Back in the year 2011, after Apple released the iPhone 4, the rumor mill hinted at a smaller iPhone model that the company was working on at the time. Dubbed the iPhone nano, the device was rumored to be a smaller version of the 3.5-inch iPhone 4. Well now, a recently retrieved email by the then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirms that the Cupertino giant did consider developing the iPhone nano.
Plus, with the discontinuation of the nano branding, Apple did not bring it back when it released a smaller iPhone 12 – the iPhone 12 mini. Instead of the nano moniker, Apple decided to use the “mini” branding. So, in a way, the iPhone 12 mini could have been named the iPhone nano, if it was released back in 2011.
