Analyst: Low priced Apple iPhone mini or Apple iPhone Air coming this year

5. Mxyzptlk posted on 11 Feb 2013, 10:47 9

And yet the iPhone is still the hottest selling phone on the market.

8. imsickwithsmartphone posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:01 2

Can't wait to buy this phone!!

18. loyals posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:17 1

will defenetly get one , if its around 200-300$ n specs are atleast like iphone 4

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28. Nathan_ingx posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:35 5

What will be the use of 4S then??
This should've been a scene seen 1 year or 20 months ago. Apple's really late in the game...
You will never see an iPhone that costs $200-$300 whose specs are somewhat like that of the 4S. That would break 4S' customers...
And even if it were to be like 4S the introductionary price is going to get high and it will stay there for about 9-10 months.

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46. tmcblog posted on 13 Feb 2013, 05:17 0

lol it's only a dream... don't expect it will happen if it's from Apple...
at that price range, you'll only get specs like entry level android phone, TFT display with 480x320 resolution, 512 MB of RAM, single core CPU, and crappy GPU..
But if that's an android phone, you'll get HD IPS display, 1 GB of RAM, dual core CPU, mid class GPU..
Android rulezzz!!!

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47. Ohrules posted on 14 Feb 2013, 01:50 0

i suppose that you are referring to the phone in your display picture :P

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12. fanboy1974 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:04 7

Only because people are entrenched into an ecosystem. They have to buy what Apple throws down their throats or else lose years of App and accessory investment. And many of Apple customers just don't care about specs or that iOS looks the same.
If Samsung screws up the S4 I could go to the Note 3. If Samsung screws up the Note 3 I could go to HTC. If HTC screws up I can go to Motorola. If Motolora screws up I can go to LG or Sony. As you can see your forced to eat what ever Apple craps out. As long as Google keeps innovating Android will not fail.

13. darkkjedii posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:07 3

U r too, jus as u can leave a handset maker so can apple users dude.

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31. Berzerk000 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:41 7

I don't think you got the point of his comment, iOS users have a harder time switching manufacturers than Android or WP users, because no one else makes iOS devices; so, you have to adapt to a whole new ecosystem and you lose all of your app and accessory investments.

The point he was trying to make was that Apple users might feel forced to stay with Apple because they have too much inside the Apple ecosystem that would be a big hassle to recover, if you even could recover all of it. So, some portion of Apple's market share is made up of people who WANT to switch, but they can't because they are too involved with the ecosystem.

It's easy to switch from Samsung to Motorola, or HTC to Sony, because they all share the Android ecosystem. You just have to log into your Google account and everything is right there for you, you might lose your case and screen protector, but nothing big; same for WP.

However, switching from iOS to Android/WP/BB10 (or vice versa) is a very big change. First, you lose all of your apps and have to go searching for them in your OS's app store, some of them won't even be there; and when you do find all your apps, you've lost the in-app purchases you might have made in your previous OS.

Then, if you're switching from iOS, you lose all of you iAccessories (if you have them); docks, speakers, special battery packs, etc., because Apple has to be weird and use non-standard connection ports.

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22. loyals posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:37 1

that d thing fanboy. android has too many phones n not able to integrate the hardware properly , thats y its thursty of raw power , while iphone utilises wat it has n be d best in terms of perfomance . the UI has to be updated by apple , n may be it'll updated in ios7 . people should go after perfomance instead of spec . u r taking like intel i7 2ghz vs core2duo 2.8 ghz . spec is high in core2duo , but which1 wins ?!!

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26. fanboy1974 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:14 4

I rather see 10 Android flagships than 1 Apple flagship even if that means fragmentation. All the critics have thrown that word around for years and it has done nothing to the popularity of Android.
Apple needs more than 1 flagship model with various screen sizes. Not a cheap imitation of their flagship model.

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15. -SEUL8TR- posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:13 1

For showing off and " look I'm cool" I've got a i$h€€p phone, and I'm a typical moron....!

