“Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle in a research note released Wednesday said she is high in her convictions that Apple will launch an iPhone device in the first half of 2007 and offered some specific findings from unnamed sources,” AppleInsider reports.
AppleInsider reports, “According to Runkle, the design of iPhone will be slightly larger than the “full screen LCD; 3.5 inch (28×21)” and approximately 4/10ths of an inch thick. It will include virtual click-wheel/soft-touch design and be a bit wider than the iPod nano but also thinner than a video iPod. From her checks, the analyst believes the iPhone will sport a metal casing design similar to the iPod nano and be available in ‘multiple colors…'”
AppleInsider reports, “The analyst says her sources have turned up two flash memory-based models: a $599 4-gig and $649 8-gig…”
More details in the full article here.
Those prices are too high for an unlocked phone that you’d take to any carrier. The prices quoted above may be retail prices that would be discounted with service from an Apple MVNO or carrier(s) partnered with Apple.
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As the nick’ above says, those aren’t prices for seiing 12-million phones quickly.
Apple will charge a premium price for a premium phone. Apple will make money on the hardware, not on running a phone service. Carriers can offer it at a discount if they wish.
Maybe this is the iPhone, and the previous rumors described the iPhone nano? This is more of the smart phone. With virtual scroll wheel and keyboard. Can only guess, just like all of the analists. Would be a pretty sweet line up though, with an iPhone nano starting at $299, up to a full blown smart iPhone topping out at $699. Not too bad considering the competition.
I would think it would pretty much have to be a given that a device with a 3.5″ screen would be wider than a nano – unless they’ve found some way to bend space.
What are these checks that can somehow inform that the casing will be nano like?
“Erm hello Mr Manufacturer, I was wondering have you been making any cases for a new phone like device?”
“Why yes researcher person, they look like the iPod Nano and they’re bigger and for an Apple phone like device”
“Ta”
“Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle in a research note released Wednesday said she is high in her convictions that Apple will launch an iPhone device in the first half of 2007 and offered some specific findings from unnamed sources,”
No, I think she’s just high, period.
I absolutely LOATHE metal cases for compact electronics. The NANO lost its appeal to me when they went aluminum. Plastic is smooth, shiny and resilient. I’ll pass on the iPhone if its metal. NO ONE out there makes a totally metal phone for a reason. UGH!
What will be funny, is if this thing every shows up it will be called the farthest thing from iphone. somthing like COMMUNICATOR Z. obviously thats not MAC like, but its just for example.
I don’t like those prices either, but if the iPhone is truly a smart phone, competing with, say, the Sony Ericsson P910, then the price is right on target. Good smart phones are really expensive. For that price, I’d want a 3MP camera, full keyboard, iChat, wifi or bluetooth with Skype or Gizmo capabilities, onboard iTunes, full sync with iPhoto, iTunes, iCal, Mail, etc.
Still, I’m hoping those numbers are exaggerated.
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More bullcrap from an overpaid Wall Street d-bag trying to manipulate stock without the slightest clue what she’s talking about.
don’t belive it. can see them licensing the IP around the controls and the Itunes player to play those songs ripped with iTunes – but don’t believe you can jump right into the phone business and have a device operational without any word / photos slipping out. you can’t build expertise in GSM, CDMA, radio connectivity in a back room somewhere and then compete with Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel, Motorola, etc… overnight… can you?
iMaki,
Well, that’s one opinion. I happen to think the switch back to anodized aluminum was a GREAT move, because the original iPod mini was darn near indestructable. It was so tough, I felt like it would be a waste to buy an extra case for it. Despite much rough handling by my kids, who each have an original mini, these things look like new. I would love to see a larger Video-capable iPod with this aluminum shell. One of my favorite things about my iPod 5G is its sleek looks, and it’s a shame that I have it hidden behind a leather case. If it had an anodized aluminum shell as tough as the minis, I’d skip the case.
Yea, if $500 & $600 are anywhere near what the iPhone pricing is going to be then there 12 Million phones is just a pipe dream as that is WAY TO HIGH!
To many phones out there for way less so I hope this is one time where the anaylsts are totally wrong.
iMaki
Remember the patent report from a few weeks back? Apple filed for a radio transparent creamic. Metal would cause all sorts of reception problems, just like the Ti powerbooks
Every time I read these specs for the iPhone all I can think is that it sounds like the True Video iPod. Maybe even a PDA, with some sort of wireless feature.
“Metal would cause all sorts of reception problems, just like the Ti powerbooks”
Funny, my TiBook picks up wireless networks that are far beyond the range they were suppsoed to. I never understood all the bitching about the reception on the TiBook.
Wow.
That’s it guys.
Wow.
Those Morgan Stanley analysts know so much.
Wow.
We Mac users and Mac faithful know nothing compared to the analysts.
I think we should change the name of Mac Daily News to
Investment Banking Analysts Daily Watch
Because they know so much when they talk about Apple.
name for this new specumusicall thingy from Apple?? how about iCall? or maybe PodCall??
Ratchet down this hype about a product that, so far, does not exist.
We would be best served (hey that’s the magic word) if these wild and crazy speculations came from a real source… inside Apple.. maybe like a CFO or a board member failling to deny the rumours or say something besides “we do not comment on unannounced… blah blah blah”
Oh.. Just one more thing… MacWorld SF will not be about phones.. it will be about iTV (or whatever the final name will be) and Leopard…
ummmm.. OK.. .that was 2 more things….
$699? Call it iBroke.
Her “sources” have imagined the same hype that the people who have created all this hype here in these forums have imagined.
There is no “SOURCE” for anything iPhone. The only source even penetratable for the iPhone would be a female non-speaking, non-internet access production assembly worker in a closely guarded factory in Taiwan.
Get real, folks. No one knows any true specs. They just imagine all the current cell phones capabilities, add a click wheel, make the screen bigger, give it wifi and iChat integration and some form of keyboard input, and then release the HYPE. Someone please pay me to to this!!!
Whoops. I meant non-english speaking.
I sure hope there is a cheaper model. I’ll buy it to use it as a phone.
Re: “how about iCall? or maybe PodCall??”
How about CallGirl?
CallGirls…
“One more thing. We’re launching a new service called iEscort.”
That’s the reason they bought those data centers. To meet the demand. 😀
That’s also only a $50 difference between the 4 GB and 8 GB models – not really enough to justify two models, unless there are some other differences. Doubtful that the pricing is accurate.