Analyst: iPhone Nano to Debut in 6-12 Months

Although the iPhone 5 might be creating all the buzz for Apple right now, it's the rumored smaller and more affordable iPhone Nano that can make a bigger impact by reshaping the mid-range mobile phone market in coming months.. One analyst predicts the phone will make its debut sometime in the next 6-18 months.

According to ZDNet.com, Jeffries analyst Peter Misiek says the handset could sell for as little as $300, shedding Apple's reputation for premium product prices for a more inclusive, mass market product.

Misiek says an affordable iPhone can "increase Apple's total addressable market by an additional 500 million phones per year" and allow the tech giant to maintain a respectable profit margin in the mid-range and pre-paid mobile phone markets.

A more affordable iPhone could change the mid-level mass market that is increasingly dominated by Android. It could also disrupt sales for Nokia and Research In Motion, who both have been living off affordable models such as the BlackBerry Curve.

Misiek adds that Apple can cut costs with manufacturers and make the Nano version more compact while also recycling components from earlier iPhone models.
source: Unwired View

Apple To Sell iPhone Nano For $200 Without Contract, Universal SIM & iPhone World Phone Under Works!

Apple is preparing for a global lead with its iconic iPhone smartphone. After dominating years in the lead as one of the best smartphone makers in the world, Apple will possibly reveal a new range of Apple iPhones, which are reportedly smaller, and cheaper. Multiple sources have cited that Apple is already working on a new version of iPhone, apparently termed as iPhone Nano gadget. The "nano" entails the name as the new model is said to be about two-thirds of the size of the current-gen iPhone, i. e. , iPhone 4. Besides this, Apple is also working on a World Mode iPhone that will enable users to use both CDMA and GSM SIM cards in single device.