Why would Apple make a more affordable iPhone after they announce that even middle-class households are getting them?
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I think that it is not a rumor anymore. otherwise they can't just create non existed product. they actually get some information from Apple in advance. that's why it is possible they just posted 'iphone nano'. I think that it will be happened coming macworld.
the same thing was happened when second gen. ipod touch case was shown up on website. nobody believed that. but it turned out to be true.
the same thing was happened when second gen. ipod touch case was shown up on website. nobody believed that. but it turned out to be true.
Cheeper is always better. Also, I don't think an iPhone Nano is about price as much as it is about size.
hmm. If it is true, that is quite odd, seeing as how they didnt even use the "i" in any of their products at this point, and SJ wasn't even back at
. I am doubtful of the 1995 date. Before the launch of the iPhone, or even 2005 is quite believable, but 1995, no.AARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!
It's about getting OUT of the exclusive ATT contract, NOT so much about the size!
Just wait until January. What else is Apple going to be talking about? An iTunes update?
hmm. If it is true, that is quite odd, seeing as how they didnt even use the "i" in any of their products at this point, and SJ wasn't even back at
It was 2006 and it's NOT owned by apple.
Likely if it *is* announced at Macworld, it wouldn't come out for several months, probably in the summer.
Five words: It is Apple, so no.
My bad, I hadn't finished reading the entire thread before i responded.
Let me follow up my previous post by saying It doesn't make sense to me that apple would release a brand new iphone nearly 1 week after christmas holidays when they know a lot of folks got that 'iphone3g gift card' under the tree and rushed out to buy one the next day. Wouldn't that sort of kill sells of any new device a week later and piss a bunch of iphone newlyweds off?
So, they would release a brand new phone 1 week later after people not in "the know" (as far as following apples every move) purchased the current iphone 3g. If the iphone was a less capable device as the current iphone 3G then it may be 'cheaper' correct? Could this rival the $200 price drop from original iphone owners in '07?
I dunno, just doesn't make much sense to me. Someone help me understand please.
In the meantime, I still havn't purchased an iphone and love getting excited for new products, so this is still fun to me!
Products are constantly changing, we now live in an era where product lifecycles are short rather than long. iPhone concept has been out for over a year, correct me if im wrong, and Apple are now moving into different markets to broaden their offerings.
Examples of this very situation are the iPods. Not all three products were launched simultaneously (shuffle, classic and nano) when the whole iPod trend kicked off. It was one and then expanded slowly in order to cater for niche markets.
Simply put, Nokia and other manufacturers are doing this all the time.
Just my 2 cents worth.
They did the same thing when the iPhone 3G was being rumored.
So this might be true!
Why do people want an iPhone Nano though?.. how are people gonna be able to type on a smaller screen than what we have now.
So this might be true!
Why do people want an iPhone Nano though?.. how are people gonna be able to type on a smaller screen than what we have now.
The biggest problem with this is that people are going to think the iPhone Nano is going to be EXACTLY the same as the regular iPhone, but smaller. Then when it comes out and it's missing features people will be pissed off.
hmm. If it is true, that is quite odd, seeing as how they didnt even use the "i" in any of their products at this point, and SJ wasn't even back at
I believe the whole "i" thing started when they released the consumer aimed iMac back in the late 90's - the "internet" Mac made it much easier than ever to get onto the internet and it eventually became an education industry must.
You know, Apple has to do product differentiation... Most likely the App store will not be available for the nano. Along with a bunch of many other missing features.
I hope it's true.
I don't know why people even bother objecting to something like this. All it does is offer a more affordable iPhone with a smaller blueprint. If it's not for you, then fine. But I'm sure there are tons of people out there who will love it, which bodes well for my Apple stock.
I don't know why people even bother objecting to something like this. All it does is offer a more affordable iPhone with a smaller blueprint. If it's not for you, then fine. But I'm sure there are tons of people out there who will love it, which bodes well for my Apple stock.
I didn't think about that...
But at the same time, as long as the sales people are doing their jobs correctly, it'll be fine.
I see the iPhone nano being a great device for someone who's not a gamer but wants a more advanced phone that also doubles as their iPod.
Spoken by someone who has never developed software. A simple "if device=iphone then show this", "if device=nano then show that" will let each app developer support the nano (if it really does have different screen dimensions) or not. Then Apple will place icons on the App store page denoting which devices a particular app is compatible with. It really isn't that big a deal.
I reckon its going to be an iPod Nano / mobile phone hybrid, so more of an iPod than a cut down iPhone. The majority of people want a cheap mobile phone that is just a mobile phone and with iPod functionality they won't need an iPod as well. It will be cheap and it will outsell the iPhone within months.
You might argue that Apple don't do cheap but what about the iPod Shuffle?
You also have to look at the vast sums of money we're talking about, an iPhone Nano could easily sell 20 million units in a year (probably more). Steve Jobs might have talked about a 1% share of the global mobile phone market but that was just for starters, he wants to be the market leader the same as with the iPod especially as the market for mobiles is 20 times the size.
You might argue that Apple don't do cheap but what about the iPod Shuffle?
You also have to look at the vast sums of money we're talking about, an iPhone Nano could easily sell 20 million units in a year (probably more). Steve Jobs might have talked about a 1% share of the global mobile phone market but that was just for starters, he wants to be the market leader the same as with the iPod especially as the market for mobiles is 20 times the size.
If they are making the nano for verizon then I will probably get one...otherwise I would get the 3g.
it would be interesting to see the fine print in the att/apple agreement, if the iphone nano is different enough form the 3g then I imagine this could even be a pay as you go phone.
it would be interesting to see the fine print in the att/apple agreement, if the iphone nano is different enough form the 3g then I imagine this could even be a pay as you go phone.