Do we want a new, affordable iPhone, or should Apple stick to its high standards?

The rumor mill suggests that there is a four-inch, cheap iPhone on the way, maybe as early as this spring. The prospect of a four-inch iPhone has garnered some admittedly strong opinions among some tech journalists whose initials happen to be “AD”, but that was one of my admittedly close-minded moments. Anyway, moving past that, we’re going to assume that a four-inch iPhone is in the works and ...

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Does a four-inch iPhone make sense anymore?

Rumors are swirling that Apple is going to make a gigantic mistake in the near future. A four-inch iPhone is purportedly in the works for a release this spring. Reportedly, this will serve as the low-end iPhone, and probably only cost $650 (yes, I’m making that up for a joke). The only part that the rumors have not yet addressed is the most important question that should be on the minds of everyone working in the space ship. Why?Every iPhone that came out before the iPhone 6 has had one thing ...

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iPhone 5se and iPad Air 3 again tipped for H1 2016 launches, but little success

There’s been a steady stream of rumors coming in with regard to Apple’s alleged first 4-inch iPhone in close to three years, but it’s all turned to a furious avalanche now, as the name changesagain, and multiple sources claim to have seen the 5se, 5e, 6c or 7c in ...

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Four-inch iPhone name-roulette continues: how about iPhone 5se?

It used to be that iPhone naming was so simple: once we got past that whole G/GS business, we had number, number+s, number, number+s. Easy, right? And sure, that iPhone 5c oddball ended up breaking the pattern a little, but it was the exception that proved the rule. But now with this new four-inch iPhone that everyone’s expecting … all bets are off. Dubbing it the iPhone 6c seemed like a safe enough bet, but over the months we’ve been inundated by rumors of names like the iPhone ...

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First year-on-year iPhone sales decline ever tipped for Q1 2016, return to growth expected in Q3

We’re only a week or two away from Apple’s detailed financial report of the just-ended holiday quarter, and iPhones could post a new all-time record… or their first yearly drop in history. It’s close, but Gene Munster, the managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, expects the former scenario to materialize, as unit shipments may have topped 75 million after all.Still, that would largely mark box-office stagnation for Cupertino’s main cash cow, which should generate quarterly ...

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Latest rumor changes iPhone 6c name to iPhone 5e, Apple Pay and A8 chip in tow

Everybody’s got an opinion on Apple’s prospective lower-end, lower-cost metal iPhone due out this spring. The only things tipsters seem to agree on are the premium build (though there’s still time for that to change as well), and compact 4-inch form factor.The market moniker also appeared etched in stone at one point, but then,

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