

Lets see what happens, I am super anxious for the new MacBook Pro.
 
Solomani said:
I think Apple is just purposely leaking all sorts of red herrings to the Chinese industry (e.g. those companies that make iPhone/iPad cases) and then the bloggers eat it up.

It accomplishes 2 things:

1) it helps to retain interest in Apple products
2) it preserves Apple secrecy
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Except in this case they literally have nothing up their sleeves.

Update the rMBP and the iPad mini and there's nothing else people want.
 
gorskiegangsta said:
It is low cost as in it will [likely] be free - $99 on contract (~$200 cheaper than flagship model), and around $400 off-contract (~$250 cheaper than flagship model).
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The flagship model is not $299. (If you are saying 299 is the average then you have to use the average for the color iphones too.)
 
I hope the stuff with the finger print sensor is not true.
I'm really attached to my fingers and this should not change in the future just because some jerk want's to get into my phone.
 
There is no way Apple will miss the Christmas timeframe for the iPad Mini Retina - if they do, they are stupid. And I believe apple is smart so im believing that the iPad Mini Retina is coming this year, for the holiday season.

Guys, think for yourselves, you don't need all these analysts telling you what to think. Why the heck would Apple be so stupid and miss Christmas?
 
Fscheps said:
I am reading one thing now, I was reading something the other way round last week. Just rumours...why not create our own?

I predict:

- Low cost iPhone will cost between 350 and 399 unlocked on the Apple Store.
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I think this is much closer to the mark.

Say the current 32GB iPodTouch can drop to sell for the last model price of $229 toward the end of the year. Then adding 3G phone support to that base, with slightly thicker case and thicker battery to sell unlocked $349 doesn't seem that much of stretch to me. Say $449 for 64GB.

4G would still be iPhone5 and 5s.
 
sparrky said:
$450-$550?? How is that "low cost" :rolleyes:
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Must be for the Off contract price, I know the SG4 unlocked is around $600.

You would think that they would just call the iPhone 5 the low cost phone when the 6 arrives? The 5 will be historically be priced at $99 anyway.

The plastic cheap one will have to be <$99 on contract or better in some way than the 5.
 
Please ditch the 16 gig model and start with 32 already.
 
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Iphone: The Next Big Thing.......is not here, yet, again. Which is why I sold my Ip 5 and got a Galaxy S4. I would have stayed with Apple if they had come out with a larger screen.
 
gorskiegangsta said:
It is low cost as in it will [likely] be free - $99 on contract (~$200 cheaper than flagship model), and around $400 off-contract (~$250 cheaper than flagship model).
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It would have to be free on contract. All this is really doing is replacing the iPhone 4/4s. There will still be a mid level iPhone (the 5) at $99. The new 5S will be the same 649/199 w/ contract.

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Isn't the iPhone 4 $450 without contract? How isn't that a low cost option (assuming the new low cost one is in fact, $450)?
 
Well if thats right thats a load of crap, who wants the same size factor as the iPhone 5, my daughter has one and I see no point upgrading to it from a 4s. I want a larger screen size simple, as ever though Apple will milk you for every penny by drip feeding their tech. What happened to you Apple?..at one point you cared, after the disappointing 4 year wait of the Logic X release it shows you think you can get away with feeding us the minimum effort.
 
I keep asking myself why Apple actually should launch a low cost phone? Apple already provides low cost phones by still having the iPhone 4 and 4S in stock. The survey unveiled earlier this day seconds this by mentioning the iPhone 5 is only accounting for roughly 50% of all sold iPhones this year.

The only answer might be a deeper diversification of their exiting product line and though reaching entirely new customers, but this time probably by damaging the premium look and feel of the iPhone brand.
 
i think the imac rumor is false because someone here told us that haswell cpu for desktop are shipping from Intel in September right?
 
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