“Apple is about to launch a ‘nano’ version of the hugely successful iPhone. It is expected to be in the shops in time for Christmas,” Simon Fluendy reports for The Daily Mail.
“The product will be launched in the UK at up to £150 for pay-as-you-go customers by O2, the mobile phone group owned by Spain’s Telefonica. ‘This will be a big one,’ said an industry source,” Fluendy reports.
Brief article in full here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Chuckles the Microsoft CEO” for the heads up.]
A next-generation Apple Watch, suspected to be the long-rumored Apple Watch X (ten) will use a new resin coated copper (RCC) motherboard…
Steve Jobs dedicated “hour after hour” to the minutiae of product design at Apple, driven by a belief of God being in the details,…
So far, the killer apps for the Apple Vision Pro , besides watching movies and TV series, appear to be sports and concerts…
Apple TV+ on Wednesday revealed the trailer for “The Big Cigar,” the upcoming limited series led by André Holland, who stars alongside…
Apple’s current Mac Studio delivers next-generation speed, but the next-gen M4-powered Mac Studio promises to deliver breathtaking power…
This will be another huge one for Apple. They are going to blanket the phone market from low to high prices. Brilliiant, can’t wait.
I forgot to add, F I R S T .. P O S T ! wahhoooooooo
Here comes the iPod mini/nano bloodbath all over again.
Game over.
How will that work on a tiny screen?
The Daily News UK? Have you people ever read a British newspaper. Mostly – pure crap.
IKON … badly, if at all. But, let’s look back at how well the iPod “Classic” interface worked (works?) on the nano. It doesn’t! So … the nano is a failure, right? I don’t think so, but I could be wrong. When things shrink, you generally lose features. The smaller phone will either lose some of the features of its bigger brothers or find a way to “grow” back up to a barely usable size. There really ARE people out there who can make do – nicely, in fact – with fewer of the “smart” features that make the iPhone such an object of techno-lust.
The Daily Mail???? Since when has that frightful rag ever been a trustworthy source?
For those that don’t know, the DM was the only paper to support Mosley’s Blackshirts and Hitler during the 1930s.
You’ll need a couple of kilos of salt with this one
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” />
=:~)
Oh, and was that last week…last year…last decade? No? It was more than seven decades ago??? I guess that must be the best you can do…
Dolt.
Jake
Consider this:
Product: iPod nano
Last Release: September 05, 2007
Days Since Update: 334 (Average = 268)
And . . .
Product: iPod touch
Last Release: February 05, 2008
Days Since Update: 181 (Average = 153)
(source: macrumors.com)
It’s time. Too bad the Mac mini has gone a lot longer [days since update: 363 (Average = 188)].
Absolute bull. Aside from the fact that this “source” has zero proof and is simply making things up, this makes no sense. What are the killer features of the iPhone? Internet browsing, multi-touch, the app store. Reducing the screen size harms all of those features.
Not going to happen.
Imagine the form factor of the current iPod nano phatty.
Now remove the click wheel and stretch the screen down to cover the entire front of the device, it really is not that small..
It could definitely work for a touch screen.
@falkirk
You are assuming that everyone is wants (and is willing to pay for) all the data features of the regular iphone.
I think there are a lot of people who would be happy to have a phone just with the features of an iPod for music and video. The ability to have access to ITMS, particularly through wifi, would be a big benefit to a lot of people who don’t want or can’t afford to pay for a data plan.
However, I think that target market would want other things like better camera quality and SMS messaging to work better.
And will the iPhone nano still be tied to ATT? If so, then I doubt if I will be able to get one as I prefer the service of another cell phone company.
iPhone Nano and Shuffle pictures here
I suspect there’s a niche for those — like yours truly — who want the iPhone but do not find the full-blown web/data package worth the expense. A non-3G phone with a $40/month voice-only plan would get me on board tomorrow.
This story is a plant by Apple’s competitors to slow the adoption of the current iPhone. Plant a seed that something newer and cooler is coming and some people will hold off a purchase, giving competitors a chance to get their phone to market. Based on the Daily Mail’s reputation, they would probably print any story for the right price.
My dad pointed this out to me in the newspaper. I told him straight away it was a load of shit. MDN, don’t believe everything you read in the papers.
I wish my iPod touch screen were just a little larger.Who wants small…It would be useless!!
Daily Mail – simply print lies and sell papers and get hits.
Cant imagine Apple making a smaller iPhone, unless it was an iPod with a simple phone in it.
If it was full-featured, or close to that, it would cannibalise iPhone sales.
But the Daily Mail – rotflmao!
@Jake
Your jejune and didactic comment serves only to display your total ignorance of history. Judging by other comments in this thread, your ridiculous assertion is also patently absurd.
Thanks for playing!
=:~)
Many are jumping to the conclusion that this is an iPod, game over situation.
1. Carriers have contracts, and many do not switch carriers until their contracts expire.
2. Many do not change phones on their carriers programs or they are hit with a new contract or large phone price.
3. If Apple cannot sell this upcoming iPhone nano via multiple carriers, Apple cannot go far with the new nano handset…
Many issues for this iPhone nano to tackle in order to dominate. In other words, it cannot swallow up the phone market for multiple reasons. Yes, it can push a majority of AT&T;services into Apple solutions, but outside AT&T;’s reach, the iPhone is completely muted – in the U.S…