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Report: The rumored cheaper iPhone coming this year

article published on 10 January, 2013

According to a new Bloomberg report, Apple has plans to sell a low-end iPhone by the end of the year. The smaller and cheaper device will be aimed at developing nations where Apple has practically zero presence. Sources say the company has been working on the phone since February 2011 and is aiming for a retail price of $99-$149 depending on storage. Recent IDC numbers had Android ... [ read the full article ]

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10. January 2013 @ 12:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
probably will have crap specs
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10. January 2013 @ 12:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good idea 3 years ago
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10. January 2013 @ 12:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by david100k:
Good idea 3 years ago
...and it was called iPhone 3 or something. So basically they be re-"launching" a 3 year old phone, with a new cover and modified bezel..something like that.Good deal... Now the dilemma-for the price, buy a top tier Android phone, or a crApple 3 years old midget phone...
The sad part is, it will sell. Any crApple wannabe fun-boy that cannot afford to get in the sheeple bandwagon yet, will get one, just the same way they would buy any brick with a half bitten apple logo on it..

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10. January 2013 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by cyprusrom:
Originally posted by david100k:
Good idea 3 years ago
...and it was called iPhone 3 or something. So basically they be re-"launching" a 3 year old phone, with a new cover and modified bezel..something like that.Good deal... Now the dilemma-for the price, buy a top tier Android phone, or a crApple 3 years old midget phone...
The sad part is, it will sell. Any crApple wannabe fun-boy that cannot afford to get in the sheeple bandwagon yet, will get one, just the same way they would buy any brick with a half bitten apple logo on it..
lol wow! someone's got issues!
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Originally posted by guy8689:


lol wow! someone's got issues!
Indeed...
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10. January 2013 @ 20:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is a dumb idea. Just sell the iPhone 3S and iPhone 4 at cheaper prices in those countries.
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10. January 2013 @ 20:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So they are repackaging the iPhone 3G or maybe GS and calling it new and innovative?

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11. January 2013 @ 00:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by bobiroc:
So they are repackaging the iPhone 3G or maybe GS and calling it new and innovative?
Come on, you know everything Apple does is new and innovative. :)
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11. January 2013 @ 10:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Article I read today suggested an Apple exec had denied this was true to a Chinese newspaper, for what it's worth (probably not a lot).

I would be interested to see what they actually did with it, if true, spec wise.


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