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— Ben Patterson is a technology blogger for Yahoo! News.

Apple is also by work on a dual-mode iPhone that would work on both GSM and CDMA webs, according to Bloomberg—not a colossal surprise, given that a tear-down of the new, SIM-less Verizon iPhone revealed a dual-mode CDMA/GSM Qualcomm chip.

You can already purchase a fashionable Discount Ralph Lauren Jackets, 8GB iPhone 3GS—a full-size one, idea you—for $49, yet you must sign a two-year compact with AT&T in the sale. Meanwhile, a no-contract iPhone 4 (in the circumstance of those who aren’t fit for early conveyor upgrades) ambition set you back $600 because the 16GB model.

While the fancy of the iPhone obtaining dual-mode wireless technology or a prevalent SIM isn’t that far-fetched, many believe a smaller—and likely smaller-screened—iPhone namely out of the answer for it (probably) wouldn’t be compatible with existing apps in the App Store.

Another old rumor recovered along the Bloomberg piece: that the iPhone might be getting a universal SIM card that users would configure via iTunes to work with any carrier they want.

In the wake of Thursday’s somewhat underwhelming Verizon iPhone launch comes word that Apple may have a new, smaller iPhone up its sleeves—one that could sell for $200, without a contract.

If this all sounds vaguely familiar, perhaps you’re thinking of the antique iPhone "Nano" rumors that have been bouncing around since … well, since the elemental iPhone premier fired.

As distant as pricing goes, one feasibility is to sell the smaller iPhone for $200 without a contract, Bloomberg reports, with Apple reportedly hoping to win back some smartphone mart share from Google’s Android platform with more variety and combative pricing.

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That’s not apt mention Apple isn’t tinkering with a smaller iPhone somewhere in its top-secret Cupertino lair—but I’d be startled if it ever saw the light of daytime.

The rumored new iPhone is about one-third smaller than the existing iPhone, Bloomberg News reports, and would be built with components "alike" to those on the iPhone 4, prefer than any next-generation processors or displays—thus reserving a stopper on pricing.

Of course, no "Nano" edition of the iPhone ever materialized—and naturally, the model supposedly spied final year by Bloomberg’s unnamed source may additionally be scuttled. Then again, it could arrive as presently as the medium of this year, the fable claims.

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Then another, a cheaper, Nano-sized iPhone might be entreating to the same users who like the iPod Nano—although one iPhone that’s just a third smaller (along to Bloomberg, anyway) and still $200 (even above a no-contract basis) doesn’t seem small or low ample.

Anyway, that’s just me—what do you consider? Would you be interested in a smaller, cheaper iPhone—and if so, how much cheaper would it must be? $150, without a contract? $99 without a contract? Or how almost free, but with a contract?