According to “two people with knowledge of the matter,” Apple is set to release an 8GB iPhone 4 aimed at the low end of the market. Currently, the iPhone 4 comes in 16GB and 32GB versions.
The story, from Reuters, comes by way of a Korean manufacturer that is supposedly making the 8GB flash drives for these phones. The source refused to name the company concerned.
The thinking goes that there will be a low-end iPhone to complement the new iPhone 5, or iPhone 4S, or whatever it is called. There is some precedent for this: Apple always keeps last year’s model around as a cheap option. In the U.S, the iPhone 3GS can be had for as little as $50. In the rest of the world, you can get it free with a contract.
Dropping the iPhone 4 back to 8GB and 16GB makes sense. After all,if you don’t care enough to buy the new model, then you probably don’t care about a lot of storage, and it keeps the manufacturing price low enough to still turn a profit.
In other “news,” next year will bring a slimmer, faster iPad, and the Sun will rise every day.
