Analyst rubs crystal ball and sees iPhone 2.0 based on Nano
For the Smurf on the go
With the iPhone not even fully digested by the gadget market's unquenchable pie-hole, many are already eagerly eying what Apple will serve up for its next course.
Financial services firm JP Morgan, for one, released a report today claiming Jobs and company plan to launch a cheaper version of the iPhone based on the ultra-slim iPod Nano.
According to Taiwan-based JP Morgan analyst Kevin Chang, customers will be wondering where the #$@% they lost this new teensy-weensy, itty-bitty phone as early as the fourth quarter. Chang bases his claim on an application with the US Patent and Trademark office and unnamed sources in the supply channel.
Reuters reports that according to the patent application, the device is a multifunctional handheld device that uses a circular touch pad control, similar to the Nano's scroll wheel.
“We believe that iPod Nano will be converted into a phone because it’s probably the only way for Apple to launch a lower end phone without severely cannibalizing iPod Nano,” Chang said.
He continued that the device would feature “rather limited functionality.” Like, you know, getting rid of dialing mechanisms altogether.
Despite the iPhone's touch screen being a major draw to the device, JP Morgan theorizes that a relatively low-priced nano-phone could draw sales of 30 to 40 million units in 2008.
The report joins the gathering storm of second-gen iPhone speculation and persiflage that's sure to keep Apple fans talking until the very moment Steve Jobs pulls the second coming of the Jesus Phone out of his pocket at a press event. And lo, the prophesy shall be fulfilled! ®
COMMENTS
Rotary
looks like a few of us had the same idea - a classic roatry dialk would be funny...
But I also support an iPhone Free Week.
Or for the fans, a Free iPhone Week.
everybody wins!
I spent how much!?!?!?!?
Can you imagine the screams next January when Jobs pulls the iPhone Nano out of his pocket. And the price is only $299.
At that price point, who knows, I still won't buy one.
Paris Hilton
Heard on TV the other night (spoken by a knight), "Paris Hilton was released after serving just 23 days of her 45 day prison sentence. Looks like that was another sentence she couldn't complete...."
Give It A Rest
"The report joins the gathering storm of second-gen iPhone speculation and persiflage that's sure to keep Apple fans talking until the very moment Steve Jobs pulls the second coming of the Jesus Phone out of his pocket at a press event."
But it's YOU that's doing the bastard speculation and persiflage! It's like a piss artist constantly going on about how much everyone drinks these days.
iNews
It may seem a bit strange, but I'm wondering if Paris Hilton has an iPhone. I surely would like to read about that...
Coat anyone?