37. ZeroCide posted on 11 Feb 2013, 18:29 1

Which market? not ones that i've seen lately.

39. gmracer1 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 18:39 2

Mxy, please do your homework. The iPhones is not the hottest selling phone on the market.

44. Hemlocke (unregistered) posted on 12 Feb 2013, 05:58 0

It is, and second place isn't even close. You do realize that the Galaxy S line recently eclipsed the 100 million mark, right? Impressive, am I right? That's less than the iPhone sold in 2012.

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6. darkkjedii posted on 11 Feb 2013, 10:53 7

If u don't like em don't buy em. Let those who like em enjoy em. Pretty simple huh?

16. -SEUL8TR- posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:16 4

They should be well informed, that this product is a disgrace to society

19. darkkjedii posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:27 2

Nope it's a top notch device

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21. stealthd posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:31 3

You should be well informed, that your comments are ridiculous.

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32. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 11 Feb 2013, 13:54 2

Thank you! Simple answer found!

People who are happy with their iPhones can never be convinced that their device is a "disgrace to society", even just as much as people who are happy with their Android device can never be convinced that their DROID is buggy as all get out. People have their OWN yardsticks by which to measure their own contentment with their own product choices, and to say that either the iPhone, or Android devices, are complete junk across the board... or a "disgrace to society"... as a blanket statement is ridiculous, and does no one any good.

That said, if I can ever spare $300, I would gladly throw it down to sample an iPhone mini/Air/whatever, even just to try it out. If it works anything like the original, then I have no doubt it will do just fine. Would it be my primary phone? Possibly not, but just the same I can see that $300 value in trying it out for a couple years just to widen my horizons and perspective. The other iPhones are just too expensive to justify trying them out in a more casual manner. I already know I'm not a fan of most (note: MOST) Android devices that dwell in the < $300 market space, but I would be willing to try something new that enters that space. IF the Nokia Lumia 620 ever came to the US, I might even consider trying that out, even with all the negative vibes I've gotten from Windows 8/RT/Phone 8 PC's, devices, and service setups.

40. reindeer_nation posted on 11 Feb 2013, 20:47 0

YES!!! please no!!

42. napsterO6 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 21:05 0

All tho iPhone(s) have same
Design and s**tty innovations ( actually no innovations at all ).. They still stands up in the market.

4. rusticguy posted on 11 Feb 2013, 10:44 1

India has no contract model. Even the model of "Reverse Subsidy" failed to gain any traction.

20. loyals posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:29 0

the problem in india is they dont have authorised apple stores n sellers sell it at pretty high prices. apple has to take care of bigmarkets like india n china by bringing the prices down.

25. tusshharish posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:07 0

iphone mini or air will have specifications of iphone 3gs or they sell iphone 3gs as iphone mini.....lol......

35. rusticguy posted on 11 Feb 2013, 16:52 1

a $100 phone sold for $300 ... $100 is for the phone and $200 is for the logo.

36. rusticguy posted on 11 Feb 2013, 16:53 1

That's why they Sued Samsung :D

38. ZeroCide posted on 11 Feb 2013, 18:32 1

Well they do make cheap low cost phone..... They just don't price them to you that way. They want more of your monies.

29. lolioslol (banned) posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:36 0

>Implying high end Android models don't cost just as much or MORE than an iNovelty.

Seriously, where the f*ck are you people getting this idea that iphails are super expensive luxury items? That's like saying someone can afford an F-150 but not a Chevy 1500 and claiming it's a luxury truck. Same damn thing, damn near same price.

41. Zero0 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 20:55 0

They don't. See Nexus 4.
Also, most higher end Chinese-designed smartphones are very low price relative to the phones that get released in America.

If Apple released an iPhone at half of the price of the current-gen iPhone, they'd be done. Low margin has never been Apple's game.

30. lolioslol (banned) posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:37 1

Remember, you're not paying for the PHONE, you're paying for the shiny logo on the back!