Apple to bring out cheaper iPhone line.

Bestill my beating heart.

Apple is reportedly ready to return to the low-cost phone market after an absence of four years. The company plans to begin production on a cheaper iPhone in February, with an official unveiling coming as early as March, sources tell Bloomberg.

The handset — believed to be comparable in size to the 4.7-inch iPhone 8 from 2017 — would be Apple’s first low-cost smartphone since 2016’s $399 iPhone SE.

Via Fark Geek. Let me give Apple some unsolicited advice: you guys remember 3.5 mm wired earphones, right? Yeah, yeah, I know, stuff from the Dark Ages. Well, here’s the thing: if your new iPhone doesn’t have a jack for the goram things, all y’all are unlikely to get your market share back. It’s a communications/entertainment device, not a lifestyle choice. Stop acting as if it’d be swell, actually if the term ‘Cult of Jobs’ was literal truth.

4 thoughts on “Apple to bring out cheaper iPhone line.”

  2. For some value of “low cost”.

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    Just bought a $75 Samsung a few months ago, and honestly works pretty well for what I need. And I can drop in a 400 gig SD card and take along a whole lot of whatever I want.

  3. 1000x yes on the headphone jack.
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    Of course, many of us who demand a jack, also demand expandable memory. So it won’t necessarily increase market penetration more than just the cheaper model alone. But it would be a good sign that they were returning to the central vision of the company. Before it ran on snob appeal, before colorful futuristic styling, *user friendly* was what defined the brand.
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    I have a set of bluetooth headphones. I don’t use them. They’re kind of a pain in the butt. And I have cheaper pairs of headphones that are more comfortable, possess better sound, and “just work” any time I want to use them.

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