Wedbush Morgan analyst Craig Berger recently sent a note to clients highlighting Apple’s product pipeline for the coming year:
“We have incremental checks into the Apple supply chain. First, we see several new Apple products coming in 1H09. Our contacts see a lower-cost version of the iPhone, possibly in mid 2Q. Apparently, Qualcomm is replacing Infineon as the baseband supplier in this device. Some call this device the ‘iPhone Nano’; whatever one calls it, we believe this device is on its way,” Berger reports via Seeking Alpha.
“Also, we anticipate a new and smaller version of the iPod Shuffle, possibly in mid 1Q, with chip content largely unchanged,” Berger reports. “Finally, we see a cheaper MacBook notebook coming, although we do not believe this PC will qualify as a netbook.”
Full article here.
Well, pretty much everyone is expecting a new iteration of the iPhone sometime mid-year. After first two models, Apple has clearly established a logical product refresh pace, so there would otherwise be a lot of disappointment if no new phone is out by mid-summer.
As for a smaller shuffle, I’m not sure how much smaller can it really get; half of its current size is the USB plug anyway.
A cheaper notebook? Only if Apple can keep their profit margins as fat as they are on current MB(A/P), or iPod lines. Otherwise, no sub- $1000 models (except the soon-to-be-discontinued white model).
“Some call this device the ‘iPhone Nano’; whatever one calls it, we believe this device is on its way,”
we believe… as in we are hoping but its really just a guess
“we believe” as in “we’ll hammer apple’s stock when they don’t come up with the product that we totally fabricated and decided apple might release”.
Is there any point in a smaller shuffle? I Would almost say the same for the iPhone, at least in terms of thickness, I actually prefer my iPhone with the thin case I have for it as it makes it that little bit more solid to hold. If they could make it thinner I’d rather they put a large battery in.
I think we’re (almost) at a point where devices won’t get much thinner without a total change in materials such as flexible or even expandable screens. iPods and iPhones are at the point where their dimensions are restricted by the size of screen they need to have, with any luck we’ll see lots more power tucked into the same sized shells.
Wait one week to find out!
“iPhone Nano”?! More Apple discrimination against the disabled — those like me with Fat Finger Syndrome!
MND MW: Design. As in “Why won’t Apple design an accessible device for the fat fingered?”
Reminds me of one of the early ‘Get a Mac’ ads:
^ sorry, wrong thread
I got a friend who claims he doesn’t have an iPhone because it’s too big. He also claims “that’s what she said.”
pure and utter nonsense fabricated by a dumbass with a blog. please, mdn stop “reporting” these “news”.
Hmm…
Personally, I don’t like the idea of an iPhone nano, but, couldn’t the new baseband provider just mean a new (standard) iPhone?
It’ll be roughly around the same time as the last update, and if Apple wants to build enough, they’ll start early.
Cheaper MacBook I can see, if only a last-gen drop of a hundred bucks, I doubt that the brand-new (in Apple terms) MacBook will get an update that early.
Frankly, I like the shuffle where it is.
The more space you have, the harder it is to navigate without a screen, and I think Apple hit that limit at 2GB.
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New product will be the “iPhone shuffle”! Tiny form factor, no screen. No need to enter a phone number — it just randomly picks one from your address book when you hit “dial”!
——RM
‘This PC does not qualify as a net book.’
In other words it is not a useless piece of crap costing less than $300.00
I would guess that if Apple feel that an old style cheaper Macbook is a requirement in the market (as they presently have) they are either testing the demand for this cheap option and whether its price point will have to be met by one of the existing new models eventually, or it exists to fill this space until a new equivalent can be brought to market. Take your choice.
A smaller shuffle? Can they inject it under your skin?
why would a FAT FINGER want a NANO device?
troller.
> Also, we anticipate a new and smaller version of the iPod Shuffle
Reminds me of the “iPod flea.”
http://gprime.net/video.php/ipodflea
Seriously, if the iPod shuffle gets any smaller, it will be unusable. I like (and still use) the original pack-of-gum white shuffle.
‘iPhone Nano’ – that’s just jerking around the big mouth companies that let out details early the last time. They “accidently” saw some plans of a “Nano” and they jumped the gun because of it.
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Payback is a bitch. Just a rumor.
“This PC does not qualify as a netbook.”
Maybe that’s because it’ll be a Mac, not a PC?
Imbecile analysts.
Al said: “In other words it is not a useless piece of crap costing less than $300.00”
A mac with a 10 inch screen would sell quickly. The macbook air has a footprint that’s too large to be really portable imo (you try using a 13 inch laptop on an airplane).