Since Mr Jobs decided not to show us the new iPhone 5 at WWDC 2011 in June, the rumors on weblogs exploded. One of the rumors say that Apple is preparing to launch two new iPhones, one being a low-end smartphone.
The guys at Appleinsider have posted the pictures of the prototype of a cheap iPhone 4 handset, which will be launched in the fall. Or at least that’s what they claim the pictures are.
The device was presented by a website in Vietnam, which claims that the new handset is the chip low-end iPhone everyone is talking about lately.
The device revealed by the Vietnamese is running on a test version of iOS, and the glass on the front and back of the device have been replaced with plastic, it features a multitasking expose system like the one offered by Backgrounder and looks exactly like an white iPhone 4.
Still the handset could be faster than iPhone 4. It seems that it’s also lighter, but this might be a consequence of the plastic casing. The price of the device will be a lot lower then the one of the current iPhone 4 and will most likely replace the iPhone 3GS smartphone.
So far it was rumored that iPhone 3GS will come at a price of only $350 starting the fall, but it seems that this new chip iPhone 4 to replace it. Anyway, we are curious to see what parts Apple removed form the device in order to be able to sell it at a lower price.
In my humble opinion the handset in the pictures (which looks exactly like an iPhone 4 but with a plastic case) is nothing but a black iPhone 4 modified using a conversion kit, every owner can use to transform their device into an white iPhone 4.
I don’t believe that Apple could spoil the fabulous design of iPhone 4 by replacing its case with some chip plastic one, but if they want to lower the price this is the best way to do it.
All we can learn so far is that Apple is thinking of changing the iPhone 4 in order to make it cheaper.
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