With the iPhone 6 having been hugely popular, many consumers will be looking to pick up a version of the immensely successful smartphone over the Christmas period.
The recent news coming out of China suggests that it might be worthwhile to wait a little, if you're looking to pick up an iPhone 6 at an affordable price.
According to a Chinese website, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will launch a low-cost 4-inch screen iPhone 6 in 2015, effectively as a replacement for the existing iPhone 5c.
This would be significantly smaller than either of the existing iPhone 6 models, which feature 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays respectively.
The Feng.com report claims that the new device will be particularly aimed at women, given that it will be possible to operate it more comfortably with smaller hands.
It is even stated that this new iPhone 6 variant can be utilized with one hand only.
Apple's motivation for releasing this device is obvious.
The iPhone 6 has become its most successful mobile of all-time, despite the massive sales that Apple has clocked up with previous iPhone handsets.
The iPhone 6 has established itself as the fastest-selling smartphone that Apple has ever released, and evidently the corporation believes that it can achieve similar figures with a more budget-focused device.
Whether this is smaller iPhone 6 will be able to match the staggering achievements of its larger cousins remains to be seen.
The original iPhone 6 was able to shift a pretty amazing 10 million units in just three days for Apple. But the consumer electronics giant will doubtless have similar hopes for this smaller device.
