SAN FRANCISCO: Apple plans to debut a smaller, cheaper iPhone end of the year to help maintain its dominance in the tablet market, two people familiar with the plans said.
The new model will have a screen that is seven to eight inches in diagonal, unless the current version of 9.7 inches, said the sources who declined to be identified. The product, which Apple could announce in October, will have high definition (HD) screen appears on the iPad which was released in March, said one source.
A smaller, cheaper iPad could undermine the ambitions of Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com to gain traction in the tablet market progresses, said Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach.
The new device will probably have a price close to Google Nexus tablet 7 and fire of Amazon Kindle, both with 7-inch screens cost $ 199. "It would be the worst nightmare of the competitors," Wu said in an interview. "The ball is on the roof of Apple."
Since the iPhone went on sale in April 2010, Apple has dominated the market for tablets, which is predicted by the screen-Search to reach $ 66.4 billion this year. Apple has 61% market share, according to research firm Gartner.
Apple's rivals are eager for a foothold. Google said June 27 that it will sell a tablet-style device called the Nexus 7.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a tablet surface that will call a screen size similar to the current iPhone. Fire Amazon Kindle was launched last year. Participants a better chance of success has been to focus on markets where Apple had no foothold, said Jan Dawson, an analyst at Ovum.
The surface comes in two models that are more likely to attract buyers who want to continue using the software Microsoft Windows, said Dawson. Although Microsoft has not disclosed the price or time, either the higher-end version will probably be more expensive than the iPad and mainly aimed at an emerging class of laptops called Ultrabooks he said.
Latest iPad ranges in price from $ 499 to $ 829. Google Nexus 7 may stack up well against the fire of Amazon Kindle, which was released in November.
The Nexus 7, manufactured by Asustek Computer, has a faster processor and better battery life to kindle the fire, and a front-facing camera. Still, competing with a lower priced iPhone will be more difficult, said Wu. Apple benefits from having more than 225,000 applications have been tailored specifically for the current iPad.
The new model will have a screen that is seven to eight inches in diagonal, unless the current version of 9.7 inches, said the sources who declined to be identified. The product, which Apple could announce in October, will have high definition (HD) screen appears on the iPad which was released in March, said one source.
A smaller, cheaper iPad could undermine the ambitions of Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com to gain traction in the tablet market progresses, said Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach.
The new device will probably have a price close to Google Nexus tablet 7 and fire of Amazon Kindle, both with 7-inch screens cost $ 199. "It would be the worst nightmare of the competitors," Wu said in an interview. "The ball is on the roof of Apple."
Since the iPhone went on sale in April 2010, Apple has dominated the market for tablets, which is predicted by the screen-Search to reach $ 66.4 billion this year. Apple has 61% market share, according to research firm Gartner.
Apple's rivals are eager for a foothold. Google said June 27 that it will sell a tablet-style device called the Nexus 7.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a tablet surface that will call a screen size similar to the current iPhone. Fire Amazon Kindle was launched last year. Participants a better chance of success has been to focus on markets where Apple had no foothold, said Jan Dawson, an analyst at Ovum.
The surface comes in two models that are more likely to attract buyers who want to continue using the software Microsoft Windows, said Dawson. Although Microsoft has not disclosed the price or time, either the higher-end version will probably be more expensive than the iPad and mainly aimed at an emerging class of laptops called Ultrabooks he said.
Latest iPad ranges in price from $ 499 to $ 829. Google Nexus 7 may stack up well against the fire of Amazon Kindle, which was released in November.
The Nexus 7, manufactured by Asustek Computer, has a faster processor and better battery life to kindle the fire, and a front-facing camera. Still, competing with a lower priced iPhone will be more difficult, said Wu. Apple benefits from having more than 225,000 applications have been tailored specifically for the current iPad.
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