Budget iPhone Could Generate $6.5 Billion For Apple

[zakislam]

Apple expected to charge nearly $200.

Budget iPhone Could Generate $6.5 Billion For Apple : Read more

 

[Guest]

Folks on welfare need a Iphone too. Here ya go.

 

[digiex]

Apple Going the China way? Cheap devices to save its declining ass.

 

[Achoo22]

The difference between a $200 iPhone and a $700 iPhone is pretty small when one considers that a three-year service plan for either will run several thousands of dollars. Relative to the cost of ongoing service, spending $700 on a cellular phone is akin to spending $60 on a cordless/corded telephone.

If you want to get my attention, offer a nice phone with cheap service.

 

[InvalidError]

With the Nexus 4 raising the bar on what to expect at the $400 price point, I certainly would certainly hope Apple is starting to feel the clue stick beating down on their products and fans thereof.

 

[joytech22]

You know, Phil Schiller already shot down the idea of a cheap iPhone.. It's a bit late to report on this news Tom's. lol

 

[Haserath]

Re-release an old iPhone.

Make billions from it a second time.

Genius.

 

[tanjo]

Lower quality screen? Downgraded processor? You mean a rehash of iPhone 4?
Now they can sell old unused slow chips. Brilliant. They should call it iPhony.

 

[sixdegree]

I'm afraid thing like this will dilute iPhone's exclusivity. Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave the day that budget iPhone launched.

 

[prathameshdotinfo]

[citation][nom]sixdegree[/nom]I'm afraid thing like this will dilute iPhone's exclusivity. Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave the day that budget iPhone launched.[/citation]

100% agree with sixdegree. Any Budget phone may benefit Apple in short term, but in long term its a sure disaster. It will loose its Premium Brand Positioning. People buy iPhone in India not because its a good product, but because its a status symbol. If my driver is going to carry the same phone as I am carrying then I loose interest in that Brand. And its a fact that we cannot deny...We live in a Branded World and are completely integrated into it.

 

[greghome]

[citation][nom]sixdegree[/nom]I'm afraid thing like this will dilute iPhone's exclusivity. Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave the day that budget iPhone launched.[/citation]

Like the iPad mini >?

 

[cats_Paw]

Zak Islam "could" write other articles.

This is very strange. "Could" is "news" nowdays...

 

[Murissokah]

If they release a budget phone, iPhone will have to face heavier competition on the high-end front. In my country, an iPhone 5 64gb runs for 1700USD (5,2 x minimum wage). People who buy iPhones here do so because it is a symbol of social status. They probably wouldn't buy it if everyone could have one.

 

[weierstrass]

Apple has already made clear that they are not working on a budget iPhone, toms is as always late.
Ref: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/apple-marketingchef-schiller-kein-billiges-iphone-a-876951.html

 

[weierstrass]

Apple has already made clear that they are not working on a budget iPhone, toms is as always late.
Ref: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/apple-marketingchef-schiller-kein-billiges-iphone-a-876951.html

 

[weierstrass]

Apple has already made clear that they are not working on a budget iPhone, toms is as always late.
Ref: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/apple-marketingchef-schiller-kein-billiges-iphone-a-876951.html

 

[weierstrass]

Apple has already made clear that they are not working on a budget iPhone, toms is as always late.
Ref: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/apple-marketingchef-schiller-kein-billiges-iphone-a-876951.html

 

[Non-Euclidean]

I'm sorry, what was that?

 

[Non-Euclidean]

These aren't the budget iPhones you are looking for. You can move along now.

 

[wemakeourfuture]

[citation][nom]Achoo22[/nom]The difference between a $200 iPhone and a $700 iPhone is pretty small when one considers that a three-year service plan for either will run several thousands of dollars. Relative to the cost of ongoing service, spending $700 on a cellular phone is akin to spending $60 on a cordless/corded telephone.If you want to get my attention, offer a nice phone with cheap service.[/citation]

ummm... it's not even targeted for people who want a 2-3 year contract. They're targeted towards people who want to buy the phone outright, you know the 2.5 billion people in China and India.
Lets not forget the 1 billion or so in Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Middle East.