Apple may be looking to extend its iPhone catalogue by adding new phones with larger screens and also colorful budget phones.
Reuters reports that Apple is considering new phones that would have a screen size of 4.7-inches and 5.7-inches. Reuters cites multiple sources, including ‘those involved in the supply chain in Asia’.
The source also claims that if the plan is given a go ahead by Apple, we will see 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch iPhones hitting the shelves next year.
Apart from these phablets, a budget iPhone model is also under consideration. The reports says that the cheaper iPhone would be launching in September after full production begins in August. The phone will come with plastic cover in a variety of colors. The production was supposed to begin next month but has been pushed back as Apple is still not decided on the colors. The budget phone will have the same 4-inch screen found on the iPhone 5. Reuters also has word on their pricing, claiming it will cost a mere $99 on launch.
There is not a lot of information on the phablets but it doesn’t really sound like Apple we know. It would be stretching the imagination to believe that a company that took its own comfortable time to bump its screen size to 4-inch from 3.5 inch (still an whole inch smaller than rival flagships) would contemplate a size bump as huge as this.
Reuters also reports that the iPhone 5s will retain the current 4 inch screen size and will come with a fingerprint sensor. The phone will be launched alongside the $99 model.
Although the rumors are to be taken with a pinch of salt, this is the time, if any, when such plans don’t sound totally ridiculous.
The Cupertino giant has taken a few radical steps since the death of Steve Jobs and it might just be looking to expand its markets. It has been clear the company is not afraid to deviate from Jobs’ vision of a non-fragmented iPhone and iPad line but is this going a bit too far?
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