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What would be the point of an iPhone Nano?

A weekend story in Britain’s Daily Mail has resurrected rumors that Apple plans to introduce a smaller and cheaper version of the iPhone — perhaps for this year’s Christmas season.

Many observers think it’s a given that Apple will introduce an iPhone Nano. The only question, according to such folks, is when they’ll hit the market.

But I have a very different question: Why would anyone want a smaller iPhone?

The current model doesn’t sell because it plays music in addition to making phone calls. Plenty of phones do that and do it well.

No, the iPhone sells because it provides a functional computer — with a workable Internet — that fits in your hand.

Perhaps a smaller version could do much the same thing, but I don’t see how. The screen on the current version is just large enough to fit a useful screen and a workable keyboard.

I’d say a slightly larger iPhone is more likely (and would do more for sales) than a slightly smaller one.

The current screen is 2 inches by 3 inches. Expand that to 3 inches by 4 inches and you double the screen size.

And you wouldn’t even have to expand the phone an inch on both directions to accomplish that. Because the current screen doesn’t go to the edges, I’d guess than an extra half inch in both directions would be enough.

Such an expansion would more than double the iPhone’s usefulness — and leave it smaller than some existing smart phones.

[Thanks: http://techblog.dallasnews.com]

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