Patent suggests Apple may have planned ‘iPhone nano’

By on Oct 18, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Legal October 18, 2011

Rumors of an iPhone nano are almost as old as the iPhone itself: the first such mumblings began in 2008. Now, Patently Apple suggests that Apple definitely was once, or still is, considering a smaller version of the iPhone. The patent in question shows a device with multiple inputs and hardware buttons or LED lights that would allow a user to interact with the phone. Given the touchscreen technology used in today’s iOS devices, we suspect this patent from 2006 would no longer reflect what an “iPhone nano” might look like. In any case, it is arguable that Apple does not need to create an “iPhone nano” now that it sells a $50 iPhone 4 and a free-on-contract iPhone 3GS. The patent was just one of 20 recently published patents that were granted to Apple.

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  • http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support BoyRetardedReport

    Maybe it was just another patent to add on to their already 100,000+ patents so they could sue more people

  • Anonymous

    Apple planned everything… but released nothing.

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    Another apple failure

  • Ribbys

    The current iphone is relatively quite nano, so the design above would need a new prefix such as micro or pico.

  • Anonymous

    if you have to file your fingers down to use a 7″tab how would you ever use a touch screen nano phone? Especially since the iphone screen is too small for video.

    I do think an all touch nano phone would be nice.the htc aria is nice because it’s so small.

  • Anonymous

    IPhone nano = iPhone 4s

  • http://www.youtube.com/jeromeo1980 Jeromeo

    Why even bother with wasting time on a ridiculous ‘possibility’ from 2008 that’s no longer relevant in any way whatsoever?
    Because the iStaff* at iBGR is iObsessed with iPraise!
    *Zach Epstein excluded

    • Carmen

      2006

  • Anonymous

    Looks like this could’ve been a remote for Apple TV too.

    • Sabu213

      I wAs gonna say apple tv remote too.

  • http://www.twitter.com/diontelove Dionte Love

    I don’t see them getting any smaller than the current model. This is the nano.

  • Carmen

    BGR, you’re AMAZING! Just STOP IT! Moto ROKR!!! The first phone to connect to iTunes! Remember that?!?!? Stop with the bullshit.

    • zacamandapio

      It’s ok Carmen.
      No te enojes!!

      • Carmen

        I don’t know what that means.

      • zacamandapio

        It’s ok Carmen.
        Don’t get mad!!

        Sorry.

  • zacamandapio

    I’m sure it would sell.
    It’s an Apple product.  Therefore, it would sell.

  • Eric Brown

    How can that be a phone. It needs 12 buttons for a numeric keypad unless apple has found a way to work without Star, zero and hash

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