Apple is now expected to be getting a brand new iPhone model that would cost less and be at least a third slighter than the present iPhone 4, announced a recent report.
According to the report, Apple is thinking about debuting a succession of less expensive phones as part of a plant to stem Google Android’s growth in the industry. Apple is thinking about offering one of these phones for $200 if you don’t get a two-year contract. If customers choose a 16 GB iPhone 4, it currently costs $599 if you don’t want to sign up for a contract.
The new phone is said to be a third slighter in size than the iPhone 4, according to an unnamed source who allegedly saw the phone earlier in 2010.
In addition, Apple is said to be putting some effort into its Universal SIM technology and dual-mode phones which are capable of working on the CDMA and GSM networks. Neither of these reports are surprising, as Apple is going with Qualcomm to make it the that will work on both of the networks. Actually, since the Verizon iPhone should be capable of working on both networks, because it uses a dual-mode Qualcomm chip.
Also, Apple is looking at making a SIM chip that allows their users to go back and forth between networks. But, any pressure from the mobile networks may tend to make those plans cease.
A slimmer type of the iPhone, one that would likely include older components and a smaller screen so it could be less expensive, and it would require using iOS without upsetting the veracity of the consumer experience. Apple has experience in these things and has accomplished it in additional venues, such as with the iPod Nano. Apple does, however, have a less expensive iPhone now, the iPhone 3G, which can be purchased for $50 and you don’t need a contract for that price.
If they did come out with a sort of “iPhone nano,” it would be a fascinating venture, but just as in a lot of Apple’s projects, they may not even ever complete it.
