Geek Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/iphone-mini.jpg" alt="iphone-mini" title="iphone-mini" width="620" height="454" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12670" /></p> <p>Could an iPhone Mini debut this year? According to Bloomberg, Apple is set to unveil a smaller iPhone model in the middle of this year, which is around the same time the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/08/iphone-5-release-date-to-be-june-5/">iPhone 5 release date</a> and WWDC 2011 conference is expected. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">iPhone Mini: iPhone 4 Components, 1/3 Smaller, $200</h2> <p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-10/apple-said-to-work-on-cheaper-more-versatile-iphone-models.html">Citing a source</a> who has seen a prototype, the smaller version of the iPhone that we’ll loosely call iPhone Mini will be cheaper and start at $200 without requiring a service contract. The device is said to feature components from the existing iPhone 4, but be about 1/3 smaller than existing models. Bloomberg’s source cautions that “the introduction may be delayed or scrapped” and that not many Apple employees know of the project.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">iPhone Mini & iPhone 5: Dual-Mode with Universal SIM?</h2> <p>Possibly related, Bloomberg also says that Apple is working on dual-mode iPhones, which would allow a single device to work on both GSM and CDMA networks, in addition to a Universal SIM card that would allow iPhone users to jump between different GSM networks without switching sim cards. A Universal SIM may signify that iPhones carrying such a chip would be carrier agnostic, which would render the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/unlock/">iPhone carrier unlock hacks</a> irrelevant.</p> <p><strong>Bloomberg and iPhone Rumors</strong> Earlier this year Bloomberg said that the upcoming <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/25/iphone-5-ipad-2-digital-wallet/">iPhone 5 and iPad 2 models would become digital wallets</a> through a built-in NFC chip. </p> <p>Bloomberg should generally be considered a fairly reliable source of Apple rumors. Last year their sources <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4-verizon/">accurately predicted</a> the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/verizon-iphone/">Verizon iPhone</a> announcement would be in January 2011.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aMWAyFVxYdKiw1dFemUNbw-tv1s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aMWAyFVxYdKiw1dFemUNbw-tv1s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aMWAyFVxYdKiw1dFemUNbw-tv1s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aMWAyFVxYdKiw1dFemUNbw-tv1s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=RFL7cQWZbkw:syEASkvAx04:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/RFL7cQWZbkw" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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