iPhone Nano

Once again, we see Apple giving its competitors a run for their money. It certainly wishes to dominate year 2011. The latest news in the tech world, confirmed by Wall Street Journal, states that Apple is now working on a mini version of iPhone, which is going to be called ‘iPhone Nano’. This is not the first time you will see Apple downsizing its products, if you recall ‘iPod Nano’. The 8GB device is predicted to be cheaper than all the iPhone versions and would be 1/3 smaller than the original iPhone with an edge-to-edge screen and a number of apps.

This seems like one of Apple’s tactics to counteract the growing Android products market share of 32.9% by making a series of its products cheaper. Now it targets the low-priced phone market and is probably going to make the price of iPhone Nano size worthy. For now the cost is being kept $200 on release in the summers. But it is not with loss to them, as the news goes that Apple would probably be using old components for the making of this product. But the device will be running on iOS and is expected to maintain that solid quality every Apple product consists of for its consumers.

This smaller iPhone version will not have the data storage memory but will instead make use of a new free cloud computing service storage developed by Apple called ‘MobileMe’. As stated by the Cult of Mac, “The iPhone Nano will have no memory for onboard storage of media. It will only have enough memory to buffer media streamed from the cloud.” The users are eager to know how they will be managing without a data plan. Puzzled and intrigued as we are by this new system, let’s wait and see how it turns out.

But this is not all the company seems to be aiming at. There is news going around that a universal SIM is also being pursued by Apple that would allow the user to switch networks without the use of a SIM card. That is one big jump! If that is possible then this would be most convenient for users, enabling them to switch to any network they like. Since Apple is aiming for the low-market this time, a lot of hype is expected at the launch of this new iPhone Nano product and Android might just get side-tracked.

Apple is bringing back the idea of an iPhone nano. The iPhone nano is about 1/3 smaller then the iPhone 4. Sources have said that Apple wants to launch more inexpensive phones to counteract with the Android phones. The iPhone nano would retail for $200 without the contract price. The iPhone nano is just a smaller version of the iPhone, but it still comes with all the features. The same components that are in the iPhone 4 would be put into the iPhone nano. I think that the iPhone nano would be a huge hit. With its small design, I believe that it will attract many people. The price tag will definitely draw some attention to it because it will be a good option to a new iPhone. I’m not exactly sure how a smaller screen will exactly work. The iPhone 4’s screen is a descent size, perfect for games and for texting. In comes a smaller screen which may cause for a lot of squinting. The texting could be a problem because the key board will be smaller. Many people already have a problem texting with the iPhone 4, with a smaller keyboard, more people would complain. Apple is known for scrapping many products, who’s to say that they won’t scrap this one either? I believe that Apple will have to go through many tests in order to put this product out on the market. I believe that it will work, but only Apple has the right to make it happen. Do you think it will work? Drop a comment below and let us know.

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