pictures about iPhone 6c rear housing,a new 4-inch iPhone?

[daviunderradar]

just saw it randomly, do you guys think it is possible for Apple will roll out the gadget?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPho...ictured---new-4-inch-iPhone-confirmed_id67724

 

[funkylogik]

Would be a good move for them to offer more choice.
I'm sure a lot of older (and some younger) people would prefer a small phone.
I think the Sony compact phones are fairly popular.
If they give it the same specs as its bigger brothers like Sony do it could be a winner

 

[lunatic59]

Would be a good move for them to offer more choice.

And therein lies the problem. Apple has always been about telling the customer what they want, not giving them what they ask for. While I agree that more choice is a better thing, I can't see how going (back) to a 4" phone would benefit them unless there was a price incentive, which I doubt they'd offer.

 

[EarlyMon]

Moved to the Lounge.

 

[paulbates]

And therein lies the problem. Apple has always been about telling the customer what they want, not giving them what they ask for. While I agree that more choice is a better thing, I can't see how going (back) to a 4" phone would benefit them unless there was a price incentive, which I doubt they'd offer.

Agreed. I think an additional view is that a generation of iphone users are taking off their training wheels and looking around at a world of phones from other vendors that meet different requirements. Having the same size phone as "everyone else" is not an advantage.

And historically apple has been a laggard in adopting new HW. The strategy of keep it very simple means not trying a lot of new things, or let somebody else (Android) do that for you

 

[Slug]

I can't see how going (back) to a 4" phone would benefit them unless there was a price incentive, which I doubt they'd offer.

Here's one scenario... the 6S and 6S Plus continue at the top of the (Apple) tree while the 5C and 5S disappear, to be replaced by the 6C in 8/16/32GB variants. Three different models, three different price points, one common hardware base.

p.s. I'm deliberately ignoring the 4S. That nowadays merely serves the purpose of "Apple landfill" and exists purely to satisfy the need for an iSomething amongst those who can't (or won't) pony up for the real deal.

 

[bjacks12]

I'm pretty sure they already stopped selling the 4S.

 

[daviunderradar]

I'm pretty sure they already stopped selling the 4S.

i confirmed they have stopped selling 4S for a year

 

[Slug]

Apple may no longer be selling it themselves, but they're still supplying retailers with stock, albeit only the 8GB model.

 

[mikedt]

Call it iPhone 6 Mini, and it's a new product, seems OK to me. The iPhone 4 has gone, not a problem IMO.

 

[daviunderradar]

Call it iPhone 6 Mini, and it's a new product, seems OK to me. The iPhone 4 has gone, not a problem IMO.

yup
i think this device will appeal to the segment market, where people are willing to use iPhone as a phone rather than a phablet