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Low-Cost iPhone to Use Plastic or Hybrid Plastic/Metal Design, Due in Late 2013
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This is pointless, Ok lets assume Apple comes out with a Cheaper iPhone then what? What are you going to do with the iPhone 5S/6 what will be the New Innovative feature and selling point ?
Umm... How does bringing out a budget iPhone impact the 5S/6? It's not like it's going to outshine it or anything. The evolution of the standard iPhone will continue as normal.
Ugh, just stop it. 85% of the computer market share has been out of the apple price range for decades, and we've yet to see a $500 Mac. Because apple doesn't make bad products for people who can't afford good stuff. That's for dell and whoever else
Alright, I haven't read all of the posts (long day and school and was just scanning the front page news), but this is just absolutely stupid. There is no way Apple would stoop so low to release a product that was "cheap." They don't need to offer an "entry-level" device because people will pay a premium no matter what.
Umm, what?
How does a plastic or hybrid design mean that their innovation or ingenuity is finished? It doesn't. Also, what do you mean they can't make a good profit margin? Pretty sure the mainstream iPhones that have been coming out for the past couple of years costed $200 or so to make. They shouldn't have a problem figuring it out. Plus, even if the profit margins aren't as big as their flagship iPhone... it's not like they would've sold anything in the first place. And the last sentence you wrote I don't understand it.
Nope. More quantity = more money. If they could sell the regular iPhone in addition to a cheaper iPhone that will bring in MORE users that don't already have an iPhone. You can't tell me that if you're running Apple you wouldn't make a cheaper iPhone that would bring in more profit just because it's not 'top quality?' Comon now...
In the end it's all about profit. To Apple we're all just $ signs.
I'd be quite fine with a low end iPhone to use with a T-Mobile plan, heck I had considered buying a used 4 to use with them.
Case for a 'cheap' iPhone
While there is already a $0 (on contract) iPhone, there is room for Apple to introduce another.
When the next generation iPhone comes out (5S?), there will be only one device left with a) a 30-pin dock connector and b) a 3.5" screen. A retooling of an iPhone 5 with a cheaper case and the current 4S internals might make sense to hasten Lightning and 4" screens (for devs) ubiquity.
This would of course replace the 4S in the next revision of the iPhone line.
While there is already a $0 (on contract) iPhone, there is room for Apple to introduce another.
When the next generation iPhone comes out (5S?), there will be only one device left with a) a 30-pin dock connector and b) a 3.5" screen. A retooling of an iPhone 5 with a cheaper case and the current 4S internals might make sense to hasten Lightning and 4" screens (for devs) ubiquity.
This would of course replace the 4S in the next revision of the iPhone line.
Steve Jobs truly is dead
If apple starts creating cheaper lower quality products merely to compete with less innovative companies then they will have fundamentally turned their back on the core model that Steve Jobs put in place to make them so successful. The people who buy those cheap models are the exact people that turn companies into commonplace entities with no desire or air of mystery too them. You do not see Bentley making a $20K coupe or True Religion making $15 jeans and you never will because then those brands like apple would lose their key ingredients, quality and exclusivity.
If apple starts creating cheaper lower quality products merely to compete with less innovative companies then they will have fundamentally turned their back on the core model that Steve Jobs put in place to make them so successful. The people who buy those cheap models are the exact people that turn companies into commonplace entities with no desire or air of mystery too them. You do not see Bentley making a $20K coupe or True Religion making $15 jeans and you never will because then those brands like apple would lose their key ingredients, quality and exclusivity.
A lot of people I know would love to own a Macbook Air but can't due to cost.
Where does Apple draw the line? Should every Apple product have a low-cost alternative?
The danger is... the iPhone Mini becomes attractive enough for the masses...
Then who would spend the full $650 for an iPhone ever again?
There's already talk of the iPad Mini taking sales away from the $499 iPad... would Apple risk that with their cash-cow iPhone?
Yep. A model with 2 year old processors and pixelated screen sold as "brand new".This isn't an older model.
$1000 is not cheap by any means, especially by the fact that you can get a decent PC for $500.
Those companies arent the most valuable in the world. Apple caters to wall street now.
we did didnt we ? the plastic Macbooks. Its a similar scenario so its plausible to me. and it was in the jobs era too.
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News!!!
New low-cost iPhone to use cardboard, styrofoam and a special type of fungi to penetrate the market of junk phones. This is expected to appeal heavily to hobos and politicians. It's due late 1987. Here's a picture of a part that leaked from a FauxConn factory:
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New low-cost iPhone to use cardboard, styrofoam and a special type of fungi to penetrate the market of junk phones. This is expected to appeal heavily to hobos and politicians. It's due late 1987. Here's a picture of a part that leaked from a FauxConn factory:
