I can't wait to re-read the intelligent posts made earlier today about this same subject.

Less expensive with bigger screen? No no no.

 

My bet? (I'm the guy that was 80% right about the mini, against everyone. why? because I'm awesome)

 

- Same price/ more expensive 5 inch iPhone, iPhoneX (as i said on other threads)

- iPhone 5S, 100dollars cheaper.

 

No low-end.

Steve's dead; I buy it. The rumor, that is, not the "cheaper" product.

 

"less-expensive", "5-inch screen". I don't even need humor websites anymore.

Stupid

Agreed. The screen is probably the most expensive component. So how could it be a larger screen AND a cheaper price? Makes no sense.

And why would anyone even want a 5" screen. Apple's already made a big deal about how they purposely didn't increase the width of the screen so it still could be easily held.

I don't understand this. We have the iPhone 5 as the current generation, and Apple sells the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 if you want cheaper alternatives. It seems to work well.

Why reinvent the wheel?

 

It won't be any wider, just taller. Eventually the iPhone will be the length of an old-style phone receiver. 

What are the chances that if true, this cheaper iPhone will never see the States or Europe?  Only sold in developing countries that need a cheaper iPhone?

Is a 5" 264 PPI display less expensive than a 4" 326 PPI display or a 3.5" 326 PPI display? As unlikely it sounds there is a nugget of logic to it. I ran the numbers last week. At 5" you can use the same 1136x640 resolution of the iPhone 5 but with the panels of the iPad (4) to get a 5" display.

Also think of the iPad mini with LTE. That is $469 for 16GB. That is about $200 less than the 16GB iPhone 5 sells for. There are more considerations for costs for a phone but I could see some ways to cut down on costs.

Another consideration is where are the Galaxy Notes and other big ass phone and phablets being utilized? I'd heard it's in markets where they can't buy both so they are choosing a mix of the two.

If that is true that might be a huge market and one that Apple needs to go after. If this market is China it might be an exclusive offering to China Mobile for a duration as part of their deal. It's the one carrier that would be able to leverage Apple.

To be clear, I think it's very unlikely based on the information we have but it's certainly not impossible, and therefore the how, why, when and where of the possibility should be considered..

Guys it's simple. Apple is cutting service on the 3G and 3GS when the 5s comes out. The cheaper phone is the fire sale for unused parts. They are going to sell it full price only for $199 tax each.

Bigger, plastic, cheaper. Done