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Dwalls90

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Feb 5, 2009
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World Phone.

Apple is simplifying their inventory as much as possible so that they can have one iPhone model per carrier technology.

If they maintained the 4 as the low-tier entry level $99 phone, then they would need to maintain twice the models still (CDMA+GSM). Clearly, some pretty concrete rumors have been hinting at a CDMA/GSM all-in-one world phone technology for the 5. If this is the case, it's also a contributory factor as to why Apple needs to slightly change the 4 to make it uniform in their product line.

Thoughts?
 
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