Japanese blog Macotakara reports that Apple's plans for a lower-cost iPhone have now been pushed back to 2014, with the company reportedly planning to use a polycarbonate body similar to that seen on the discontinue white plastic MacBook. Apple is said to be targeting a price of $330 for unsubsidised models, significantly lowering the cost of entry in markets where carrier subsidise are uncommon.the lower cost iPhone is said to include a bigger screen (4.5-inch). Apple has been rumoured to be developing both a larger and cheaper iPhone models, although most observers have expected the lower-cost iPhone to adopt a screen size in line with either the iPhone 4S or perhaps the iPhone 5 in order to help Apple save on costs. Digitimes last month was the first source to claim that the lower-cost iPhone would carry a larger screen with a launch later this year, but it later backtracked from those claims in nothing that a larger iPhone would not launch this year.
Macotakara suggests that the plastic iPhone will measure somewhat thicker than the iPhone 5 given the thicker material being used for the casing, but that the device will otherwise be very similar to the current design.
Apple's Polycarbonate iPhone with 4.5-Inch Display Arriving for $330 in 2014
Japanese blog Macotakara reports that Apple's plans for a lower-cost iPhone have now been pushed back to 2014, with the company reportedly planning to use a polycarbonate body similar to that seen on the discontinue white plastic MacBook. Apple is said to be targeting a price of $330 for unsubsidised models, significantly lowering the cost of entry in markets where carrier subsidise are uncommon.the lower cost iPhone is said to include a bigger screen (4.5-inch). Apple has been rumoured to be developing both a larger and cheaper iPhone models, although most observers have expected the lower-cost iPhone to adopt a screen size in line with either the iPhone 4S or perhaps the iPhone 5 in order to help Apple save on costs. Digitimes last month was the first source to claim that the lower-cost iPhone would carry a larger screen with a launch later this year, but it later backtracked from those claims in nothing that a larger iPhone would not launch this year.
Macotakara suggests that the plastic iPhone will measure somewhat thicker than the iPhone 5 given the thicker material being used for the casing, but that the device will otherwise be very similar to the current design.
